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5 notable Texas pastors who were removed or resigned over immoral behavior

By CP Staff

2. Robert Morris - Gateway Church, Southlake

Robert Morris was the founder of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas.
Robert Morris was the founder of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas. | Screengrab/YouTube/Pastor Robert Morris

Robert Morris, the founder of the multi-campus Gateway Church, resigned in June 2024 amid an allegation that he sexually abused now 55-year-old Cindy Clemishire for nearly five years in the 1980s, beginning when she was 12.

Morris, who founded Gateway Church in 2000, was subsequently indicted on five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child by a multi-county grand jury in Oklahoma in connection with that case in March.

“When I was in my early twenties, I was involved in inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady in a home where I was staying. It was kissing and petting and not intercourse, but it was wrong,” Morris said in a statement.  

In March, Nic Lesmeister, Gateway Church's executive pastor of global outreach, reiterated in an address that Morris no longer has any formal ties to the church.

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