LEESBURG — Former students and since-deleted videos, coupled with a police report, shed more light on the allegations that a cult was run by Leesburg High School’s longtime band director and an LHS guidance counselor, who later had a sexual relationship with a former student.The Leesburg Police Department released an incident report Thursday detailing an interview with a former Leesburg High School student who told investigators that he was involved in a “cult-like” “secret society” led by band director Gabriel Fielder.
That secret society — the Elder Council — was dissolved last year.
The report contained other disturbing allegations, including that Lenny Finelli, who has resigned from his position as a guidance counselor, texted the former student and asked him “sexual questions.” It also says Fielder — who, as a school employee, is a mandatory abuse reporter — knew about the messages between the student and Finelli and deleted them.
Former students describe ‘toxic’ environment, astral projection under Leesburg band director