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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Alex Jones blames murder of InfoWars reporter Jamie White on liberals, globalists
Police in Austin, Texas, say InfoWars reporter Jamie White might have been killed by burglars outside his apartment in the wee hours of Monday morning as the publication's founder, Alex Jones, blamed the murder in part on liberals and globalists.
Pastor who swindled $1M from congregants fights probation at Ohio Supreme Court
A former Ohio pastor convicted of fleecing some $1 million from his church in 2010 and sentenced to several years in prison plus a period of community control or probation he argues is beyond the state’s 5-year limit has taken his case to the Ohio Supreme Court.
Gateway Church’s Robert Morris asks court to dismiss lawsuit over money-back guarantee on tithes
Disgraced Gateway Church founder Robert Morris joined with other leaders and public interest law firm First Liberty Institute in asking a federal court to dismiss a class action lawsuit filed by four church members accusing the Southlake, Texas-based megachurch of misallocating their tithes and failing to honor a money-back guarantee.
John-Paul Miller sexually assaulted 14-year-old, told her she would be ‘raped by demons': 2nd lawsuit
A second alleged victim who says she was sexually assaulted by Pastor John-Paul Miller of Solid Rock at Market Common in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, when she was just 14 in the late 1990s, said the embattled pastor and his father Reginald Wayne Miller told her she would be "raped by demons" for reading Harry Potter books.
Teen shot multiple times at Christian school survived because of faith and doctors, family says
Nearly three months after their son was left critically injured during a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Wisconsin, Christina and Brett Clardy say their son, River, is alive today thanks to hardworking doctors and their faith in God.
Target sees drop in sales; Pastor Jamal Bryant reports 110K people in 40-day boycott
Megachurch Pastor Jamal Bryant and a reported 110,000 people kicked off a campaign Wednesday to boycott retail giant Target for 40 days over their decision to scale back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
After repentance, Pastor Matthew Queen sentenced for lying to federal investigators
Despite facing a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison for lying to federal investigators looking into a case of alleged sexual abuse, former pastor Matthew Queen received six months of house arrest after repenting for his crime.
Dentist sues Koinonia Christian Church Pastor Ronnie Goines for alleged sexual assaults
Pastor Ronnie Goines and his Koinonia Christian Church in Arlington, Texas, have been slapped with a lawsuit seeking more than $1 million in damages by a dentist and former member who alleges she was sexually assaulted twice by the divorced pastor six months after she joined the church.
Pastor sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to stealing $500K from church
A former Assemblies of God pastor who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $500,000 from Harrison Faith Church in Arkansas has been sentenced to 17 years of probation, 800 hours of community service and ordered to pay $100,000 of restitution to the church for his crimes.
Steve Riggle's Grace Church pays $2 million to settle lawsuit for teen abused in sleep
Months after agreeing to pay former member and intern Tyler Bates $2 million to settle a lawsuit in which he alleges he was sexually abused as a teenager by a staff member while he slept, Grace Church, one of the biggest churches in Houston, Texas, founded by Steve Riggle has finally paid up after months of delay.
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