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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Woman who fatally shot Pastor Ricky Floyd outside bar reportedly on suicide watch
Samantha Marion, the woman who has been charged with the fatal shooting of prominent Memphis, Tennessee, Pastor Ricky Floyd on Wednesday morning, is now reportedly on suicide watch in jail as her mother insists she was defending herself after she was attacked.
Robert Morris’ bond set at $50K, faces up to 100 years in prison for child sex abuse
A day after being indicted on five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child by a multi-county grand jury in Oklahoma, the bond for disgraced Gateway Church founder Robert Morris was set at $50,000 on Thursday as he faces a possible 100 years maximum in prison if convicted on all counts.
Class action lawsuit over tithes dismissed against Gateway Church’s Kevin Grove
Plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit accusing Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, of misallocating their tithes and failing to honor a money-back guarantee have removed former Executive Global Pastor Kevin Grove as a defendant.
Prominent Memphis Pastor Ricky Floyd shot dead during altercation with woman outside bar
Ricky Floyd, a prominent pastor in Memphis, Tennessee, well-known for his community-building and people empowerment skills, was shot dead during an altercation with a woman outside a bar Wednesday morning, according to police. He was 58.
Gateway Church founder Robert Morris indicted for child sexual abuse of Cindy Clemishire, Okla. AG says
Robert Morris, founding pastor of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, was indicted on five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child by a multi-county grand jury in Oklahoma on Wednesday. The indictment stems from allegations made by Cindy Clemishire last June that he sexually abused her over multiple years in the 1980s, beginning when she was 12.
Pastor who said he can’t stop abusing kids pleads guilty to sexual exploitation of a child
A Long Island pastor who told investigators that he couldn’t stop himself from abusing children and has a penchant for preying on youth aged 11 and 15, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child in federal court in Central Islip Tuesday.
Pastoral team suggests biblical path for Mike Bickle to return to ministry
A pastoral team commissioned by the Messianic Jewish umbrella organization Tikkun International has suggested there might be a biblical path for International House of Prayer Kansas City founder Mike Bickle to return to ministry.
California pastor could spend 220 years in prison for allegedly scamming friends of nearly $240K
A California pastor and former political candidate who is accused of scamming longtime friends out of nearly $240,000 through several schemes, is now facing up to 220 years in federal prison after he was arrested on an 11-count federal grand jury indictment.
Alex Jones blames murder of InfoWars reporter Jamie White on liberals, globalists
Police in Austin, Texas, say InfoWars reporter Jamie White might have been killed by burglars outside his apartment in the wee hours of Monday morning as the publication's founder, Alex Jones, blamed the murder in part on liberals and globalists.
Pastor who swindled $1M from congregants fights probation at Ohio Supreme Court
A former Ohio pastor convicted of fleecing some $1 million from his church in 2010 and sentenced to several years in prison plus a period of community control or probation he argues is beyond the state’s 5-year limit has taken his case to the Ohio Supreme Court.
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