Overview
- Kenneth McFarland was arrested on Nov. 10 by Stockbridge police on a charge of second-degree cruelty to children and booked into the Henry County Jail.
- Jail records and local reporting show he posted a $2,500 bond and was released following the arrest.
- An assistant principal at Creekside Christian Academy reported the incident after noticing blood on the teen’s pants, according to the police report.
- The student told staff, "my dad called himself disciplining me," and officers recorded bruising on his upper right thigh and lower buttocks.
- 2819 Church said McFarland was immediately suspended, agreed to step down, and was dismissed from staff on Nov. 18, as the church condemned violence and removed some of his sermons from its social channels while recordings remained on a third-party platform.