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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Florida Man Arrested, Charged and Tried for Walking on Wrong Side of Street, Resisting Arrest Without Violence
A Florida man who claims he was assaulted by a local police officer and arrested for walking on the wrong side of the road is getting ready to file a civil lawsuit after a judge threw out the case midway through a trial for the charge.
Pastor Serving as Mayor, Police Chief of Small Town Asked to Resign Because Deputies Used Church Bus in Drug Bust
The congregation of a small-town church in Hamlin, W.Va., recently asked their pastor, who also serves as the town's mayor and chief of police, to resign because he allowed his deputies to use the church's bus as a cover in a drug bust.
Two-Timing Man Escapes Life Sentence for Tricking Ex-Girlfriend Into Taking Abortion Pills
John Welden, 29, escaped a possible life sentence on Monday when he pleaded guilty in a Florida court to tricking his ex-girlfriend into taking abortion pills to prevent another girlfriend he intended to marry from discovering their relationship.
Teen Returns Money His Father Allegedly Stole From Grieving Widow in Graveyard
A 15-year-old Oklahoma teenager who found out that the money his father gave him to pay for his band trip might have been stolen, returned the money to a grieving widow who his father allegedly mugged on a recent visit to her husband's grave.
Was Howard Stern's Heartbreaking Rejection of 7-Y-O Rapper Too Harsh?
Seven-year-old rapper Mir Money marched unto the stage of America's Got Talent with a megawatt smile and every intention to "kill the stage." A blunt rejection from the show's shock jock judge Howard stern, however, soon left him in tears and many debating was Stern too harsh?
California OKs Same-Sex Weddings for Prison Inmates
First it was conjugal visits, now homosexual prisoners in California can get married.
'Why Would God Take Him From Me?' Asks Pregnant Teen After High School Boyfriend Dies in Horrific Crash
A 17-year-old high school football player left a huge hole in the small town of Hazen, Ark., when he died in a tragic crash after school last Tuesday leaving behind his pregnant 16-year-old girlfriend who has been asking why God took him from her.
'I'm Sorry,' Pastor Begs Diverse Congregation's Forgiveness for 'Only White People' Email on Sunday
The pastor of a North Carolina church apologized to his congregation on Sunday after the executive pastor of operations made headlines last week for sending out a distasteful email requesting that "only white people" work as greeters for its Sunday morning worship service.
Teen Exorcists Say Harry Potter's Magic Comes From Satan as They Take on London's Hotbed of Evil in New BBC Documentary
Three demon chasing teenage girls, who say London's reputation as a hotbed of witchcraft peaked with the rage over Harry Potter, and their reverend mentor, who claims to have cast out 15,000 demons over his career, will be the stars of a new BBC documentary this week.
No More Free Lunches? Outrage as School District Pledges to Dump Lunches if Parents Don't Pay Up
Citing abuse and a $50,000 bill for its Humanitarian Meal program last school year, one New Jersey school district warned parents last month that unless their child was deemed eligible for a free lunch, their food will be thrown away if they don't pay for it.
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