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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Former children's pastor who attempted to murder his family sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison
Just over a month after pleading guilty to attempting to murder his family because he didn’t want them to discover they were being evicted from their foreclosed home, former children's pastor Matthew Lee Richards was sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison for his crime.
Marvin Sapp denies holding conference goers ‘hostage’ for $40K offering, defends shutting doors
Pastor Marvin Sapp defended ordering ushers to shut the doors at a recent Christian conference until attendees collectively donated $40,000 to help cover the event's budget, citing biblical precedent.
Duluth pastor resigns after protest over past sexual abuse of 2 teenage girls
Pastor Ronald Allen of Revive City Church of Duluth in Minnesota has resigned following two days of protest over his sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl and her friend while he was serving as a youth pastor some 25 years ago.
2 female teachers accused of sexually abusing male student at Christian school
Two former teachers at Nathanael Greene Academy, a private Christian PK-12 school in Siloam, Georgia, have been arrested and charged with multiple felonies alleging improper sexual contact with the same male student.
Church mourns as family loses 2 of 5 sons in crash
The multi-campus Cathedral International in New Jersey is mourning with one of their families that lost two of their five sons in a car crash that left two other sons seriously injured last Friday night.
Pastor Ricky Floyd was shot dead outside bar after his moral authority to witness was questioned, lawyer says
Shortly before he was shot dead by a woman outside a bar during an altercation in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 12, Ricky Floyd, the late senior lead pastor of Pursuit of God Church in Frayser, argued with her and another man who questioned his moral authority when he allegedly tried to share religious tracts with them.
BaptistCare executive Lauren Tesolin-Mastrosa arrested for writing book deemed pedophilia
A marketing executive for BaptistCare, one of Australia’s largest care organizations, has been arrested on child abuse material charges after complaints about pedophilia in her latest book, "Daddy’s Little Toy."
Dave Dummitt stepping down as Willow Creek’s senior pastor to pursue other dreams
After five years in the senior pastor role stabilizing Willow Creek Community Church in suburban Chicago, Dave Dummitt announced to the congregation on Sunday that he is stepping down to pursue other dreams.
Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger expands role at Gloo in push to shape technology for good
With a plan to shape technology, particularly Artificial Intelligence toward positive endeavors, Gloo, a leading technology platform connecting the faith ecosystem, announced Monday that Pat Gelsinger, the former CEO of multinational technology company Intel, has expanded his role at the firm from investor and chairman to executive chairman and head of technology.
Megachurch pastor accused of covering up sexual abuse claims mistaken identity
An attorney says claims that Pastor M. Wayne Blackburn helped cover up the sexual abuse of a 7-year-old boy decades ago is a case of "mistaken identity."
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