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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More than a billion people struggle with loneliness globally: Gallup
More than a billion people — or close to a quarter of the world's population — are struggling with loneliness, a new survey from Gallup and Meta shows. Younger adults are more likely to suffer from the condition, which health experts warn can have the same effect on health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
Mother who alleges son was gang raped at Christian boarding school files wrongful death lawsuit
An Idaho mother who says she trusted a now-shuttered Christian boarding school in Missouri to rehabilitate her son struggling with behavioral issues has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the abuse and brutal gang rape by staff members he suffered at the school caused his early death last year at the age of 29.
Pastor Mark Burns plans to open $200 a month Military Christian Academy to fight ‘woke’ agenda
One-time Donald Trump surrogate, Pastor Mark who admitted in 2016 that he lied about his military service and his educational achievements, says he plans to open a $200-per-month Christian military school in the next academic year to fight the influence of the “woke” agenda in American public schools and he wants parents to wear the school’s uniform to show their support.
Mother of man suspected of killing pastor’s son blames ‘demonic spirit’
The mother of a 22-year-old Florida man accused of fatally shooting the son of a pastor inside the parking lot of his church in Winter Haven on Sunday morning said he had been struggling mentally for several days prior to the killing and blamed his actions on a “demonic spirit.”
Family grieves as pastor’s son is murdered ‘in cold blood’ by gang member, police say
A Florida pastor’s son, whom local police called a “solid, good young man” with no criminal record, was found murdered “in cold blood” in the parking lot of his father’s church where he worked after a confrontation with a known gang member with 11 felony arrests and six misdemeanor arrests early Sunday morning.
Greg Locke’s expansion plan stalled ahead of mass deliverance service for children on Halloween
Pastor Greg Locke, leader of the Global Vision Bible Church in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, is facing another hurdle to the continued expansion of his church as he is set to host a massive deliverance service for children and burning of items related to witchcraft and the occult on his church’s campus Halloween night.
Fake priests charging hundreds of dollars for sacraments, Diocese of Stockton warns
A number of Spanish-speaking conmen posing as Catholic priests from Mexico, have been charging unsuspecting believers in Modesto, California, hundreds of dollars to celebrate sacraments, teach classes and issue certificates and the Diocese of Stockton is warning members of the community to call 911 should they encounter these "wolves in sheep's clothing."
Liberty U rape survivors call on accreditors to place school on probation over alleged Clery Act violations
Two rape survivors who rejected settlement offers from Liberty University after suing the Evangelical Christian institution for allegedly mishandling their sexual assault allegations are calling on the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to place the school on probation over alleged Clery Act violations.
Southwestern Seminary calls Adam Greenway’s lawsuit threat, demand for $5M ‘absurd’
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary says former president Adam W. Greenway’s demand for $5 million, along with his threat to sue the seminary, is “absurd” as he claims a public disclosure by seminary officials of spending at the school under his watch “humiliated” him and “harmed his job prospects.”
Youth coach says ‘I’m blessed’ after being shot 4 times by parent angry child isn’t starting
A volunteer youth football coach who was shot four times in front of his recreational team of 9- and 10-year-olds in St. Louis, Missouri, by a parent angry that his son was not one of the starting players says he is "blessed" to have survived the attack.
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