
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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First Openly Gay Bishop Gene Robinson Announces Divorce From Partner of 25 Years
Gene Robinson, retired Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire and the first openly gay priest elected as a bishop in a major Christian organization, announced this past weekend that he is divorcing Mark, his partner of 25 years.

Armed Good Samaritan Stops Robbery of Woman's Purse and No One Gets Hurt; Public Calls Him a Hero
A good Samaritan armed with a gun who prevented two crooks in Houston, Texas, from snatching the purse of a mother while she shopped with her two children without hurting anyone is now being praised as a hero and hailed as the face of appropriate gun ownership.

8-Y-O Boy Killed While Trying to Defend His 12-Y-O Sister From Teen Rapist; Community Prays After Revelation
A family and an entire community in Richmond, Virginia, grieved through prayer and tears Thursday night after 8-year-old Martin Cobb was killed with a rock to the head as he tried defending his 12-year-old sister from being brutally raped by a teenage suspect.

Grocery Store in Alabama Advertises 'Jameis Winston King Crab Legs' for $17.99 Per Pound in Jest at Embattled Player
A grocery store in Alabama is advertising "Jameis Winston King Crab Legs" in honor of the reigning Heisman trophy winner's recent bust for shoplifting $32 worth of crab legs and crawfish from a supermarket in Florida.

28-Y-O Medical Student Auctions Her Virginity and Guess What's Her No. 1 Reason for Doing It?
Online she calls herself Elizabeth Raine to protect the "leading" university she is currently attending. She, however, freely admits that she is a highly educated American-born medical student who is serious about the marketing and sale of her virginity for the right price, and so far it seems to be working.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Will Go to Rehab, Take Break From Campaign After New Video Emerges of Him Allegedly Smoking Crack
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has announced that he is immediately taking a break from his re-election campaign, hinged on second chances, to get help for alcoholism after news broke Wednesday night about a new video allegedly showing him smoking crack cocaine again.

Mother Whips the Fear of God into 12-Y-O Daughter for Posting Semi-Nude Photos on Facebook; Critics Debate Wisdom of Actions
A Trinidadian mother captured in a controversial video serving up a stinging dose of corporal punishment on her 12-year-old daughter for posting semi-nude photos of herself on Facebook declared that she is willing to "go to jail" for her decision after it sparked an international debate online.

University of Alabama Swimmer John Servati Dies After Saving Girlfriend's Life in Storm
John Servati, a 21-year-old University of Alabama student-athlete who was a member of the school's swimming and diving team, is being hailed as a hero by friends, family and well-wishers after he died Monday saving the life of his girlfriend during a storm that swept through Tuscaloosa.

'God Will Not Be Mocked;' Bob Coy Resigned Over Multiple Counts of Adultery and Porn, Reveals Calvary Chapel Pastor Chet Lowe
Declaring that "God will not be mocked" in a fiery message entitled "The Fear of God," Calvary Chapel's Outreach Pastor Chet Lowe revealed that the "moral failing" that forced the church's founding pastor to resign earlier this month included multiple counts of adultery and a penchant for porn.

Shaq Apologizes for Mocking Jahmel Binion's Face in Selfie on Instagram; Man Starts Support Group Called 'Hug Don't Judge'
Retired NBA star and TNT sports analyst Shaquille O'Neal has apologized for publishing a selfie mocking a photo of a Michigan man with a rare disorder that has left him with an unusual appearance.


















