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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Judge Blocks Texas Rule Requiring Burial or Cremation of Aborted Babies
A federal judge in Texas issued a temporary restraining order Thursday that blocks new regulations requiring health clinics to bury or cremate the bodies from abortions and miscarriages from taking effect on Dec. 19.
At 85 Years Old, International Evangelist Morris Cerullo Is Healed, Saved and Never Retiring
If you saw him walking around high and happy, you would perhaps have found it difficult to believe that for about eight months in 2016, international Pentecostal evangelist Morris Cerullo was bedridden and needed a wheelchair to move.
Police Reviewing Death of Pastor's First Wife After He Killed Daughter Then Himself
Maine State Police are reexamining case files from the 1993 death of the first wife of a troubled pastor who killed his beloved 27-year-old daughter then himself the same day he was released from a rehab center and just days after his most recent wife served him divorce papers.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich Rejects Bill Banning Abortions Once Heartbeat Can Be Detected
Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have banned abortions in the state once a fetal heartbeat is detectable, usually around six weeks.
Some Rabbis in Israel Believe Trump Could Be Messiah or His Forerunner, End Times Author Says
Some rabbis in Israel believe President-elect Donald Trump could be the messiah or his forerunner, like John the Baptist, according to claims made by pastor and end times author Tom Horn.
R.C. Sproul Jr. Resigns From Ligonier Ministries a Year After Ashley Madison Confession
Just over a year after he was suspended by the board of Ligonier Ministries for visiting the adultery website Ashley Madison in a "moment of weakness" in 2014, R.C. Sproul Jr., whose father Robert Charles Sproul founded Ligonier Ministries, has resigned.
Facing Divorce Pastor Kills Daughter and Himself a Day After Release From Rehab, Calls Wife 'Vow Breaker'
A troubled pastor facing divorce from his estranged wife, snapped and killed his beloved 27-year-old daughter then himself a day after he was released from a 90-day stint in rehab for alcoholism.
Frailer Eddie Long Returns to Church After Hospice Rumors, Church Sings 'I Got the Victory'
A propped up and apparently frailer version of controversial megachurch pastor Bishop Eddie Long was paraded before his congregation Sunday as they defiantly sang "I Got the Victory" days after his church denied last Thursday that he was in a hospice.
Christians Were Dancing and Singing When Nigerian Church Collapsed Killing 160, Survivors Say
Some 160 Christians who died in Nigeria after the Reigners Bible Church International building in Uyo collapsed on them Saturday were reportedly in the throes of worship when the tragedy struck and turned their praise into frightened screams and a bloodbath.
Ted Cruz Joins Pastors, Members of Congress in Prayer Meeting to Cut Satan's Power in Capitol
Former 2016 presidential candidate, Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, joined forces with a number of conservative pastors and members of Congress last Wednesday to pray against Satan's power on Capitol Hill.
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