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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Former youth pastor accused of sexually abusing 14 girls to be released from prison after 33 months
Robert Shiflet, a former youth pastor at Denton Bible Church in Texas who was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison in June 2021 for child sex trafficking charges, is set to be released next month but will spend the rest of his life under federal supervision.
Family of 8, including 5 children, found shot dead at Utah home in murder-suicide
Eight family members, including five children and an adult described as a “leader” in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, were found shot dead inside a home in Enoch City, Utah, on Wednesday.
International Churches of Christ abused, pressured members financially to the point of suicide: lawsuit
The International Churches of Christ, a racially diverse, and theologically conservative non-denominational body of co-operating Christian congregations, along with their affiliated organizations have been accused in a lawsuit filed by five women in California of covering up child sexual abuse and pressuring members so much for money some left the church and later committed suicide.
Damar Hamlin’s uncle tells public to continue sending prayers as ‘they are making a difference’
After learning that his nephew, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, had to be resuscitated twice after he collapsed due to a cardiac arrest during Monday night's game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Dorrian Glenn, urged the public on Tuesday to keep praying as Hamlin’s health has been “trending upwards in a positive way” since his hospitalization.
Damar Hamlin showered with prayers as he remains in critical condition after cardiac arrest at Bengals game
Prayers continued to go up for Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin as the beloved 24-year-old NFL player remained hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday morning after suffering a cardiac arrest that caused him to collapse during a live broadcast of a game against the Cincinnati Bengals Monday night.
How 2 pastors saved the lives of 154 people during Buffalo’s ‘blizzard of the century’
Had it not been for a husband and wife team of pastors who kept the doors of their church open to help 154 people survive the historic winter storm that pummeled western New York just before Christmas, the death toll of at least 40 victims, mostly in Buffalo, could have been much higher.
Touring site where some believe the Virgin Mary spent her final days
Among the most compelling Christian sites to visit in Turkey is a small shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary just outside the ancient city of Ephesus on the slope of Bulbul Mountain in Izmir. It’s believed by some to be where the mother of Jesus spent her final days.
A trip to the birthplace of the saint who inspired the legend of Santa Claus
When people in the West think of Santa Claus, some things that might come to mind are snow, reindeer, Christmas gifts, the North Pole and a portly man wearing a red and white suit. Very few people, if any at all, are likely to think about a pristine beach, grazing sheep and a man who saved young girls from sexual slavery.
Woman claims minister, spiritual counselor suggested they get naked for therapy: lawsuit
An Iowa woman has filed a lawsuit seeking compensation for emotional distress and negligence after a former minister at Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines, who was also serving as her spiritual counselor, allegedly suggested they get naked in bed as a part of her counseling.
Pastor Jamal Bryant suggests new ‘gospel for grownups’ who are 'used to getting some' sex
Megachurch Pastor Jamal Bryant of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, has called for the Church to “repackage” itself to include a discussion of a new “gospel for grownups” that doesn’t tell single Christians that are “used to getting some” that they need to be celibate.