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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Poll: Most Catholics Think Priests Should Be Allowed to Marry
Nearly six in ten American Catholics believe it would be a good thing for the Catholic Church if the next pope allows priests to get married, according to a study conducted by the Pew Research Center in February.
New York Times: Senate Should Kill Bill Allowing FEMA Aid for Sandy-Damaged Churches
The New York Times on Monday called on the U.S. Senate to kill a bill that would allow hundreds of churches ravaged by Superstorm Sandy in October 2012 to access federal funds to help rebuild their places of worship.
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Minnesota's largest megachurch, Eagle Brook, is expecting to break ground on a new $25 million satellite campus in Woodbury in April.
Abortion, Birth Control Pills to Blame for Rise in Breast Cancer Among Young, Say Experts
Advanced breast cancer cases are increasing in young American women overall and almost twice as fast among African-American women, according to a recent study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. And some experts believe the use of hormonal contraceptive steroids and abortions have a lot to do with the trend.
'Abortion Battles' YouTube Video Shows Students Trying to 'Kill' With Plastic Knives
A YouTube video of students at New York City's Hunter College making fun of abortion in a game called "Abortion Battles" has drawn the ire of many people, including pro-choice proponents who think the game is twisted and insensitive.
Congresswoman Waters Mocked for Claiming Sequester Will Cost 170 Million Jobs
Rep. Maxine Waters of California was roundly mocked and even became a trending topic on Twitter on Thursday after a video of her claiming erroneously that the automatic budget sequester, which becomes effective tonight, will cost America 170 million jobs.
Bob Woodward: White House Threatened Me Over Sequester Comment
Veteran Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward said he was threatened by a high ranking White House official in an attempt to stop him from writing a story charging President Barack Obama of having "moved the goal posts" in talks around the sequester deal.
GOP Accuses Obama of Deliberate Moves to Make Sequester Worse
Republicans and experts are claiming that the Obama administration is taking unnecessary steps to reduce U.S. Middle East security, disrupt air travel and release criminally detained immigrants to exacerbate the effect of the March 1 budget sequester.
Former Pastor Goes on 40-Day Fast for $12,200 to Finish Film
Eric "Doc" Benson is hoping America won't let him go without food for 40 days, but he is willing to do it if necessary to raise funds to complete a movie highlighting the struggle many small and mid-sized churches are having with change in America today.
Benjamin Carson to Speak at 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference
New conservative darling, neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson, will be a featured speaker at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) next month, according to the American Conservative Union (ACU).
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