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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Guests Reportedly Offered Blood in Ritual at Mandela Funeral; Icon Hailed as 'Fountain of Wisdom, Pillar of Strength'
South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela, was laid to rest on Sunday in an eclectic collision of old and new world pomp which left his people in tears as elders from his Xhosa tribe reportedly offered blood from a slaughtered ox to guests in a traditional ritual.
18-Y-O Brutally Batters and Rapes 85-Y-O Nun in Church Parking Lot Under Statue of Virgin Mary; Leaves Her Speechless
A retired 85-year-old nun who is a well-known "advocate of peace" was left speechless after an 18-year-old youth battered and raped her in a church parking lot in broad daylight under a statue of the Virgin Mary in Aliquippa, Pa., last Friday.
Megyn Kelly Says She Was Just Joking About White Santa But the Jury Is Still Out on White Jesus
Two days after she triggered a firestorm of criticism nationwide with a proclamation that both Jesus and Santa were white, Fox News' Megyn Kelly said she was just joking on a segment of her show Friday night.
Watch South African Gospel Choir Wow Audience in Chain Store With Powerful Rendition of Johnny Clegg's 'Asimbonanga' in Tribute to Mandela
In a fitting tribute to the love former South African President Nelson Mandela had for song and dance, Woolworth's South Africa recently collaborated with the Soweto Gospel Choir to create a moving rendition of Johnny Clegg's 'Asimbonanga' in one of their stores and some viewers of the performance online have been confessing it left them in tears.
61-Y-O Preacher Allegedly Raped Sisters for Years Starting When They Were 6 and 7; Claimed Sex Would Exorcise 'Devil Inside Them'
A 61-year-old self-proclaimed Minnesota preacher has been charged with first-degree criminal sexual assault after he allegedly repeatedly raped two sisters for almost a decade, starting when they were 6 and 7. He allegedly claimed the "devil was inside them" and sex was a way of exorcising the demons.
Judge Who Gave Rich Drunk Teen Plush Probation for Reckless Crash that Killed 4, Sent 14-Y-O Black Boy to Prison for Punching Death in 2012
Texas Judge Jean Boyd, who sentenced a rich teen drunk driver to probation at a plush rehab center for a nasty crash that killed four people and injured nine others in June, reportedly sent a 14-year-old black boy to prison last March after his punch resulted in one death.
Psychologist Who Diagnosed 'Affluenza' in Teen Drunk Driver Who Got No Jail Time After Killing Pastor, 3 Others Says Justice Was Served
A psychologist who diagnosed Ethan Couch, a wealthy Texas teen with "affluenza," which subsequently led to a judge sentencing him to probation and rehab in a swanky facility after his reckless drunk driving killed a pastor and three others, says he wished "everybody could do what this kid gets to do."
'Jesus Was a White Man … I Just Want Kids to Know That,' Says Fox News' Megyn Kelly
A black Santa? No, that's going a bit too far now. Fox News host Megyn Kelly felt the discussion of that notion in a recent op-ed by Slate writer Aisha Harris, required a staunch rebuttal and proclamation to America's children that it is an accepted fact that Santa and Jesus were both white.
Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt Who Took Selfie With Obama Previously Asked Sex and the City Actress for Autograph (Watch)
Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt who took that controversial selfie with President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron during Nelson Mandela's memorial service is a charmer who is known for her unconventional political style.
The NBA Does Care: Watch Memphis Grizzlies Star Zach Randolph Give Shirt Off His Back to Young Special Needs Fan
NBA All-Star forward Zach Randolph of the Memphis Grizzlies has become the toast of the Internet after he was caught on camera taking his shooting shirt off his back then handing it to a young special needs fan during a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday.
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