Disgraced MAGA Pastor To Accuser: “Put A Price On It”

NBC News reports:

Robert Morris, a pastor and the founder of Gateway Church, wanted to know what it was going to take to prevent the woman on the phone from going public with her accusation that he’d sexually abused her as a child. “Put a price on it,” Morris said on Sept. 22, 2005, according to a document that appears to be a transcript of a phone call.

The document was provided to NBC News by a former Gateway staff member. “It is not a small number,” the woman, Cindy Clemishire, responded, according to the transcript.

“Money doesn’t make you happy and I can understand that. So that is not what this is about.” Morris again pressed her to name a figure. “Two Million Dollars,” Clemishire said, the transcript shows.A moment later, Morris ended the conversation.

Read the full article. Since the scandal broke, Morris has been axed from Trump’s Evangelical Advisory Board and his daily show on the nation’s largest Christian network has been canceled, with all previous episodes removed.

NEW: A document shared by a former Gateway Church employee appears to detail a 2005 phone call between pastor Robert Morris and the woman accusing him of sexually abusing her.

Morris wanted to know how much her silence would cost:

“Put a price on it.” https://t.co/0O0N4ZY6DQ

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