
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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'I Wished I Had Been Born a Boy,' Says Married Christian Radio Personality; Offers Sympathies to Bruce Jenner
LaVern Vivio, a 52-year-old Christian radio personality and mother of four from Springfield, Tennessee, revealed recently that she once struggled with gender identity issues as a teenager and expressed sympathy for Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner.

Moldovan Orthodox Church Priest Rides Man Like Donkey to Exorcise Demon; Church Vows to Investigate
The Moldovan Orthodox Church is reportedly now distancing itself from one of its priests after a video showing his riding a man like a donkey to exorcise a demon from him was leaked online Thursday.

'You're Not Serious;' Woman Turns Down Boyfriend After He Proposes to Her at McDonald's With Ring on Bun
Perhaps he should have gotten her the Happy Meal. A man who recently proposed to his girlfriend of two years at the McDonald's restaurant where they first met with a ring stuck in the bun of a Crispy Chicken Deluxe meal did not get the laugh he was expecting when she painfully turned down his proposal as a "joke."

US Air Force Locates and Bombs ISIS Group Headquarters in Syria Using 'Moron' Militant's 'Bragging' Social Media Post
The U.S. Air Force recently located and successfully bombed a group headquarters for ISIS in Syria using information the agency's intelligence unit took from a social media post by a "moron" militant from the terrorist group which has killed and displaced countless Christians in the Middle East.

Catholic Church Importing Priests From Africa and Asia for US and European Churches as It Runs Short of Natives
The Catholic Church has been increasingly turning to Africa and Asia to find priests to staff its parishes in the U.S., Europe and other parts of the world because it's now struggling to find native priests in these areas, according to the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University.

Stephen Hawking Would Consider Assisted Suicide If He Became a Burden
World-renowned physicist and professor Stephen Hawking, 73, who suffers from a rare early-onset of a slow-progressing form of Lou Gehrig's disease that has slowly paralyzed him over several decades, says he would be open to ending his life by assisted suicide if he became a burden.

Cousins Allegedly Beat 14-Y-O Girl Impregnated by Relative to Abort Baby; Burned Stillborn on BBQ Grill to Hide Crime
A 14-year-old girl who was allegedly impregnated by a relative then beaten by four of her cousins to force the abortion of her 8-month-old pregnancy, the remains of which was burned on a barbecue grill in an attempt to cover the crime, is being praised by police in Dallas for coming forward to report the crimes.

Former President of Texas Baptist Convention Commits Suicide After Struggle With Depression; Friend Also Took Own Life
Phil Lineberger, 69, former president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and pastor of Sugar Land Baptist Church, reportedly took his own life Sunday after a long battle with depression.

Creflo Dollar Will Get $70 Million Gulfstream G650 Jet Says Church; World Changers Board Says It Is 'Necessary' for Ministry
The board of World Changers Church International, which was founded by popular televangelist Creflo Dollar and conducts business as Creflo Dollar Ministries, said in a strongly worded statement that the organization will acquire the luxury multimillion dollar Gulfstream G650 jet they tried to raise $65 million to purchase through a short-lived crowdfunding campaign that sparked public outcry in March.

Evangelical Powerhouse Wheaton College Removes Dennis Hastert's Name From Center After Indictment for Dodging IRS, Lying to FBI, Allegations of Child Sex Molestation
Wheaton College, the prominent evangelical alma mater of former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert said Sunday that it had removed his name from a center named after him since his scandalous indictment for illegally transferring funds to dodge the IRS and lying to the FBI.



















