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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Names of 13 Church Members Killed in Texas Bus Crash Released
The Texas Department of Public Safety on Thursday identified the 13 members of the New Braunfels First Baptist Church killed in a tragic bus crash Wednesday.
Sunday School Teacher Found Dead With Son in Apparent Murder-Suicide
David Michael Pittore-Montiel, a doting father and Sunday school teacher who struggled to overcome a difficult life, lost his battle Thursday morning when police found him dead at his home in Longview, Washington, along with his 7-year-old son, Michael, in an apparent murder-suicide.
Televangelist Ernest Angley Ordered to Pay $388K for Using Coerced Church Labor for Buffet Business
Televangelist Ernest Angley and the Cathedral Buffet business he owns in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, were ordered on Wednesday to pay more than $388,000 in damages and back wages to a group of employees the U.S. Department of Labor found were members of his church coerced into working as unpaid volunteers.
Michael Sharp, Son of Kansas Bible College Teacher Working for UN, Found Dead in Congo
Michael Sharp, 34, a United Nations humanitarian worker and son of Hesston College professor of history and Bible John Sharp, was found dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo Monday, buried in a shallow grave along with Swedish colleague, Zaida Catalan, 36.
Republican Leaders Look to Repeal North Carolina's Transgender 'Bathroom Bill'
Republican North Carolina Senate Leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore agreed in principle Tuesday to a proposal made by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper that would repeal the controversial House Bill 2 that requires transgender people to use restrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificates in public buildings.
13 Dead, 2 Injured in Horrific Crash Involving Church Bus Filled With Senior Citizens
Members of the New Braunfels First Baptist Church in Texas were left reeling in grief Wednesday after a bus carrying 14 senior female parishioners from a retreat was involved in a fatal crash that left 13 of them dead.
Former Mayor, a Professed Christian, Pleads Guilty to Raping 4-Y-O Girl
Richard Keenan, 65, a self-professed Christian who served as the mayor of Hubbard, Ohio, for nearly two years could now spend the rest of his life in prison after admitting that he repeatedly raped a young girl he began molesting when she was just 4 years old. He also claimed the child was a "willing participant" in her rape.
Paul Washer Develops 'Severe Skin Reaction' to Heart Medication; Hospital Release Delayed
After several days of encouraging reports on his recovery from emergency heart surgery last Monday, HeartCry Missionary Society founder Paul Washer has developed a "severe skin reaction" to medication, delaying his hospital release.
Anti-Abortion Pair Behind Planned Parenthood Sting Videos Charged With Felonies in California
Eight months after similar charges against them were dropped in Texas, pro-life activists David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt of the Center for Medical Progress were charged in California Tuesday with 15 felony counts of invasion of privacy for recording undercover videos targeting abortion giant Planned Parenthood.
47 People Fall Ill With Food Poisoning at Oak Glen Christian Conference Center
The Oak Glen Christian Conference Center in Yucaipa, California, was open and "busy" Tuesday despite 47 visitors from several churches becoming ill from food poisoning at the camp on Saturday.
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