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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A GiveSendGo campaign has raised more than $50,000 for the legal defense of 26-year-old Luigi Mangione who was arrested and charged with the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson as others have been yanked offline after raising thousands of dollars to support the Ivy League graduate.
Pastor sued for promoting $6M crypto Ponzi scheme to congregants
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is seeking to claw back nearly $6 million plus penalties from a Washington state pastor accused of tricking more than 1,500 Hispanic individuals, including members of his own church, into investing in a fraudulent cryptocurrency scam authorities have described as a Ponzi scheme.
Pastor asks for prayers after explosion destroys 151-year-old Virginia church
A Virginia pastor is asking his community for prayers after a massive explosion that shook some homes like an earthquake damaged his 151-year-old church on Monday night.
Suspect arrested in drive-by shooting at Pastor Greg Locke’s home
The Wilson County Sheriff's Office in Tennessee has arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with the drive-by shooting on the home of controversial Pastor Greg Locke that forced him and his family to relocate in September.
Village SDA Church board demands reinstatement of Pastor Ron Kelly amid denominational dispute
The board of the Village Seventh-day Adventist Church has called on the Executive Committee of the Michigan SDA Conference to reverse their recent decision to remove the church’s beloved senior pastor, Ron Kelly, from his position amid an ongoing denominational dispute.
Luigi Mangione’s relatives offer prayers for family of late United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson
The family of Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old Ivy League graduate who has been arrested and charged with the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, offered prayers for the family of the victim Monday night as the investigation of the murder continued.
Married worship leader arrested, fired after charges of sexually assaulting 16-year-old at church
Hunter Eubanks, a married worship leader who most recently served at Morningside Church in Tallahassee, Florida, has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl on church grounds.
Hip-hop’s first billionaire, Jay-Z, denies raping 13-year-old with Diddy: ‘Blackmail attempt’
Hip-hop’s first billionaire Shawn Carter, popularly known by his stage name Jay-Z, vowed to show Texas trial lawyer, Tony Buzbee, that he is not a celebrity to be toyed with after he was accused along with fellow rapper and music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs in a civil lawsuit Sunday of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000.
Michael Brown deactivating X account amid investigation into abuse allegations
Days after admitting to exercising a “definite lack of judgment” but denying allegations he engaged in sexual misconduct with a former female staffer he treated like a “family member” 23 years ago, Michael Brown, the founder of FIRE School of Ministry, says he will deactivate his account on the social media platform X until the investigation into the claims concludes.
Beloved pastor dies after falling through ice while skating after church
A beloved retired pastor who went ice skating after sharing the Gospel at his church in Minnesota on Sunday is now being remembered as a dedicated and active believer after he was found dead on Monday.
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