An Ojai pastor who spent years posting online about children, education and LGBTQ-related issues has been arrested and charged with six felony child sex abuse offences.
David Johnson, 58, a former pastor at Live Oak Christian Fellowship, was arrested on 24 August 2026 and accused of abusing two children under the age of 14, according to the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office. Johnson pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Conversely I grew up in a church that treated me better than my parents did. It’s not religious institutions that is the problem. It’s the people that flock to it and use it as a shield to hide behind. The fix is really simple though, don’t isolate children. Don’t allow one on one. Kids were always in groups with multiple adults acting as rotating chaperone in my upbringing.