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.
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Texas House unanimously passes bill to ban NDAs in child sex abuse cases
Following the lead of their Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence committee, the Texas House unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that will protect child sex abuse survivors from nondisclosure agreements if it is eventually signed into law.
Church mourns after choir member shot dead in home
Members of the Collins Grove United Methodist Church in Greensboro, North Carolina, are mourning the loss of a beloved longtime member of their choir who was shot dead inside his home on Monday.
Drugged up ex-Presbyterian pastor charged in crash that killed mother of 4 is sued
Nicholas Betancourt, a former teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America, has been slapped with a wrongful death and personal injury lawsuit following a fatal crash.
'Bling Bishop' Lamor Whitehead alleges he was targeted for refusing to help indict Eric Adams
Convicted Bishop Lamor Whitehead, popularly known as the “Bling Bishop,” claims he was a victim of “vindictive or selective prosecution” because he refused to help authorities indict his former friend and mentor, New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Judge dismisses gender bias lawsuit against Abyssinian Baptist Church, cites ministerial exception
A federal judge has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City and the chair of its search committee, Valerie S. Grant, citing the First Amendment's "ministerial exception."
Pastor who tried to kill his family weeps, reads Psalm 51 in court; hopes to recover like David
At an emotional hearing where he was sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison for attempting to murder his wife and children, a sobbing Matthew Lee Richards repented of his actions and read from Psalm 51.
Federal judge dismisses all but 1 count of Johnny Hunt’s defamation suit against SBC
A federal judge stopped short on Monday of completely dismissing a defamation lawsuit filed by former Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt against the SBC and the SBC Executive Committee because of a tweet from former SBC President Bart Barber.
Church cancels Sunday service after robbers stole equipment, $800 raised for Easter egg hunt
A church in Holland, New York, with a congregation of about 40 people, was forced to cancel its worship service on Sunday after robbers stole several thousand dollars worth of equipment and $800 they had raised for an upcoming Easter egg hunt.
82-year-old Pastor Douglas Jones accused of criminal sexual conduct
Douglas Jones, the longtime senior pastor of the 4,000-member Welcome Missionary Baptist Church in Pontiac, Michigan, has been accused of criminal sexual conduct. His attorney, however, says the allegation is “ridiculous.”
Hours after prayer vigil, arrest is made in murder of 15-year-old Omaha father Shalamar Davis Jr
Just hours after a prayer vigil honoring his life on Thursday, police in Omaha, Nebraska, announced that they arrested two individuals in connection with the murder of Shalamar Davis Jr., a 15-year-old 10th grade student at Burke High School whose family says he recently became a father.
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