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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USC Prof. Craig Stanford Dumps on Evangelicals, Calls Ray Comfort's 'Evolution vs. God' Video 'Biblical Porn'
University of Southern California professor and author of the book, "Planet Without Apes," Craig Stanford, says Evangelicals who don't accept Darwinian evolution are being intellectually dishonest and dismissed evangelist Ray Comfort's recent film 'Evolution vs. God' as nothing but "biblical porn".
Stressed English Teacher Unloads Profanity-Laced Tirade on Student for Heckling Her During Lesson on Race, Ethnicity
A stressed out English teacher at Narbonne High in Harbor City, Calif., has been placed on paid leave after she was recorded unloading a profanity-laced tirade at a student who heckled her during a class discussion on race and ethnicity.
Law Student Robbed, Killed 9 Years After Father's Murder; Alleged Killer Goes on Shopping Spree at Taco Bell, Wendy's
Thousands of well-wishers are now clamoring for justice after a 25-year-old South Carolina law student trying to sell his pick-up truck was shot in the head and robbed by two men, one of whom later went on a shopping spree with the student's debit card.
Officer Who Investigates Bad Cops Shocks Supervisors With Confession That He Was With Bikers Who Battered SUV Driver Alexian Lien
An officer with the Internal Affairs Bureau (IAB) of the NYPD charged with investigating bad cops, shocked his supervisors when he confessed that he was riding with the band of bikers that battered Manhattan executive Alexian Lien, 33, in a wild biker brawl on the West Side Highway two Sundays ago.
Ariel Castro May Have Died From Auto-Erotic Asphyxiation, Not Suicide; Had Open Bible at Death Site
Convicted Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro may have been a pervert to the very end according to a new report from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, which suggests that his death last month might have been caused by an attempt to choke himself into a sexual thrill.
Kuwait, Gulf States Could Soon Institute Clinical Tests to 'Detect' Banned Homosexuals From Entering Countries
Routine medical tests to "detect" homosexuals could soon be used in Kuwait and other Gulf states in a bid to keep banned gays from entering Gulf states according to an official from the Kuwaiti health ministry.
Cop Allegedly Smashes 110-pound Woman Into Cement Bench, Cracking Bones in Face (Video)
The Skokie Police Department in Illinois is now at the center of a lawsuit after one of their officers allegedly smashed a 110-pound Chicago woman's face into a cement bench and cracked bones in her face for not looking at a camera while she was being processed for a DUI charge.
Spurned Girlfriend Arrested After Beating Cheating Boyfriend In Public As He Grovels, Screams in Shocking Viral Video
A young Chinese woman who felt spurned by her cheating boyfriend was arrested last Friday after she publicly gave him a doggish beating in front of another girl with whom he was allegedly having an affair. And it was all immortalized in video.
Undercover NYPD Detective Involved in Highway Brawl Charged With Gang Assault; Lawyer Calls It 'Absolute Overcharge'
Prosecutors on Wednesday charged undercover NYPD Detective Wojciech Braszczok, 32 with one count each of gang assault in the first degree, assault in the first degree and criminal mischief in the third degree for his role in the controversial attack against wealthy Manhattan executive Alexian Lien, 33, a wild biker brawl two Sundays ago
Crafty 9-Year-Old Who Snuck Onto Delta Flight Has Rap Sheet; Stole Car, Skipped Water Park Fee
A crafty 9-year-old boy who recently captured headlines after he skipped security at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport then boarded a Delta flight to Las Vegas has been revealed to be a "challenging" kid with a rap sheet. And according to his father, "I don't have an angel."
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