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Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges
- On October 2, 2025, Robert Morris, the former lead pastor of the Texas-based Gateway Church in Southlake, pleaded guilty in Osage County, Oklahoma, to five felony charges involving indecent acts with a minor.
- The charges stem from allegations that Morris sexually abused Cindy Clemishire, a girl aged 12, between 1982 and 1985 while staying with her family in Oklahoma.
- Clemishire testified that the abuse severely affected her life including her marriages and parenting, and she sought $50,000 in restitution to cover therapy costs related to her trauma.
- Morris is required to register on the sex offender registry and compensate $250,000 in restitution, while Clemishire described the plea as the start of a fresh chapter for herself, her family, and her friends.
- The scandal caused Gateway Church financial losses and staff layoffs, and Clemishire believes she is not the only victim, also filing a $1 million civil lawsuit against Morris and church leaders.
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Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris pleads guilty to child sex crimes in Oklahoma
·Oklahoma City, United States
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Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges
The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned last year after a woman in Oklahoma accused the pastor of sexually abusing her in the 1980s pleaded guilty Thursday to five counts of lewd and indecent acts with a child, authorities said. Robert Preston Morris, 64, entered the pleas before a judge in Oklahoma’s Osage County as part of a plea agreement, according to the state attorney general’s office. The alleged abuse began in 1982 when the victim…
·Albuquerque, United States
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Texas megachurch founder pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges
Authorities say the founder of a Texas megachurch has pleaded guilty to lewd and indecent acts with a child after he was accused of sexually abusing a young girl in the 1980s in Oklahoma while he was a traveling minister.
·United States
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