Family: Late Christian Leader Molested Up To 200 Boys

The Christian Post reports:

To the outside world, Don Ogden, founder of the music department at Grace College & Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana, was a charismatic and beloved Christian leader, husband and father. When he died at age 88 on June 27, 2015, a publication of the private Christian college known as 289 described Ogden as a passionate family man who “loved being a servant of the Lord” most of all.

But Ogden, who fathered two daughters and a son, and served a combined 42 years at two area churches, including the Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church, retired in 1993 after signs that he was hiding an ugly truth began to emerge. The man who had declared that he “loved being a servant of the Lord” was also a serial sexual predator who had an attraction for sex with young boys, which he once allegedly likened to a “dentist that eats candy.”

Read the full article. It’s quite the story.

According to Ogden’s daughters, they have evidence that their father molested 100 to 200 boys. The daughters allege that Ogden’s crimes were an “open secret” at Grace College, but were hushed up because his name was their most fruitful fundraising tool.

This is a despicable story. Shame on Grace College. “Founder of Grace College’s music department abused at least 100 (possibly 200) boys over decades, whistleblowers allege”. https://t.co/M2001OAu9E

— Dee Parsons (@wartwatch) September 21, 2022