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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12-Y-O Boy's Garage Sale to Help Mom Battling Cancer Inspires Outpouring of Support
A 12-year-old boy who overheard his mother crying to a relative on the phone over mounting bills a day after she had breast cancer surgery decided to be a blessing to his mother, who he says is always blessing others, by having a garage sale that has brought many to tears and an outpouring of support.
96-Y-O Man's Love Song to Late Wife 'Oh Sweet Lorraine' Breaks Into iTunes Top 10
A 96-year-old man's love song "Oh Sweet Lorraine," which he wrote to celebrate the 75-year love he shared with his late wife, Lorraine, who died earlier this year in April at the age of 91, is now one of the top ten most downloaded songs on iTunes.
Thief on the Run Trips and Gets Caught After Sagging Pants Slip Down to Ankles
After years of campaigning throughout New York City and other parts of the country imploring young men to pull up their sagging pants, the fashion epidemic finally caught up with a fleeing robber in Brooklyn, N.Y. this week when he tripped over his sagging pants and was cornered by the cops.
Hospital Chaplain Allegedly Lusted After Female Pastor's Body In 'Too Tight' Clothes, Encouraged Her to Cheat
A Florida pastor has accused a chaplain in the Orlando health system of traumatizing her with repeated inappropriate touching, lustful comments about how her "too tight" clothes turned him on and encouraging her to cheat on her husband.
Pastor's Letter of Love To Miley Cyrus: 'My Heart Breaks For You, Your Future, And Your Identity As A Woman'
A Memphis, Tenn., pastor's open letter of love to Miley Cyrus about her racy performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards show on Sunday night, in which he expresses disappointment with her behavior but encourages her to reject pressure to be something she is not, has gone viral.
25 Black Customers Were Thrown Out for 'Obnoxious' Behavior, Use of N-Word, Not Race, Claims Wild Wings Worker
A woman identifying herself as a worker at the now infamous Wild Wing Café in North Charleston, S.C., where 25 black customers say they were kicked out in the rain because a white patron felt threatened, now claims members of the group hurled around the N-word, roughed up a deaf girl and were "obnoxious."
In Explosive Twist, Teen Accused of Killing WWII Vet Claims 88-Year-Old Was a Crack Dealer Who Shorted Him
In an explosive turn Tuesday, Kenan Adams-Kinard, 16, the second suspect charged in the beating death of 88-year-old World War II veteran Delbert "Shorty" Belton in Spokane, Wash., claims the senior was a crack dealer who tried to short him and his accomplice Demetrius Glenn, also 16, during an unfortunate exchange.
Military Chaplain Offended by Prayers to Jesus at Horse Show, Says God Must Be Generic
Chaplain for the 108 American Legion in New Mexico, Richard Frazier complained about the "Christian propaganda" and prayers to Jesus he was forced to put up with at a Wild West horse show he paid to attend in Alamogordo, N.M., two weeks ago.
11-Y-O Boy With 4.0 GPA and 1770 SAT Score Becomes Youngest Student Ever at Texas Christian University
An 11-year-old boy with a 4.0 GPA, a 1770 SAT score and a plan to become a quantum physicist began his first week at the Texas Christian University as the youngest student ever in the school's 140 year history.
Starbucks Fires Hungry Employee on Food Stamps for 'Stealing' Sandwich From Garbage
A 21-year-old Starbucks barista struggling to make ends meet with food stamps was fired by the global coffee giant last Monday because he ate a sandwich that was thrown in the garbage.
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