By John Byrne In May, a Louisiana Republican official who also served as a pastor stepped down from his position as a headmaster at a Christian school after being arrested for a second time after physically abusing a 4-year-old child. In a release, the Slidell Police Department said that after Rev. John Raymond’s initial arrest, several witnesses came forward to report additional incidents going back several years. One involved a 4-year-old boy. “Due to the boy crying and screaming, Raymond allegedly placed his hand over the boy’s nose and mouth (preventing him from breathing) to the point of …