Ohio Rep Reinstated to Committees Despite Child Sex Abuse Claims

Republican Rodney Creech had been removed from his committees after credible claims emerged last year

This is Republican State Rep Rodney Creech.

Rep Creech represents Ohio House District 40, which includes all of Preble County and parts of Montgomery and Butler Counties.

Last year, Rep Creech was removed from his Ohio Statehouse committees after credible allegations of child sexual abuse emerged.

Rep Creech was never criminally charged, but we can’t exactly trust that to mean he’s innocent….

In fact, “Creech made a substantial donation” to the prosecutor who chose not to charge him with sexual imposition.

Perhaps even worse, we now know the child sexual abuse allegations came from Rep Creech’s own children.

Earlier this week, Rep Creech’s daughter posted publicly about the incidents. Rep Creech responded from his official legislator Facebook page, claiming his daughter suffers from “textbook parental alienation.”

Then, on Thursday, it became clear why Rep Creech’s daughter chose to call him out publicly several months after the allegations emerged.

State Rep Rodney Creech — who last year refused calls for his resignation — announced that he will run for re-election this November.

Even more sickening? Shortly after Creech announced his re-election campaign this week, Republican House Speaker Matt Huffman put Creech back in charge of several Statehouse Committees.

Committee leadership (chairmanship) comes with significant power over Ohio laws, as well as a hefty pay bump. This move also indicates that Matt Huffman wants Creech to win reelection.

Rep Creech told reporter Dillon Carr that his kids’ sexual abuse accusations were simply a “small bump in the road” and he plans to win re-election to the Ohio Statehouse.

Side Note: I gotta say — it’s really become impossible to ignore that the Republican Party is trying to normalize child sex crimes at the state and national level.

If you, like me, are about to lose your mind with rage after reading this story, take action:

1.) Tell House Speaker Matt Huffman to remove Rodney Creech from his committees. Make clear that Huffman will be complicit if he refuses:

• Phone: 614-466-6344

• Email: Rep78@OhioHouse.gov

• Fax: 614-719-3977

• Twitter: @MattHuffman1

2.) Tell State Rep Rodney Creech to resign:

• Phone: 614-466-2960

• Email: Rep40@OhioHouse.gov

• Fax: 614-719-6940

• Twitter: @RodneyCreechOH

3.) Ask your state rep to publicly demand Rodney Creech’s resignation:

• Find your state rep by typing your address below this map

Public outrage and public pressure are incredibly powerful. Let’s use this power for good.