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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Ex-deacon ordered to repay $228M in restitution fleeced from believers in cryptocurrency scam
A former Seventh-day Adventist Church deacon who was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2023 for fleecing more than 30,000 mostly Christian investors out of nearly $250 million in a cryptocurrency scam, has been ordered to pay back more than $228 million in restitution by a federal judge in New York.
‘Spiritual delusion’ leads to death of Amish father, 4-year-old son at Atwood Lake, police say
An Amish father in Ohio and his 4-year-old son are now dead following a deluded attempt by him and his wife to “prove their worthiness to God,” authorities say.
TD Jakes’ ex-son-in-law claims megachurch founder sexually abused him: attorney
An attorney facing financial sanction for fabricated citations in his legal filings related to Pastor T.D. Jakes' defamation lawsuit now claims to represent the convicted ex-husband of Jakes’ eldest daughter, Cora Jakes, and other unnamed males who he says have credible allegations against the Potter's House founder of grooming, sexual assault, sexting, and transporting them across state lines.
Stepfather, mother arrested after 11-year-old girl gives birth to baby
An Oklahoma couple is facing multiple charges of child neglect and sexual abuse after their 11-year-old daughter gave birth to a baby that a DNA test shows is 99.9% likely fathered by the stepfather.
Pastor Tony Evans returns to preaching while his restoration to ministry is unclear
Just over a year after Pastor Tony Evans stepped down as leader of the 11,000-member Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship Church in Dallas, Texas, due to a sin that has not been disclosed publicly, he is back to preaching.
James McMillan, former pastor charged with sending nude photos to teen, arrested again
A former Oklahoma pastor who's awaiting trial on charges of committing indecent acts with a child younger than 16 and was recently arrested for sending a nude photo to another teenager, is now in custody after authorities arrested him for violating the terms of his bail.
Man gets life in prison for killing pastor’s wife who was trying to ‘lead him to Christ’
A man convicted in June of the 2023 killing Eunice Dwumfour, a pastor’s wife and Republican New Jersey councilwoman, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday.
Pastor Jamal Bryant, boycott leaders urge Target to reinstate DEI policies as CEO announces exit
Outspoken activist megachurch pastor Jamal Bryant and leaders of the national Target boycott initiative are urging incoming Target CEO Michael Fiddelke to reinstate the retail giant's diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
Frank Caprio, popular Christian judge known for showing mercy, dies day after asking for prayer
Frank Caprio, the beloved chief municipal judge in Providence, Rhode Island, who became a global sensation after his judicial work marked by kindness and compassion became a hit in the “Caught in Providence“ television series, has died. He was 88..
Pastor, global church planter resigns after arrest for preying on child online
Officials at Redemption Church in Las Vegas, Nevada, confirmed that their senior pastor, Neal Creecy, has resigned following his recent arrest for luring a child online to meet up for a sex act.
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