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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A Decade of Living Hell: Lurid Details of Abuse Suffered by Cleveland Kidnapping Victims Revealed
In painful, lurid and at times stomach-churning detail, America got a glimpse into the abyss of perversion the three Cleveland kidnapping victims were forced to endure during the hellish decade they spent inside Ariel Castro's house on Thursday.
'I Am Overwhelmed,' Cleveland Kidnapping Victim Michelle Knight Thanks Cops in Touching Note
Michelle Knight, the woman officials say was abused the most and held the longest of Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro's three victims, thanked the Cleveland Police for their ongoing support in a touching handwritten note that melted their hearts and they shared it with the world on Wednesday.
'Don't Park Like a Jerk' Recording of Driver Being Punished Goes Viral
In a scene unfolding almost like a clip from NBC's The Office, a YouTube video depicting a secret recording by a group of workers showing an older colleague being punished for "taking up two [parking] spots every day" with his sports car has gone viral.
Weiner Campaign Spokesperson Trashes Fired Intern in Expletive-Laden Tirade
A spokeswoman for the campaign of New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner publicly trashed a former intern in an expletive-laden tirade after she embarked on an unflattering tell-all tour of her experience working for Weiner in the media.
Signing Up Seniors for Food Stamps Is Called 'Buying Votes' for Obama, Says Fox News Host
The Pennsylvania chapter of powerful senior lobby group AARP recently launched a campaign to sign up more seniors for food stamps but Fox Business host Stuart Varney has dismissed it as an effort to "buy votes" to benefit President Barack Obama.
Man Forgives, Calls Wife 'Godly Person' After She Plotted to Murder Him
Months after his wife Julia Merfeld, 21, unsuccessfully plotted to murder him in cold-blood because it was "easier than divorcing him", Jacob Merfeld, 27, called her "a Godly person" and told a judge in Muskegon, Mich., that he had forgiven her.
Pat Robertson Tells Viewer to Exorcise or Move From House Haunted by Demons
Popular televangelist Pat Robertson says he doesn't believe in ghosts but when a CBN viewer asked him for advice on how to deal with a haunted house on Tuesday he laughingly said he would burn it down with the demons in it and get out of dodge.
Veteran Police Officers Accused of Robbing, Pistol-Whipping Two Young Men in Detroit
An investigation is now underway in Detroit after two veteran police sergeants were accused with photographic evidence of robbing and pistol whipping two young men outside a Citgo gas station on that city's east side on July 21.
Driver Suffers Stroke at Wheel; Dies in Jail After Police, Medical Contractor Fail to Provide Care
The family of a Florida man, who suffered a stroke while driving, and was erroneously arrested and later died after he was left in a jail cell partially paralyzed and stewing in his urine, received a $1 million dollar wrongful death settlement because he didn't receive appropriate medical help.
Cumulus, America's Second Biggest Broadcaster, to Drop Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity
America's two most highly rated conservative talk personalities, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, might take a major hit this year as Cumulus Media, the country's second largest broadcaster, reportedly plans on dropping their shows from its stations at the end of the year.
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