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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Vatican expels Texas church after nun accused of breaking chastity vow
After more than a year of feuding between Fort Worth Bishop Michael Olson and Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Order of Discalced Carmelite in Arlington, Texas, over allegations she violated her vow of chastity with an unnamed priest, officials at the Vatican decided they will no longer recognize the monastery as a civil lawsuit between the two drags on.
Ex-minister at NM megachurch accused of sexually abusing woman he was counseling
The multi-campus Legacy Church in New Mexico has been named in a lawsuit accusing the organization of negligence after a woman alleged she was sexually abused for several months by a former minister at the church’s Steelbridge Ministries during her time receiving court-ordered drug treatment at the facility.
NY school that denied Bible club while allowing Gay Straight Alliance reverses stance
Officials at the Waterville Jr./Sr. High School in New York school who denied a student’s application to start a Bible club because it is “religious” while allowing others to establish clubs like the Gay Straight Alliance reversed their decision Thursday after they were threatened with a lawsuit.
Daystar’s Joni Lamb says 'Pete' did not abuse granddaughter, says child accused boy in preschool
Daystar Television Network's co-founder and President Joni Lamb pointedly shot down in more detail allegations by her son, Jonathan Lamb, and his wife Suzy that she covered up the sexual abuse of his daughter by a family member, claiming that her granddaughter accused a boy at her preschool of touching her.
Ex-youth pastor who filmed minors in church bathroom pleads guilty to possession of illegal images
Daniel Kellan Mayfield, a former youth pastor in South Carolina accused of filming young girls in the shower at a church bathroom without their knowledge, has pleaded guilty to one count of possession of illegal child sexual abuse images and could spend up to 20 years in prison and fined $250,000 for his crime, according to court records.
Former youth pastor claims ‘innocence’ after being charged with nearly 200 sex crimes
A former youth pastor from West Virginia who has been charged with nearly 200 sex crimes involving several young girls, including multiple nieces, has claimed his innocence and vowed to defend it in court, according to his attorney.
Wynonna Judd’s daughter accused of stealing church van, claims she sold soul to devil
A Virginia church is now seeking donations to replace their ministry van after it was stolen and totaled by Grace Pauline Kelley, the troubled 28-year-old daughter of country music superstar Wynonna Judd, who told police after he arrest that she sold her soul to the devil.
Bible sales surged in 2024 but is it a cause for celebration?
While total U.S. print book sales were up less than 1% this year through the end of October, Bible sales surged 22% compared to the same period last year, according to book tracker Circana BookScan. But is this a cause for celebration among Christians?
Michael Brown admits to ‘lack of judgment’ as woman accuses him of sexual misconduct
Michael Brown, host of the nationally syndicated Line of Fire radio program, who is also president, founder, and professor of practical theology at FIRE School of Ministry, admitted to a “definite lack of judgment” but denied allegations he engaged in sexual misconduct with a former female staffer he said he treated like a “family member” 23 years ago.
Todd Bentley recovers from coma caused by high blood pressure linked to ‘uncontrollable stress’
Fresh Fire USA leader Todd Bentley claims he experienced a “miracle” after he recently recovered from what he described as a 10-hour coma that he said doctors told him was triggered by a spike in his blood pressure they suspect is “linked to uncontrollable stress.”
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