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.
He is a 2007 alumnus of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he was an inaugural member of the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. He lives with his wife and two sons in New York City.
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Robert Morris did not get severance after resignation over abuse scandal, Gateway Church reveals
Gateway Church founder Robert Morris received no severance payout after he resigned from the Texas megachurch in the wake of allegations that he sexually abused Cindy Clemishire over multiple years in the 1980s, beginning when she was 12.
Robert Morris Ministries cancels future radio, television broadcasts after child sexual abuse scandal
Following allegations that came to light last month that Gateway Church founder Robert Morris sexually abused Cindy Clemishire over multiple years in the 1980s, beginning when she was 12, Pastor Robert Morris Ministries has now canceled “all future radio and television broadcasts.”
Benny Hinn says world’s darkest days ahead, giving to God will protect followers financially
Benny Hinn says the world is on a collision course with its darkest days ever, and only those who give money to the Lord’s work will be protected financially.
Zachary King, former megachurch pastor, charged with rape, sodomy of minor
Zachary King, a pastor with “significant experience serving in youth ministry” at multiple megachurches, including LexCity Church in Kentucky, from which he recently resigned as executive pastor, has been charged with the rape and sexual abuse of a minor.
Missionary, 5 family members perish in fire at Wisconsin vacation rental
Pastor Steve Witte, a missionary affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, commonly referred to as WELS, perished in a fire along with five members of his family while at a vacation rental in the state, the Synod has announced.
The Meeting House megachurch temporarily shutters because it can’t get abuse insurance
More than two years after former teaching pastor Bruxy Cavey resigned from one of Canada’s largest megachurches amid allegations of sexual misconduct, The Meeting House has temporarily paused operations because no insurance company wants to cover its abuse liability or employment practices liability insurance.
Christian school closes after brawl at basketball game, but some say there's more to it
Northside Christian Academy, a private Christian school founded in 1961, and operated as a ministry of North Side Baptist Church in North Carolina, is no longer in operation due to low enrollment following a brawl at a high school basketball game with a rival team in January.
Pastor shot in face speaks out after charges dropped against suspect
Clemmie Livingston Jr., the 71-year-old Tennessee pastor who was shot in the face by carjackers outside his church in February, is speaking out after the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office dropped several charges against a suspect in the attack that almost cost him his life.
Robert Morris' son-in-law reveals ‘nightmare week’ for family amid abuse scandal
Ethan Fisher, senior pastor of Gateway Church Houston, who is also the son-in-law of Gateway Church founder Robert Morris, revealed Sunday that his family faced a “nightmare week” following the revelation of allegations from 54-year-old Cindy Clemishire that Morris sexually abused her for four-and-a-half years in the 1980s beginning when she was 12.
Robert Morris allegedly asked Cindy Clemishire to name price for silence on sex abuse
Two days after Cindy Clemishire confronted Gateway Church founder Robert Morris in 2005 about how he sexually abused her starting when she was 12, he accused her of attempting to blackmail him, then asked her to name her price after she demanded he pay for what he had done to her as a child. Clemishire ultimately said she wanted Morris to pay $2 million in restitution.
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