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The Associated Press reports:
The pastor of a Texas megachurch has resigned after a woman said he had sexually abused her on multiple occasions in the 1980s, beginning when she was 12.
Gateway Church’s board of elders said in a statement Tuesday that they’d accepted the resignation of Robert Morris, the church’s senior pastor and founder. The board said it had hired a law firm to to conduct an independent review to make sure they “have a complete understanding of the events” from 1982 to 1987.
The board said that before Friday, they “did not have all of the facts of the inappropriate relationship between Morris and the victim, including her age at the time and the length of the abuse.” They said that their understanding of the “extramarital relationship” that Morris had discussed many times throughout his ministry was not that it was “abuse of a 12-year-old child.”
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BREAKING: Texas megachurch pastor resigns after woman says he sexually abused her in the 1980s https://t.co/5AsvqJaL6n
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 18, 2024
Having sexual contact with a 12-year-old girl is not “inappropriate” or a “moral failure.” It’s a crime. It should also be immediately disqualifying to be a Christian pastor. What is wrong with these people?https://t.co/lSRYJ3Ft7j
— The Shumater (@The_Shumater) June 17, 2024
For the 3rd straight year, Trump spiritual advisor Robert Morris—pastor of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas—encouraged his congregation from the pulpit to support a slate of school board candidates: “Many of you see what Satan has been trying to do even in our school systems.” pic.twitter.com/NLrBT9ZQkK
— Mike Hixenbaugh (@Mike_Hixenbaugh) April 23, 2023
Robert Morris, a megachurch pastor and Trump ally, admits he engaged in “inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady.”
She was 12.
It lasted for years.
His lawyer blamed the girl for being “flirtatious.”https://t.co/cyrGVlrMAV
— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) June 16, 2024
My thoughts on people in power engaged in heinous sexual crimes against minors— an example being the religious leader who advised Donald Trump and the disease of sexual crimes and projection. pic.twitter.com/bMz2VIAn31
— Denver Riggleman (@RepRiggleman) June 18, 2024