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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Victoria Osteen Chides Critics: I Didn't Mean Parishioners Shouldn't Worship God … That's Ridiculous
After weathering a blistering week of scorn and ridicule for controversial comments she made during a worship service at the popular Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, including a declaration that worship is not for God, co-pastor Victoria Osteen now says that's not what she meant and dismissed the notion as "ridiculous."
Too Much? Mom Shocked After Teenage Boys Charged With Felonies for Stripping Bark From Mature Tree
A Mason City, Iowa, mother was recently left in shock after her 13-year-old son and his 14-year-old step-brother were arrested and charged with felonies for stripping the bark of a mature tree that was already falling off.
Judge Cries as She Sentences White Man to 17 Years for Fatally Shooting Unarmed Black Teen Renisha McBride on His Porch
Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Dana Hathaway was brought to tears in Detroit Wednesday as she sentenced 55-year-old white homeowner Theodore Wafer to at least 17 years in prison for fatally shooting Renisha McBride, 17, on his front porch as she tried seeking help after her car crashed last November.
Atheist Airman Threatens Suit After He Is Denied Reenlistment for Refusing to Say 'So Help Me God;' Air Force Says It's Law
The American Humanist Association is threatening to sue the Air Force on behalf of an atheist airman at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada after he was denied reenlistment into the service last month because he refused to say "so help me God" in the Oath of Enlistment.
Cincinnati Bengals Signs Devon Still to Practice Squad to Help Him Pay for Daughter's Cancer Treatment After Cutting Him
The NFL's Cincinnati Bengals resigned defensive tackle Devon Still to their practice squad, after cutting him from the team, in order to help him pay for his 4-year-old daughter's cancer treatments.
ISIS Now an Army of 10,000 Militants Making $1M Daily Selling Oil and Hostages; Network Worth More Than $2B
Extremist Muslim terrorist group ISIS is reportedly an army of some 10,000 militants worth more than $2 billion generated primarily through a multimillion dollar-a-day operation selling oil, hostages and other spoils from the organization's criminal activities.
Federal Judge Upholds Louisiana's Ban on Gay Marriage; Says State Has Right to Define Marriage as Union of a Man and a Woman
In a decision that has sent gay rights advocates in a tizzy, a federal judge upheld Louisiana's ban on same-sex marriage Wednesday handing opponents of such bans across the country their first defeat in a federal court since the Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that the U.S. government cannot withhold federal benefits to married gay couples.
Bride Left Stranded After Groom Sparks Brawl Over Allegedly Hitting on Pregnant Worker, Forcing Alcohol Down Her Throat
A bride who wed her groom Sunday in Pittsburgh on a riverboat cruise spent the night without him after he was arrested for hitting on a pregnant 19-year-old waitress at the reception party where he also allegedly tried to force the girl to drink alcohol.
Statutory Rape Victim Forced to Pay Child Support to Older Woman He Impregnated When He Was 14
A 24-year-old Arizona man who was the victim of statutory rape by a 20-year-old woman a decade ago when he was 14, is now on the hook for child support payments after the woman got pregnant from the encounter and kept him in the dark until eight years after she gave birth to his daughter.
Chris Oyakhilome, Leader of Global Christ Embassy Church Accused of 'Adultery,' 'Unreasonable Behavior' in Divorce Filing by Wife
After months of public speculation about the health of their marriage, reports revealed Friday that Anita Oyakhilome, wife of popular charismatic preacher Chris Oyakhilome who heads the Believers' Loveworld Ministries, also known as Christ Embassy Church headquartered in Nigeria, has filed for divorce from her husband citing "adultery" and "unreasonable behavior."
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