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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Attorney gets 180 days in jail for drugging wife to abort unborn daughter
Mason Herring, a Texas attorney who secretly laced his pregnant wife’s drinks multiple times in a failed attempt to abort their unborn daughter, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and another 10 years on probation for his crimes.
Neighbors of Lakewood Church shooter say she was a threat for years, but police offered no help
Neighbors of suspected Lakewood Church shooter, Genesse Ivonne Moreno, say for years, they warned law enforcement and elected officials in Conroe, Texas, that she was a menace to society, but no one took their cries seriously until it was too late.
Boz Tchividjian wants IHOPKC shuttered as 3rd woman brings claim against Mike Bickle
Noted attorney and Billy Graham’s grandson, Boz Tchividjian, called for International House of Prayer Kansas City to be shuttered permanently after a third woman alleged she was groomed and sexually abused by the 24/7 prayer ministry’s founder Mike Bickle in the 1980s, when she was just 14.
Jewish grandmother says Lakewood shooter worshiped at megachurch
Walli Carranza, a Jewish rabbi and former mother-in-law of late suspected Lakewood Church shooter, Genesse Ivonne Moreno, said she worshiped at the megachurch, and when news first broke about Sunday’s shooting, she had a suspicion that her former daughter-in-law was involved.
Lakewood Church shooter was mentally troubled, consistently identified as female, police say
Despite reportedly using multiple aliases, including the male name Jeffrey Escalante, Genesse Ivonne Moreno, a mentally troubled individual who was shot dead by off-duty law enforcement officers after opening fire at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church on Sunday, has consistently identified as female, a Houston Police Department officer said Monday.
Judge asks for Lakewood Church shooting to be investigated as possible hate crime
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo wants investigators to examine whether the shooting at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston on Sunday is a hate crime because it happened during a service for Spanish speakers.
Pastor placed on leave after allegedly pulling gun, threatening self-harm in drunken crash
Jamie Steele, a Southern Baptist pastor from North Carolina who allegedly crashed his car while driving under the influence then threatened to harm himself during an armed standoff with local police has been place on leave by his church.
Eastview Christian Church names former staffer Brandon Grant as new pastor
Eleven months after the resignation of their longtime senior pastor Mike Baker over a sexual misconduct scandal involving his son Caleb, Eastview Christian Church in Illinois announced that they have hired Pastor Brandon Grant, a former staff member, to replace him.
Metaverse use dips among churches as Zuckerberg remains committed to VR
Despite drawing significant interest during the coronavirus pandemic that created a buzz big enough to question whether it could replace megachurches, the excitement for the metaverse appears to have hit a bump as some 90% of churches have gravitated towards less expensive and more easily accessed online engagement.
Pastor says he's in shock after causing crash that killed wife, daughter
A Texas pastor who says he blacked out during a coughing fit and caused a crash that killed his 17-year-old daughter and his 51-year-old wife of 25 years as they drove home from a high school basketball game said his “heart died” when he discovered what happened.
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