
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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17-Y-O Charged With Christmas Eve Murder of His Science Teacher Mom
A rocky relationship between a single science teacher mom and her 17-year-old baseball player son took a deadly turn on Christmas Eve when she was found with multiple stab wounds and her throat slit at her home in Gulf Breeze, Fla. Police say her son has confessed to her murder.

Spanish-Speaking Woman Allegedly Batters Florida Mom in Front of Her 9-Y-O Daughter for Crooked Parking
A Florida mom is still reeling after she received a battering allegedly from a Spanish-speaking woman in front of her 9-year-old daughter for the crooked way she parked her car and left it in a parking lot in Lake Mary.

Heartbreaking: Firefighter Responds to Horrific Crash on Christmas Eve; Discovers Dying Woman Is Own Daughter
Heartbreak ruined the holiday of a volunteer firefighter and his family on Christmas Eve when he responded to a horrific car crash and pulled the mangled body of a dying woman from the wreckage only to discover it was his own daughter.

Jesse Jackson Says 'Duck Dynasty's' Phil Robertson Is Worse Than Rosa Parks' Bus Driver; Demands Meeting With A&E and Cracker Barrel
The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. has joined LGBT group GLAAD in blasting "Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson over his controversial comments about homosexuality, race relations and morality.

Angry Man Allegedly Breaks 4-Week-Old Baby Boy's Leg During Diaper Change Because His X-Box Game Was Interrupted
A 20-year-old man, upset that he had to interrupt his X-Box game to change a 4-week-old baby boy's diaper, allegedly broke the child's leg in protest and has been charged with aggravated child abuse despite saying he didn't mean to do it.

Church Ceiling Collapses While Pastor, Congregation Pray About Angels; Nobody Gets Hurt
A pastor and his congregation in Arlington, Va., are now counting their blessings and thanking God for covering them under the wings of angels after the roof of their historic church building collapsed as they prayed ironically about angels on Sunday and everyone escaped unhurt.

Watch Phil Robertson's Preacher Son Alan Joke About A&E's 'Duck Dynasty' Controversy in Church
Alan Robertson, preacher and oldest son of "Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson, quipped that things were "kinda slow" for his family after Phil Robertson got suspended from the hit show indefinitely last Wednesday.

Louisiana Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne Says State Will Help Keep 'Duck Dynasty' Going If A&E Can't Work Things Out With Phil Robertson, Family
If the A&E Network can't work things out with "Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson and his family over his controversial comments on homosexuality, Louisiana Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne said the state would help the family keep the show going if they wanted to do that.

Phil Robertson Breaks Silence at Bible Study: 'I Will Not Give or Back Off From My Path …I am a Lover of Humanity, Not a Hater'
"Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson broke his silence for the first time since his indefinite suspension from the hit A&E show Sunday to declare he is "a lover of humanity, not a hater." But to critics of his biblical perspective on human sexuality, he says: "I will not give or back off from my path."

'We Respect All Individuals Right to Express Their Beliefs'; Cracker Barrel Apologizes and Returns Duck Dynasty Items to Stores After Christians Protest
After removing select 'Duck Dynasty' products from their stores out of concern the products might offend some customers Friday, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store backtracked and returned the products to their stores Sunday after Christians peppered them with protest and threats of a boycott.


























