
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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25 Black Customers Were Thrown Out for 'Obnoxious' Behavior, Use of N-Word, Not Race, Claims Wild Wings Worker
A woman identifying herself as a worker at the now infamous Wild Wing Café in North Charleston, S.C., where 25 black customers say they were kicked out in the rain because a white patron felt threatened, now claims members of the group hurled around the N-word, roughed up a deaf girl and were "obnoxious."
In Explosive Twist, Teen Accused of Killing WWII Vet Claims 88-Year-Old Was a Crack Dealer Who Shorted Him
In an explosive turn Tuesday, Kenan Adams-Kinard, 16, the second suspect charged in the beating death of 88-year-old World War II veteran Delbert "Shorty" Belton in Spokane, Wash., claims the senior was a crack dealer who tried to short him and his accomplice Demetrius Glenn, also 16, during an unfortunate exchange.

Military Chaplain Offended by Prayers to Jesus at Horse Show, Says God Must Be Generic
Chaplain for the 108 American Legion in New Mexico, Richard Frazier complained about the "Christian propaganda" and prayers to Jesus he was forced to put up with at a Wild West horse show he paid to attend in Alamogordo, N.M., two weeks ago.

11-Y-O Boy With 4.0 GPA and 1770 SAT Score Becomes Youngest Student Ever at Texas Christian University
An 11-year-old boy with a 4.0 GPA, a 1770 SAT score and a plan to become a quantum physicist began his first week at the Texas Christian University as the youngest student ever in the school's 140 year history.

Starbucks Fires Hungry Employee on Food Stamps for 'Stealing' Sandwich From Garbage
A 21-year-old Starbucks barista struggling to make ends meet with food stamps was fired by the global coffee giant last Monday because he ate a sandwich that was thrown in the garbage.

Beauty Queen Contestant Joanlia Lising Spits Nonsense on Why Seeing Is The Best Sense
Beauty contestant Joanlia Lising did not place in the recently concluded Miss Philippines USA 2013 contest last weekend and she could perhaps blame it all on anxiety and her nonsensical response about why seeing is her favorite sense.

Woman Allegedly Gives Birth to Healthy Boy in Sports Bar Restroom, Suffocates Him, Then Hides Body in Toilet Tank
A 26-year-old Pennsylvania woman could face the death penalty after she gave birth to a baby boy in the restroom of a sports bar in Allentown, suffocated him, then stuffed his body in a toilet tank before returning to the bar to finish watching a wrestling match in her bloodied clothes.

In Reverse Heist, Woman Steals Back Her $1,000 Bike From Man Who Stole It
A Vancouver woman impatient with the help she was getting from police in recovering her stolen $1,000 bicycle took matters into her own hands last week when she met up with the thief who tried fencing it on Craigslist. She told him she was taking it for a test ride and never looked back.

Pastor Busted in Prostitution Sting After Allegedly Offering $60 for Full Body Rub and 'Everything'
A pastor's family who couldn't find him hours after he was last seen handing out fliers and visiting churches last Friday were shocked to discover he had been stewing in jail for allegedly offering an undercover cop $60 for a full body rub and "everything."

'Run Ben Run', Super PAC Formed to 'Draft' 'Gifted Hands' Neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson for President
A super PAC charging that no 2016 Republican presidential ticket can win without him on it, recently registered with the Federal Election Commission to encourage retired rock star pediatric neurosurgeon, Benjamin Carson, to run for president.


























