Harvard geneticist who met with Jeffrey Epstein and received research funding from him. Church apologized in 2019 for the interactions and said he was not aware of Epstein's sex trafficking at the time. Epstein was interested in Church's work on genetics.
2026 REVELATIONS: DOJ files reveal Epstein was a participant in Church's Personal Genome Project, with cell lines containing Epstein's DNA created in 2013. Church received funding from Epstein after his 2008 conviction. Emails show Church started a biotech company with Epstein.
Epstein's interest in genetics and "designer babies" has been widely documented.