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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Gospel singer Vicki Yohe claims ex-lover, televangelist David E Taylor, slept with at least 100 women
Grammy-nominated gospel artist Vicki Yohe claims her embattled former lover, televangelist and self-styled “apostle,” David E. Taylor who was recently arrested by federal authorities, has slept with at least 100 women while doing ministry, and exploited her for money and access to her 1.2 million Facebook followers.
Journey Fort Worth Pastor Diego Fuller denies sexually assaulting former parishioner after arrest
Alonzo Diego Fuller, the founding pastor of Journey Fort Worth Church in Texas has “categorically” denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a former parishioner after he was arrested by police in Fort Worth.
Woman who fatally shot Memphis Pastor Ricky Floyd indicted on elevated charges
A woman previously charged with the fatal shooting of Ricky Floyd, the late senior lead pastor of Pursuit of God Church, during a religious dispute outside a bar in Memphis, Tennessee, is now facing elevated charges as investigators question her claim of self-defense.
Mom killed husband, 2 kids, herself week after employer alerted police to embezzlement
About a week before New Hampshire mother, Emily Long, was found dead inside her Madbury home along with two of her three children and her terminally ill husband, her employer reported her to police for stealing more than $600,000 from his business.
Bishop Henry Fernandez defends firing successor, Joel Tudman, 5 months after installation
Bishop Henry Fernandez, founder of the more than 10,000-member Faith Center Ministries in Sunrise, Florida, has defended the recent firing of the church’s senior pastor, Joel Tudman, for undisclosed reasons.
Family of trans-identified church shooter held prayer meetings at home, neighbor says
Before his parents divorced when he was 9, the family of Robert "Robin" Westman, who carried out the deadly mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, last Wednesday, were known by neighbors as an odd, religious family who would hold prayer meetings in their home.
Josh Sullivan, Tennessee missionary who was kidnapped in South Africa, returns to work
Tennessee missionary Josh Sullivan, who was kidnapped by armed men from his church in South Africa in April and held hostage for six days, briefly returned to ministry in that country last month in a test of what could be a permanent return to work.
Amish mother who claims God told her to throw 4-year-old son in lake charged with murder
An Amish mother who claims she was testing her faith by throwing her 4-year-old son into a lake where he drowned has been charged with murder.
City Life Church removes Pastor Andy Adkison but won’t say why as rumors swirl
City Life Church in Wichita, Kansas, has removed its Lead Pastor Andy Adkison, but won’t say why amid online speculation about what might've led to his "disqualification."
Two students killed in Annunciation Catholic School shooting identified
Family members have identified the two Annunciation Catholic School students who were murdered on Wednesday by a gunman during an all-school mass at the Annunciation Catholic Church next door in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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