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 Know I'm Innocent;' Youth Pastor Says He Asked Students to 'Lay Hands and Pray' for Man He Is Accused of Murdering
A California pastor who was charged with murder last Tuesday, after a man he fought with outside a Las Vegas sports bar last summer died from head injuries, maintained his innocence after he was released from jail on bail Tuesday saying he even asked his church group "to lay hands and pray" for his attacker during the fight.
After Beating Eric Cantor, Tea Party's Dave Brat Says: Nation Needs to Stop 'Cheap Political Rhetoric'
Tea Party challenger and Princeton Theological Seminary graduate Dave Brat handed House Majority Leader Eric Cantor a stunning defeat in the GOP primary of Virginia's conservative 7th congressional district Tuesday, which sent shockwaves across the country and a declaration from the anti-establishment force that it isn't dead.
Man Charged With 'Shocking' Assault on 7-Week-Old Baby Girl; Pastor Grandmother Helped Track Down Suspect on Social Media
A Hannibal, Missouri, man accused of two counts of first-degree assault on a 7-week-old baby girl, which almost killed her, is facing two consecutive life sentences in prison if he is convicted of the charges.
Pit Bull Turns on Owner After He Orders Dog to Bite Woman He Allegedly Kidnapped
In a biting case of poetic justice last week, a Las Cruces, New Mexico, man who police say ordered his pit bull to bite a 26-year-old woman he was allegedly holding against her will, ended up being the recipient of the dog's bite instead, allowing the young woman to escape from his clutches.
Man Who Died After Fighting With Youth Pastor Was Reportedly a Christian Who Abandoned His Faith
Link Ellingson, 55, the beloved man who died in a hospital six months after a fight with youth pastor Robert Cox in Las Vegas, was once a committed Christian who reportedly abandoned his faith for the ways of the world, according to Cox's father-in-law and pastor, Mike Dillman.
Manteca Pastor Charged With Murdering Man Who Called Him 'Girlfriend' During Church Trip Released From Jail
The family and friends of youth pastor Robert Cox of Place of Refuge Church in Manteca, Calif., who is currently facing murder charges stemming from a fight in the parking lot of a Las Vegas, Nevada bar last year, celebrated his release from a local jail Monday night where he had been locked up for nearly a week.
School District to Start Issuing Condoms to Sixth Graders After 9 Girls Got Pregnant; Parents Divided Over Decision
After nine girls got pregnant this school year, Oregon's Gervais School District unanimously decided to start issuing condoms to students starting in the sixth grade, but parents are divided over the new policy.
Families of Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Seek $5 Million in Campaign to Find Out 'The Truth'
After months of expert speculation, wild conspiracy theories and failed international efforts to locate missing Malaysia Flight MH370 and the 239 passengers and crew on board, the families of the missing and are now trying to raise $5 million to launch their own investigation to learn "the truth" about what happened to their loved ones.
Pastor Arrested for Murdering Man While on Vegas Church Trip Speaks From Jailhouse: 'I Was Blindsided and Totally Shocked'
Robert Cox, a Manteca, California, youth pastor who was charged with the murder of a man while on a church trip in Las Vegas last year, maintained his innocence during a recent jailhouse interview as his church family continues to push to get him out of jail.
Actor, Comedian Tracy Morgan in Critical Condition After Six-Vehicle Crash; Fans Pray for Recovery
Popular actor and comedian Tracy Morgan, 45, is reportedly in critical condition after the limo bus he was traveling in early Saturday morning was involved in a crash along the New Jersey Turnpike that left one person dead and several others injured.
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