Leonardo Blair
Senior Reporter
Leonardo Blair is an award-winning investigative reporter and feature writer whose career spanned secular media in the Caribbean and New York City prior to joining The Christian Post in 2013. His early work with CP focusing on crime and Christian society quickly attracted international attention when he exposed a campaign by Creflo Dollar Ministries in 2015 to raise money from supporters to purchase a $65 million luxury jet. He continues to report extensively on church crimes, spiritual abuse, mental health, the black church and major events impacting Christian culture.
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2 female teachers accused of sexually abusing male student at Christian school
Two former teachers at Nathanael Greene Academy, a private Christian PK-12 school in Siloam, Georgia, have been arrested and charged with multiple felonies alleging improper sexual contact with the same male student.
Church mourns as family loses 2 of 5 sons in crash
The multi-campus Cathedral International in New Jersey is mourning with one of their families that lost two of their five sons in a car crash that left two other sons seriously injured last Friday night.
Pastor Ricky Floyd was shot dead outside bar after his moral authority to witness was questioned, lawyer says
Shortly before he was shot dead by a woman outside a bar during an altercation in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 12, Ricky Floyd, the late senior lead pastor of Pursuit of God Church in Frayser, argued with her and another man who questioned his moral authority when he allegedly tried to share religious tracts with them.
BaptistCare executive Lauren Tesolin-Mastrosa arrested for writing book deemed pedophilia
A marketing executive for BaptistCare, one of Australia’s largest care organizations, has been arrested on child abuse material charges after complaints about pedophilia in her latest book, "Daddy’s Little Toy."
Dave Dummitt stepping down as Willow Creek’s senior pastor to pursue other dreams
After five years in the senior pastor role stabilizing Willow Creek Community Church in suburban Chicago, Dave Dummitt announced to the congregation on Sunday that he is stepping down to pursue other dreams.
Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger expands role at Gloo in push to shape technology for good
With a plan to shape technology, particularly Artificial Intelligence toward positive endeavors, Gloo, a leading technology platform connecting the faith ecosystem, announced Monday that Pat Gelsinger, the former CEO of multinational technology company Intel, has expanded his role at the firm from investor and chairman to executive chairman and head of technology.
Megachurch pastor accused of covering up sexual abuse claims mistaken identity
An attorney says claims that Pastor M. Wayne Blackburn helped cover up the sexual abuse of a 7-year-old boy decades ago is a case of "mistaken identity."
Ex-Futures Church pastor granted bail after child porn charges, but loses work license
Daniel Menelaou, the former youth pastor for the Alpharetta, Georgia, campus of the global Futures Church headquartered in Australia, has been released on a $120,000 bond after he was arrested and charged with possession of child pornography a week ago.
Koinonia Christian Church Pastor Ronnie Goines acquitted of sexual assault charge
Less than a month after he was hit with a civil lawsuit by a former member and dentist alleging that he sexually assaulted her twice, founding pastor of Koinonia Christian Church in Arlington, Texas, Ronnie Goines was acquitted of those charges Wednesday after a Tarrant County grand jury decided there was insufficient evidence to support the claim.
Cindy Clemishire tells Texas House how Robert Morris shattered her innocence in 1982
Cindy Clemishire told Texas lawmakers this week how Gateway Church founder Robert Morris shattered her innocence in 1982 and it took her two decades to realize she was abused and not the one at fault.
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