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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UK Scientists Will Be Ready to Create Three-Person Babies 'in Two Years;' FDA Considering Clinical Trials of Technique in US
Scientists in the UK announced Tuesday that they will be ready to create babies using genetic material from three people in two years, once the government makes it legal, while the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is deliberating whether to allow clinical trials to create these genetically modified babies.
Handcuffed Arizona State University Student, Brandon Ellingson, Drowns While in Custody of Water Patrol Officers
An Arizona State University student who was arrested by Missouri Water Patrol officers on suspicion of boating while intoxicated, drowned in handcuffs over the weekend after he went overboard while he was being transported by officers on a patrol boat.
Man Kills Husband of Ex-Wife Then Himself in Front of His Four Children; Says Pastor Stole Wife After They Went for Counselling
A longstanding and bitter church scandal turned deadly Sunday when a Kentucky man, who accused a pastor of stealing his wife in 2006, fatally shot his now ex-wife's new husband, and then killed himself in front of his four children in the parking lot of a Dairy Queen.
Horror House: Skeletons of 800 Babies Found in Mass Septic Tank Grave Near Former Home of Unwed Mothers in Ireland
An old septic tank located next to a former home for unwed mothers run by Catholic nuns in Ireland from 1925 to 1961, was revealed this week to be a massive grave containing the skeletons of nearly 800 infants and children.
74-Y-O Man Who Wanted to Be a Girl Since 11, Says He Will Get Sex Change to Match Female Persona Now That Medicare Covers Surgery
Denee Mallon, a 74-year-old Army veteran who was born a man but has been living as a woman for many years, says she plans on having sex-reassignment surgery to match her persona thanks to a decision by the Department of Health and Human Services Friday to cover the surgery under Medicare.
President Obama Proclaims June LGBT Month; Celebrates Extending Immigration, Family Benefits to Gay Couples
President Barack Obama on Friday proclaimed June as being the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pride month, after celebrating that his administration is also extending family and immigration benefits to legally married gay couples and calling for more freedoms for gays in the workplace.
'It's Offensive and Un-American,' Says Lawyer of Ruling Forcing Christian Baker to Produce Cakes for Gay Weddings
Nicolle Martin, lawyer for Jack Phillips, a Christian Baker and owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado, has called a ruling by the state's Civil Rights Commission last Friday telling her client he cannot refuse to bake cakes for gay weddings "offensive and un-American."
Lawyer: 'Absurd' That Christian Sudanese Mother Will Be Freed in Days; Family Has No Idea
Elshareef Ali Elshareef Mohammed, lawyer for Christian Sudanese mother Meriam Ibrahim, 27, who was sentenced to death for her faith, dismissed reports on Saturday that his client is expected to be released in a few days as "absurd," as her family has not been told there is any chance for her release.
Meriam Ibrahim, Christian Sudanese Mother Sentenced to Death for Faith, Expected to Be Freed
A defiant Christian woman in Sudan who was sentenced to death while pregnant for refusing to renounce her faith and converting to Islam, is expected to be released within days.
21-Y-O College Student Executed 'Perfect Christian' Parents and Teen Sister in Bloody Murder-Suicide, Say Police
A "perfect Christian" family found dead in their upscale Mission Viejo, California, home Tuesday was murdered by their 21-year-old son in a bloody Memorial Day murder-suicide, say police.
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