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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Christian Bakers Who Refused to Bake Wedding Cake for Lesbian Couple Found Guilty of Civil Rights Violation After Gay Activists Forced Shutdown of Shop
Oregon's Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) announced Friday that their investigators had found that the Christian owners of Gresham bakery, Sweet Cakes by Melissa, guilty of violating the civil rights of a lesbian couple for refusing to bake their wedding cake.
Black Basketball Players Suspended From Wisconsin School for Making '3-Point' Signs Some Parents Said 'Looked' Gang Related
Two African-American brothers who play basketball for the Sheboygan Falls High School in Wisconsin were recently suspended from school after some parents complained that a goofy picture of them making "3-point" signs in the local paper "looked" gang related.
Former Pastor Charged With Stabbing Wife to Death Planned to Run Off to Europe and Marry Boyfriend Say Prosecutors; Defense Says He Was Going on Mission Trip
An Alabama pastor who was arrested on New Year's Day at the Nashville International Airport and had hoped to board a flight to Germany has been charged with his wife's violent stabbing death. Prosecutors have revealed evidence suggesting he was running off to Europe to get married to his boyfriend, with no intention of coming back.
Woman Looking for 'God's Match' on Christian Mingle Finds Nigerian Con Man Who Tricks Her Out of $500,000
Online dating website ChristianMingle.com that advertises itself as a place where Christians can "Find God's Match for You," recently served up a devilish Nigerian con man to a 66-year-old San Jose, Calif., woman looking for love who duped her out of $500,000.
When Cancer Victim Marcy Glanz Found Out She Only Had Weeks to Live, She Had a Monthlong Farewell Party Then Died in Peace
Yes, there were some sad moments but when cancer victim Marcy Glanz, 62, found out she had only weeks to live last November, she decided to turn her prognosis into a powerful celebration of life with a month-long farewell. She then died in peace early this month.
Young Mother Who Confessed She Wasn't 'Much of a Prayer' Kills Two Daughters and Self a Day After Boyfriend Moves Out
A 32-year-old Syracuse, Utah, mother has left behind a trail of grief regret and anger after she was found dead Tuesday along with her two young daughters in what police suspect is a murder-suicide a day after her boyfriend moved out.
'It Could Have Been Us:' Couple Describes Earlier Run in With 'Bothered' Curtis Reeves Who Shot Man at Movie Theater Over Texting
A couple who say they came under the angry glare of former police captain Curtis Reeves Jr., 71, just two weeks ago for texting in the same movie theater where he shot dead Chad Oulson, 43, during an argument over the same offense say it chills them to think they could have suffered the same fate.
In Controversial Ruling, Judge Says Doctors in New Mexico Can Now Assist in Terminal Patient Suicides
In a decision that has sparked a contentious debate online, a New Mexico judge ruled Monday that terminally ill and mentally fit patients have the right to commit suicide with the help of doctors.
Retired Officer Curtis Reeves Who Shot Chad Oulson in Texting Dispute at Movies Is a Church Going Man Who Attends Bible Study Regularly, Says Lawyer
Retired Tampa, Fla., police captain Curtis Reeves Jr., 71, who was charged Monday with second-degree murder after he shot 43-year-old Chad Oulson dead in a dispute over texting at a movie theater, is a church going man who attends Bible study regularly.
Newly Divorced Mother Mired in Financial Woes Kills Herself and 2 Teenage Children; Son Said 'God Is On Our Side' Days Before Death
A newly divorced mother mired in financial woes and on the verge of being booted from her $600,000 home next month, was found dead from gunshot wounds along with her two children in what police say appears to have been a murder-suicide.
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