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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Frugal Until the End, Seattle Lawyer Dies Leaving Entire $187.6 Million Fortune to Charity
Seattle, Washington-based lawyer Jack MacDonald was a coupon-clipping bargain hunter who wore sweaters with holes in them to make people think he was poor. When he died at 98 in September, however, he surprisingly left a fortune worth $187.6 million to charity.
Surgically Implanted Eyeball Jewelry Fad, Popular in Europe, Lands in New York City
A popular European trend to wear surgically implanted jewelry on the eyeball hit New York City for the first time a few weeks ago when a 25-year-old woman had a platinum heart surgically implanted on her eyeball.
Pizza Hut Manager Says He Was Fired for Refusing 'Greedy, Immoral' Request to Work on Thanksgiving
After working with the company for 10 years, a manager of a Pizza Hut in Elkhart, Ind., said he was fired from his job for refusing a "greedy, immoral" request from his superiors to work on Thanksgiving Day.
CNN International Anchor, Charles Hodson, Who Joined Church of England Because of 'Higher Calling,' Resigns Over Affair
After a very public conversion process to become an ordained deacon in the Church of England just 13 months ago, CNN International business anchor Charles Hodson has been defrocked after confessing to an adulterous affair with one of his parishioners.
Father Arrested for Walking to School to Pick Up His Children Instead of Driving a Car (Watch Video)
A Tennessee father protesting what he thinks is an illogical and unsafe rule requiring parents to wait inside their cars in traffic stretching more than a mile onto a busy highway to pick up their kids from the South Cumberland Elementary School was arrested two weeks ago by a local sheriff for breaking that rule when he walked into the school to pick up his children.
Morning After Pill Won't Work for Women Heavier Than 176lbs; Might Not Work for Those Weighing More Than 165lbs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now considering whether or not to start requiring local makers of emergency contraceptive pills to add weight warnings to product labels after a French maker of a pill similar to Plan B revealed that the drug doesn't work at all for women heavier that 176lbs, and begins to lose effectiveness for those weighing more than 165lbs.
Texas Police Officer Allegedly Pulled Over, Cuffed Then Raped 19-Y-O Woman and Ordered Her Not to Tell
In a revelation described as "a punch in the eye to the Police Department," a San Antonio, Texas, police officer was arrested early Saturday morning for allegedly raping a 19-year-old woman he had pulled over and placed in handcuffs while on duty.
Jada Pinkett Smith Causes Stir Among Christian Fans With Cryptic Facebook Post Saying 'We Must Belong to Our Truth'
Jada Pinkett Smith, popular actress and wife of celebrated actor Will Smith, has caused a stir among her Christian fans who took umbrage at one of her recent Facebook posts to her 4.3 million fans declaring "we must not belong to the obedient… we must belong to our truth."
Prepare to Be Blessed: The Voice's Matt Schuler Inspires With Moving Rendition of Original Song to God, 'Vices to Victory'
Christian contestant and frontrunner on NBC's The Voice, Matthew Schuler, 20, wasn't joking around when he declared that he is singing for the Lord. A video of an original song he recorded this summer in praise of God's power to turn vices into victory is inspiring thousands of viewers on YouTube and they are giving thanks for his faithfulness.
Father of Four Charged With Brutal Rape, Sodomy of Girlfriend, Claims 'I Have Jesus on My Side'
A Pennsylvania man who allegedly raped and sodomized his girlfriend, ripping out a portion of her insides in the process while under the influence of an illegal party drug known as "Molly," says he isn't worried about criminal charges for his actions because "I have Jesus on my side."
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