Leonardo Blair
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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Christian Teacher Who Refused to Divorce Pedophile Husband Wins Wrongful Dismissal Lawsuit
An "exemplary" Christian teacher from the U.K. who was fired by officials at the school where she worked for more than a decade after she refused to divorce her pedophile husband has won compensation for wrongful dismissal.
46-Y-O Florida Pastor Impregnated 10-Y-O Girl, Police Say
A 46-year-old man who told police he was a youth pastor was arrested by authorities in Fort Lauderdale, Florida last Friday for allegedly impregnating a 10-year-old girl then fleeing to Haiti to escape prosecution for the crime.
Jason Sheats Family Leaning on God in Wake of Daughters' Murder by Manic Mom
The family of beloved sisters Taylor and Madison Sheats — who were gunned down by their manic mother, Christy Sheats, in Texas on their father's birthday two Fridays ago — is leaning on God as they try to pick up the pieces of their broken family.
Barcelona's Lionel Messi Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison for Tax Fraud
Lionel Messi, the 29-year-old Argentine professional footballer who plays forward for Spanish club Barcelona has been sentenced along with his father, Jorge Horacio Messi, for tax fraud, according to Spanish media.
English Gardener Launches Into Worship of Jesus on Track After Winning 100 Meters at US Trials
English Gardner, a 24-year-old sprinter who was told she might not be able to run again after a devastating injury in 2008, is now a viral sensation after she launched into an impromptu praise break after she won the 100-meter dash at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on Sunday.
Jason Sheats, Shattered Father Whose Wife Shot Daughters Dead in Texas, Turns to Jesus
Despite enduring a violent birthday last Friday when he watched his wife snap and fatally gun down their two daughters at their Texas home, then watch police kill his wife to end her murderous rampage, Jason Sheats, 45, says he is drawing strength from Jesus and his family.
'Christian' Mother Claims Christy Sheats Killed Daughters Because They Were Sleeping With 'Black Boys'
Jennifer Mayers, a blogger who claims to be a Christian mother from Louisiana has drawn the ire of the Internet for claiming that Christy Sheats, 42, the devout Texas mother who gunned down her two daughters at home last Friday, shot them dead because she found out they were sleeping with "black boys."
Christian School Assemblies Violate Kids Human Rights, UN Committee Tells the UK
The United Nations' Committee on the Rights of the Child claims in a report that the U.K. might be violating the rights of children in publicly funded schools by requiring them to take part in daily religious worship "of a broadly Christian character."
Husband Told Troubled Wife Christy Sheats He Wanted Divorce on Day She Murdered Daughters, Police Say
The murderous meltdown of troubled Christian mom Christy Sheats, who shot her two daughters to death and was later killed by police outside her Texas home last Friday, might have been triggered by her husband, Jason Sheats, telling her he wanted a divorce.
Christian Woman Slays Performance of National Anthem at Lincoln Memorial
Star Genleah Swain, an assistant principal at Jefferson County Middle/High School in Florida is now the toast of the Internet after an impromptu video of her delivering a powerful and captivating performance of the National Anthem at the Lincoln Memorial while on vacation went viral.