
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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When Cancer Victim Marcy Glanz Found Out She Only Had Weeks to Live, She Had a Monthlong Farewell Party Then Died in Peace
Yes, there were some sad moments but when cancer victim Marcy Glanz, 62, found out she had only weeks to live last November, she decided to turn her prognosis into a powerful celebration of life with a month-long farewell. She then died in peace early this month.

Young Mother Who Confessed She Wasn't 'Much of a Prayer' Kills Two Daughters and Self a Day After Boyfriend Moves Out
A 32-year-old Syracuse, Utah, mother has left behind a trail of grief regret and anger after she was found dead Tuesday along with her two young daughters in what police suspect is a murder-suicide a day after her boyfriend moved out.

'It Could Have Been Us:' Couple Describes Earlier Run in With 'Bothered' Curtis Reeves Who Shot Man at Movie Theater Over Texting
A couple who say they came under the angry glare of former police captain Curtis Reeves Jr., 71, just two weeks ago for texting in the same movie theater where he shot dead Chad Oulson, 43, during an argument over the same offense say it chills them to think they could have suffered the same fate.

In Controversial Ruling, Judge Says Doctors in New Mexico Can Now Assist in Terminal Patient Suicides
In a decision that has sparked a contentious debate online, a New Mexico judge ruled Monday that terminally ill and mentally fit patients have the right to commit suicide with the help of doctors.

Retired Officer Curtis Reeves Who Shot Chad Oulson in Texting Dispute at Movies Is a Church Going Man Who Attends Bible Study Regularly, Says Lawyer
Retired Tampa, Fla., police captain Curtis Reeves Jr., 71, who was charged Monday with second-degree murder after he shot 43-year-old Chad Oulson dead in a dispute over texting at a movie theater, is a church going man who attends Bible study regularly.

Newly Divorced Mother Mired in Financial Woes Kills Herself and 2 Teenage Children; Son Said 'God Is On Our Side' Days Before Death
A newly divorced mother mired in financial woes and on the verge of being booted from her $600,000 home next month, was found dead from gunshot wounds along with her two children in what police say appears to have been a murder-suicide.

Man Dies Trying to Save Cell Phone That Fell Into River, Other Man Injured, Woman Missing After Trying to Save Him
A 26-year-old Minnesota man is now dead, another man is injured, and a woman is now missing and presumed dead, all because of a phone that accidentally fell into the icy Chicago River early Monday.

Catholic Woman Sues Lawyers Because They Didn't Tell Her That Divorce Would End Her Marriage
A British Catholic woman who claims she didn't know that finalizing her divorce proceedings would lead to the end of her marriage recently attempted to sue her former lawyers for professional negligence, charging that they did not consider her faith in the process.

Retired 71-Y-O Police Captain Shoots Man and His Wife for Texting Toddler Daughter at Movie Theater; Wife Tried Blocking Bullet
A retired Tampa, Fla., police officer has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder for the fatal shooting of a man and the injury of his wife inside a movie theater following an argument over the man texting his toddler daughter on Monday.

Government Paid 'Obscene and Insulting' $1/4 Billion on Penis Pumps in 10 Years, Gov't Report Shows
In a splurge health policy experts have called "obscene and insulting" taxpayers spent more than a quarter of a million dollars on vacuum erection systems (VES) popularly known as "penis pumps" in the last 10 years through Medicare according the Health and Human Services Inspector General.


























