
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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Drunk Rich Teen Who Caused Horrific Crash That Killed Beloved Pastor Brian Jennings, 3 Others, Gets No Jail Time Due to 'Affluenza'
Ethan Couch, 16, won't spend a day in jail after his careless drunk driving caused a horrific crash in June, which killed a beloved youth pastor and three others because he is a victim of "affluenza" and his parents never taught him right from wrong.

Sign Language 'Champion' Who Outraged Deaf People at Mandela Memorial Said He Was 'Hallucinating;' Saw Angels Coming Into Stadium
The South African sign language interpreter currently facing the outrage of deaf people around the world for gesticulating gibberish as world leaders paid tribute to Nelson Mandela at the former South African president's memorial said he was hallucinating and saw angels descending on the stadium.

'What Does the Spleen Do?' Parody of 'What Does the Fox Say' by Harvard Medical Students Goes Viral
Although the song doesn't really tell you, a video parody by Harvard medical students of the popular "What Does the Fox Say" viral video is asking "What Does the Spleen Do?" and for that, it has gone viral itself.

81-Y-O Widow Who Loved Hats Wills $2.5 Million Gift to Church and All She Asked for in Return Is a Plaque
Bette Wilson, 81, was rich, but no one knew this until she died last fall and left just over $2.5 million to the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley in Birmingham, Ala.

Pop Singer, X Factor Judge Demi Lovato Says She Was a Cocaine Addict Who Would 'Smuggle' Drug on Planes
Pop star and "X Factor" judge Demi Lovato, 21, revealed on Monday that she was once so addicted to cocaine she used to "smuggle" the drug on airplanes to ensure she always had it when she needed it.

'Epic Don't Drink and Drive Prank': Watch What Happens When a Habitual Drunk Driver Is Tricked Into Thinking He Was In a Coma for 10 Years
A habitual drunk driver was made the subject of an elaborate hoax in a viral YouTube video when friends trying to get him to clean up his act, convinced him that he was in a coma for ten years and had woken up to a future where Justin Bieber is gay, Miley Cyrus is living in a trailer park and Hillary Clinton is president.

'Heaven Is For Real' the Movie Looks Like It Will Be a Stunner Next Easter; Christians, Atheists Are Already Fighting Over It
Ten years after Christian pastor Todd Burpo of Nebraska shared the near-death story of his then three-year-old son in The New York Times #1 bestseller Heaven Is For Real, Hollywood is putting the story on the big screen. But even months before the film's release, atheists and Christians are already fighting over it.

'The Snuggle House' in Madison Wanted to Heal the World With Loving 'Therapeutic Cuddles' for $60 an Hour; Now Its Being Forced to Shutdown
A Madison, Wis., business that had hoped to bring healing to the world through "therapeutic cuddles" for $60 an hour was forced to close its doors just three weeks after it opened and is now offering its brand new furniture for free to church groups.

The Acapella Version of 'Little Drummer Boy' by Pentatonix That Is Making Even People Who Don't Like Christianity Feel Good
A recently released version of the Christmas carol, "Little Drummer Boy" by acapella singing group Pentatonix, is so good it's getting praise from even people who admit they "don't like Christianity".

With 20 People Being Murdered Every Day, 'Satan Himself Lives in San Pedro,' Says Mortician in World's Most Murderous City
In the busiest morgue in the world's most murderous city in San Pedro, Honduras, where an average of 20 people are murdered daily, conditions have become so grim one mortician has concluded it is the devil's lair and those left to mourn are now questioning their faith in God.



















