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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Beauty contestant Joanlia Lising did not place in the recently concluded Miss Philippines USA 2013 contest last weekend and she could perhaps blame it all on anxiety and her nonsensical response about why seeing is her favorite sense.
Woman Allegedly Gives Birth to Healthy Boy in Sports Bar Restroom, Suffocates Him, Then Hides Body in Toilet Tank
A 26-year-old Pennsylvania woman could face the death penalty after she gave birth to a baby boy in the restroom of a sports bar in Allentown, suffocated him, then stuffed his body in a toilet tank before returning to the bar to finish watching a wrestling match in her bloodied clothes.
In Reverse Heist, Woman Steals Back Her $1,000 Bike From Man Who Stole It
A Vancouver woman impatient with the help she was getting from police in recovering her stolen $1,000 bicycle took matters into her own hands last week when she met up with the thief who tried fencing it on Craigslist. She told him she was taking it for a test ride and never looked back.
Pastor Busted in Prostitution Sting After Allegedly Offering $60 for Full Body Rub and 'Everything'
A pastor's family who couldn't find him hours after he was last seen handing out fliers and visiting churches last Friday were shocked to discover he had been stewing in jail for allegedly offering an undercover cop $60 for a full body rub and "everything."
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A super PAC charging that no 2016 Republican presidential ticket can win without him on it, recently registered with the Federal Election Commission to encourage retired rock star pediatric neurosurgeon, Benjamin Carson, to run for president.
Responding to Abortion Crackdowns, 100 Ob-Gyns Set to Urge Conservative Hospitals to Increase Abortions
Citing an increasing number of young female doctors working in the women's health field with a more permissive attitude toward abortion, some 100 ob-gyns are set to condemn new state restrictions on abortion as "political regression" and urge hospitals to increase the number of abortions they do annually.
SC Restaurant Boots Out Party of 25 Black Customers in Rain Because White Patron Felt Threatened
After waiting patiently for two hours to be seated, a group of 25 black family members and friends were recently booted out in the rain from a Wild Wing Café in North Charleston, S.C., because a white customer felt threatened by their presence.
Mike Tyson Confesses: 'I'm on the Verge of Dying Because I'm a Vicious Alcoholic'
In his debut as a promoter last Friday night, former undisputed heavyweight champion boxer of the world Mike Tyson landed a blow to a strain of unforgiveness that had festered between him and his former trainer Teddy Atlas for 20 years, and confessed that he had been sober and drug-free for just six days.
Cops Miss 13 Times After Firing 15 Shots at 60-Year-Old Man in His Driveway, Neighbors Thought He Was Car Thief
A 60-year-old man from Pensacola, Fla., is now counting his blessings after police officers shot at him 15 times and missed 13 times after a neighbor reported him as a car thief last month.
Popular Youth Pastor Matt Pitt of The Basement Jumps Off 45-Foot Cliff Running From Cops
Matt Pitt, 30, founder of one of America's largest Christian youth ministries, The Basement, was arrested by Alabama police for impersonating a police officer for the second time on Tuesday night after he jumped off a 45-foot cliff in a last ditch attempt to escape.
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