Kansas Pastor Resigns As School Board President After Woman Says He Began Grooming Her At 12 Years Old

June 21, 2024 Christianists, Crime

The Kansas City Star reports:

The president of Blue Springs’ elected school board has resigned amid allegations raised online by a young woman who accuses him of grooming her about 10 years ago when she was a youth group leader in his church. “It is with a profound sense of responsibility and commitment to transparency that we acknowledge the recent allegations concerning Board President Dr. Bobby Hawk,” a statement from the Blue Springs Board of Education read.

Hawk, founding pastor at Epic Church KC, resigned from his position leading the public school board shortly after the allegations surfaced in a blog post. In a phone conversation Thursday afternoon, Isabelle Davis, who goes by Izzy and is now 23, told a reporter that she wrote the post about her own experience and was comfortable with The Star publishing her name. The blog post described Hawk paying “special attention” to Davis starting when she was around 11 years old.

Kansas City’s Fox affiliate reports:

Police in Blue Springs confirm for FOX4 they took a report from an alleged victim on Thursday morning. Two victims reached out to FOX4 on Thursday, accusing Hawk of sexual misconduct, including one victim who says she was 12 years old at the time.

In a blog post, Davis wrote about two occasions where Pastor Hawk forced her to hold his hand as if they were dating, and then, he allegedly put both hands underneath his thigh for the entire length of a movie that was showing.

Davis said she knows of at least three other alleged victims, and she’s hopeful they’ll feel strong enough to speak out too.

Kansas City’s ABC affiliate reports:



More people are coming forward against the now-former president of the Blue Springs School Board. Lead Pastor Bobby Hawk is now on leave at Epic Church KC after he resigned from the school board on Wednesday. Epic Church KC has canceled services this Sunday.

The church put out a statement saying its board has put Lead Pastor Bobby Hawk on leave pending review [Update below]. It doesn’t say anything about his pay. It also doesn’t mention the word “investigation” anywhere in the statement.

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