
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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Sister of Married 30-Y-O Felon Jeremy Meeks Claims He Has Been Practicing Christian for 7 Years as Women Fawn Over His Mug Shot
The sister of 30-year-old convicted felon, husband and father Jeremy R. Meeks, made famous by women swooning over his mug shot posted to Facebook Wednesday after he was arrested and charged with weapons possession, claims that he has been a practicing Christian for seven years.

Rape Victim Says Bob Jones University Told Her to Repent of Her Sin After She Reported Rape
Bob Jones University, a Christian liberal arts school in South Carolina, found its record of handling sexual abuse under the spotlight again this week when a former student revealed that she was told by a dean of students at the school to repent of her sin after she told him she had been raped.

Reviewers Bill Hillary Clinton's 656-Page Book 'Hard Choices' a Dud as Publisher Worries About Tepid Sales
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's new book, "Hard Choices," is being roundly ripped by reviewers across America and the book's publisher, Simon and Schuster, which reportedly paid her a whopping $14 million advance, are worried it could be a "bomb."

'Falling Upon Deaf Ears:' Band Warned As I Lay Dying Frontman Tim Lambesis 'for Years' but He Wouldn't Listen, Says Nick Hipa
Despite claims by Tim Lambesis, former Christian frontman for metalcore band As I Lay Dying, that no one tried to help him before he was convicted of plotting to murder his estranged wife, ex-bandmate Nick Hipa said he and the band had warned him about his untoward behavior "for years" but their warnings fell "upon deaf ears."

Former Members of As I Lay Dying Form New Band of Ex-Christians Called Wovenwar; Set to Release Album August 5
Former members of the Tim Lambesis-led As I Lay Dying metalcore band have emerged from the murder-for-hire scandal of their former frontman with a new band called Wovenwar and they are all declared ex-Christians this time.
Devil Worshipping Metal Band Watain Splatters Pig's Blood on Fans in Brooklyn Causing Them to Shriek and Vomit in Satanic Ritual
A Swedish black metal band which openly professes their devout worship of the devil splattered fans with pig's blood poured from the skull of a goat, causing them to scream and vomit during a satanic ritual at one of their performances in Brooklyn, New York, Sunday night.

As I Lay Dying's Ex-Guitarist Nick Hipa Says Convicted Lead Singer Tim Lambesis Is a 'Sociopathic Narcissist' Who Deserves Prison
Former As I Lay Dying guitarist Nick Hipa dismissed convicted lead singer, ex-Christian and founder of the metalcore band, Tim Lambesis, as a "sociopathic narcissist" for trying to justify plotting to murder his estranged wife and claiming that his bandmates abandoned him after he was arrested.

Nuns File Suit Against Strip Club Claiming Music Prevents Them From Praying in Peace; Seeking God's Help in Shutting Place Down
A 70-year-old convent of Catholic nuns in Stone Park, Illinois, has filed a lawsuit against a strip club that became their neighbor a year ago, claiming that throbbing music from the club is preventing them from praying in peace.

As I Lay Dying Singer Tim Lambesis Said He Became Atheist But Kept Claiming to Be Christian to Keep Selling Music to Faithful
Tim Lambesis, lead singer and founder of Christian metalcore band As I Lay Dying, recently confessed that he and other members of his band had become atheists but kept claiming to be Christians so they could keep making money selling records to Christians.

'My Husband Told Them We Were Christians and They Shot Him in the Head and Chest;' 48 Kenyans Killed in Terrorist Attacks
It was a dark and bloody Sunday for residents of the coastal town of Mpeketoni in Kenya after witnesses say a Somali al-Qaeda-linked extremist group called Al-Shabab left 48 people dead. The deaths were the result of an hours-long door-to-door assault on the community where those who weren't Muslim or spoke Somali were killed.


















