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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Christian Soccer Player Jaelene Hinkle Withdraws From Friendlies as US Team Is Set to Wear Gay Pride Jerseys
Two weeks after U.S. Soccer announced that both their men's and women's national teams will be wearing rainbow-colored jerseys in support of gay pride in June, Christian soccer player Jaelene Hinkle has withdrawn herself from the U.S. roster for two international friendlies this month, citing "personal reasons."
Ex-Con Pastor Accused of Bilking $700K From Plumbing Company Continues to Preach
Robert Keith, 46, an ex-convict pastor of the popular New Ebenezer Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, who was arrested in March for allegedly bilking a plumbing company he worked for out of $700,000, continues to preach from the pulpit.
Granddaughter of Televangelist Jan Crouch Who Alleged Rape Awarded $2M in TBN Lawsuit
Carra Crouch, 24, the granddaughter of the late televangelist Jan Crouch, was awarded $2 million in damages by an Orange County, California, jury Monday which found that her grandmother was wrong in blaming her when she confided that she was raped by a church employee.
Maddi Runkles, Pregnant Teen, Graduates in Private Ceremony After Christian School Stands Ground
Despite a very public campaign asking Heritage Academy, a small independent Christian school in Maryland, to allow her to march at the school's graduation ceremony, Maddi Runkles, an 18-year-old student who got pregnant, was forced to march at a private ceremony attended by family and friends on Saturday.
'Good' and Popular Priest Resigns After He Is Accused of Misspending $130K in Charity Funds
A popular Pennsylvania priest was forced to resign from his job and is now under investigation by authorities after he was accused of misspending some $130,000 earmarked for charitable purposes.
Montel Williams Rips Pastor Greg Locke for Satirical 'Pride' Video
Conservative internet star and pastor Greg Locke has come under fire from media personality Montel Williams for a satirical video in which he celebrates coming out of the closet with his faith.
James Robison: Trump Could Become 'One of the Greatest Miracles the World Has Ever Seen'
Despite constant attacks from the left on his leadership as president of the United States, veteran televangelist James Robison believes Donald Trump has the potential "to become one of the greatest miracles the world has ever seen."
13-Y-O Girl Kills Herself After Christian Parents Allow Her to Live as Transgender Boy
Just over a year after her Christian parents allowed her to start living life as a boy named Jay Griffin, a troubled 13-year-old girl who was in therapy for depression, anxiety and identity issues killed herself inside her home in Trussville, Alabama, last Thursday.
Prominent Pastor Who Blessed Massachusetts Governor Arrested in Prostitution Sting
Archbishop Archie Livingston Foxworth, the prominent senior pastor of Grace Church of All Nations church in Dorchester, Massachusetts, who blessed Gov. Charlie Baker of that state when he was elected in 2014, was arrested in a prostitution sting Tuesday after agreeing to pay $150 for sex.
Mormon Church Agrees to Repay $150K in Tithes Linked to $25M Fraud Case
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has agreed to return $150,000 in tithing donations it received from a man currently serving time in prison for stealing nearly $25 million from his clients' retirement accounts at American Pension Services.
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