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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Firefighter Pastor Cuffed, Threatened With Stun Gun for Allegedly Waving Hello at Cops
An Evansville, Ind., firefighter and youth pastor at the Memorial Baptist church is now at the center of a controversial incident in that town after he alleged police officers cuffed and threatened him with a stun gun because he waved hello during a bicycle ride on Tuesday.
16-Year-Old Hannah Anderson Says Family Friend Who Kidnapped Her, Killed Mother and Brother, Deserved to Die
A remorseful Hannah Anderson, 16, who was kidnapped for six days by family friend James Lee DiMaggio after he murdered her mother, 8-year-old brother and a dog named Calli said he deserved the death he got.
'I Would Do It Again' Says 70-Year-Old Court Clerk After She's Fired for Helping Free Innocent Man From Prison
A defiant 70-year-old great-grandmother, who was fired from her job as a court clerk in Kansas City, Mo., nine months before her retirement because she helped to exonerate a man wrongfully imprisoned for rape, said if she went back in time she would "do it again."
Partners in Crime, Weeping Jesse Jackson Jr. and Wife Sentenced to Prison for Misspending $750K
Former U.S. congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife Sandi both wept as they received separate prison sentences for felonies related to the misspending of some $750,000 in campaign funds on Wednesday.
$103 Robbery Cripples Church's Dinner Program for Homeless
A new dinner program for the homeless run by the Rock of Refuge Pentecostal Church in Middletown, N.Y., was crippled last week after $103 went missing from the program's bank account.
'Racist' Clerk Who Refused to Show Oprah $38K Bag Did 'Everything Right,' Says Swiss Store Owner
The owner of the high-end Swiss boutique where billionaire talk show queen Oprah Winfrey charged racism after a sales assistant refused to show her a $38,000 bag, said her employee did "everything right" and Winfrey is perhaps "being a little over-sensitive".
Father of Teen Charged in Brutal Florida School Bus Beating Says Son Is 'Sorry'
The father of one of three teenage Florida boys charged with the brutal beating of a sixth grader on a school bus that left him with a broken arm and blackened eyes in July says his son is "sorry" for his role in the attack that made national headlines.
Family of 12-Year-Old Boy Infected by 'Brain Eating Amoeba' That Kills 99 Percent of Victims Pleads for Prayers
A 12-year-old Florida boy is now fighting for his life in a Miami hospital after he became infected with a rare and deadly "brain-eating amoeba" called Naegleria fowleri and his God-fearing family is now pleading for prayers.
Grandma Crashes Wedding Party After Splashing Bride With Drinks ... You Won't Believe What Happens Next
A British grandmother who halted a couple's wedding celebration after mistakenly throwing a glass of English specialty drink called Pimm's on the bride instead of confetti, was so crushed by the mishap her family surprised her with a second chance to capture the moment.
Teen With Months to Live Denied Heart Transplant Due to 'History of Non-Compliance'
In a crushing decision that will eventually silence his heart if it isn't overturned, doctors at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Hospital have refused to put a 15-year-old boy with less than six months to live on the transplant list due to "a history of non-compliance."
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