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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Gateway Church seeks dismissal of class-action lawsuit citing ecclesiastical abstention doctrine
Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, has filed a revised motion seeking to dismiss an amended class-action lawsuit accusing its former leaders of misappropriating millions of dollars in donations by leaning into the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine.
Televangelist Benny Hinn and wife, Suzanne, finalize divorce for second time
More than a year after she filed for divorce from televangelist Benny Hinn, Suzanne Hinn's marriage to the popular faith-healer is now officially over for a second time in 46 years.
Former Gainesville Police Department chaplain arrested for failing to report child sex abuse
Mark Vega, senior pastor of Ignite Life Center Church in Gainesville, Florida, who is also the former chaplain of the Gainesville Police Department, has been arrested for failing to report a case of suspected child abuse.
Appeals court halts Cindy Clemishire’s defamation case until resolution of mandamus review
Texas' Fifth Court of Appeals in Dallas has halted all trial court proceedings in child-sex abuse survivor Cindy Clemishire's defamation lawsuit against Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, the church's founder, Robert Morris, and its independent elders until a petition for a mandamus review is resolved.
Shedeur Sanders praises God after winning debut as starting QB for Cleveland Browns
Shedeur Sanders had high praises for God after he became the first Cleveland Browns quarterback to win his first NFL start since 1995 with a 24-10 win over the Las Vegas Raiders Sunday, which President Donald Trump called "great."
2819 Church fires Pastor Kenneth McFarland after arrest for beating son over school suspension
The fast-growing 6,000-member 2819 Church in Atlanta, Georgia, announced Thursday that they have fired Associate Pastor Kenneth McFarland after he was charged with second-degree cruelty to children for allegedly beating his 15-year-old stepson with an extension cord over an in-school suspension.
12 men now accuse ex-Harvest pastor Paul Havsgaard of child sex abuse and trafficking
Six more men have filed federal lawsuits in the last week claiming they were sexually abused and trafficked by Paul Havsgaard, a former Harvest Christian Fellowship pastor, while living in now-defunct church-run children’s homes in Romania.
Gateway Church, elders fight to stop discovery in Cindy Clemishire’s defamation lawsuit
In a bid to avoid producing documents and sit for depositions in child-sex abuse survivor Cindy Clemishire’s defamation lawsuit, Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, along with its independent elders, are now seeking to overturn a recent court ruling rejecting their motion to dismiss the lawsuit arguing that secular courts lack jurisdiction in matters of religion.matters of religion.
Over half of American women without children have no desire to become mothers: study
More than 50% of American women under the age of 50 who don't have children say they have no desire to become mothers, as the nation’s fertility rate has reached an all-time low, according to the 2025 American Family Survey.
Reformed Baptist Pastor Samuel Renihan resigns after confessing adultery
Prominent Reformed Baptist Pastor Samuel D. Renihan has resigned as the leader of Trinity Reformed Baptist Church in La Mirada, California, after confessing to engaging in an adulterous relationship.
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