Erika Kirk Ripped For Featuring Controversial Pastor On 'Make Heaven Crowded' Tour: 'Very Disturbing'

Erika Kirk's latest project has received backlash over the feature of Pastor Greg Laurie, who is currently embroiled in child abuse and trafficking allegations.

The widow of the late right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk launched her "Make Heaven Crowded" tour on January 21, which features Laurie as a primary speaker.

Although Laurie and his church have since denied wrongdoing, netizens wasted no time in labeling his feature in the tour as "disturbing" and slamming the tour as a mockery of Charlie's legacy.

Since taking over her late husband's positions as CEO of Turning Point USA, Erika has spearheaded new projects for the organization, with the latest being the inaugural 'Make Heaven Crowded' tour of the non-profit's Faith banner.

However, the tour, which has the theme of calling people to "repentance, faith, and bold obedience to Jesus," is now being overshadowed by controversy over Pastor Greg Laurie's role as a primary speaker.

Laurie is the senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, who has been named in a wave of lawsuits filed in U.S. federal court alleging child abuse and trafficking by former pastor Paul Havsgaard.

The lawsuit alleged that church leaders, including Laurie, allowed Havsgaard to act without oversight and overlooked multiple warning signs of his alleged misconduct when he ran church-supported children's homes in Romania from 1998 to 2008.

It also alleged that the church didn't cease to financially support the Romanian homes despite reports of abuse, and that Havsgaard was also allowed to return to the United States with some of the children to raise even more funds.

While Laurie and his church deny any wrongdoing, the existence of the allegations and his inclusion as a speaker sparked a fierce backlash from netizens.

Many said they were disgusted by Laurie's feature amid such serious allegations, with one person writing, "This is very disturbing. What's more crazy is the crowd is full. Who would pay to see this?"

"Kirk will be turning in his grave with this corruption by his wife and family! Despicable," another user wrote.

"This isn't Charlie's Turning Point. Ericka is not doing what Charlie would do, ugh," a third individual commented.

Another noted, "Anyone claiming to be a Christian and supporting this is not a Christian."

Some individuals chose to show support for Erika and TPUSA amid the intense backlash over Laurie's feature.

One wrote, "Someone who once worked with HCF is accused of sexual misconduct, and HCF is sued as his employer. To implicate HCF in this conduct would be like implicating the Catholic Church for the misdeeds of one priest."

Another commented, "Serious accusation. Post the case numbers, filings, and actual evidence, or this is just slander bait."

While Erika has yet to address the backlash, it would not be surprising if she chooses to ignore it.

She previously told Fox News' Shannon Bream during a recent media appearance that she does not intend to address every allegation or insult made against her.

"If myself or Charlie spent every single second responding to every accusation, responding to every insult, every judgment, we'd get nothing done," the mother of two said at the time.

Erika also said she wasn't going to waste time praying that the criticism stops coming her way.

"I'm not gonna ask God to remove those people from life. It just makes me stronger," she further remarked.

Erika recently filed a motion urging the court to speed up the trial of Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating her husband at a TPUSA event in September.

In court documents obtained by the New York Post, Erika's lawyer, Jeffrey Neiman, claimed that the widow was deserving of the request under a Utah law.

"The Utah Code affords victims of a crime 'the right to a speedy disposition of the charges free from unwarranted delay caused by or at the behest of the defendant,'" read the filing by the lawyer.

"This Court is tasked with the critically important function of ensuring the Defendant has a fair trial, but this Court must also do so while balancing Mrs. Kirk's right to a speedy trial, and therefore this Notice invokes Mrs. Kirk's rights under applicable Utah Code," the doc further read.

A ruling is yet to be reached on the matter.