Robert Morris, former Texas megachurch pastor and Trump adviser, indicted for child sex crimes

[The IbanezerScrooge]

Robert Morris, former Texas megachurch pastor and Trump adviser, indicted for child sex crimes

Morris is a former spiritual adviser to President Donald Trump, and Gateway — one of the nation’s largest megachurches — has been particularly active in Dallas-area GOP politics.

www.texastribune.org

Robert Morris, the Dallas-area megachurch pastor who resigned last year amid sexual abuse allegations, has been indicted in Oklahoma for child sex crimes that date back to the 1980s.​

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Morris is a former spiritual adviser to President Donald Trump, and Gateway — one of the nation’s largest megachurches — has been particularly active in politics. In 2020, Trump held a “Roundtable on Transition to Greatness” there that was attended by then-U.S. Attorney General William Barr and other prominent Republicans.​

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Morris faces five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child, the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office said in a Wednesday evening press release.​

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The indictment comes less than a year after Morris resigned from Gateway Church in Southlake after an adult woman, Cindy Clemishire, said Morris repeatedly sexually assaulted her while she was a child in Oklahoma in the 1980s. Morris was at the time working as a traveling preacher.​

 

[Larniavc]

I would never let my son anywhere near a church alone. It’s not worth the risk.

 

[Laodicean60]

I thought this was a new crime, but I remember him confessing this issue on TV. Let the law prevail.

I would never let my son anywhere near a church alone. It’s not worth the risk.

I never let my kids go anywhere alone, including church.

 

[Fantine]

Over the years, Trump seems to have had close friends who have spent their lives sexually abusing children. Epstein, Maxwell, and now Morris.
People are known by the company they keep, and he has exercised some very poor judgment.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Previous thread:

Trump's Spiritual Advisor Admits to Molesting 12-Year-Old

Trump’s Spiritual Adviser Quasi-Confesses to Molesting 12-Year-Old Girl The pastor of one of the country’s largest churches—and who Donald Trump once named as a spiritual adviser—has admitted to “inappropriate sexual behavior” with a woman who says he sexually abused her when she was just 12...

www.christianforums.com

Just nine months to get some indictment action.

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

Previous thread:

Trump's Spiritual Advisor Admits to Molesting 12-Year-Old

Trump’s Spiritual Adviser Quasi-Confesses to Molesting 12-Year-Old Girl The pastor of one of the country’s largest churches—and who Donald Trump once named as a spiritual adviser—has admitted to “inappropriate sexual behavior” with a woman who says he sexually abused her when she was just 12...

www.christianforums.com

Just nine months to get some indictment action.

That thread didn't come up when I started posting this, but I just KNEW you probably had posted something about it before.

 

[essentialsaltes]

That thread didn't come up when I started posting this, but I just KNEW you probably had posted something about it before.

The credit for that one belongs to NxNW

 

[essentialsaltes]

This probably bears repeating from the old thread. This could have been handled by authorities decades ago.

Ah, it's the ole "church handles it internally without calling the cops" routine.

“In March of 1987, this situation was brought to light, and it was confessed and repented of. I submitted myself to the Elders of Shady Grove Church and the young lady’s father. They asked me to step out of ministry and receive counseling and freedom ministry, which I did. Since that time, I have walked in purity and accountability in this area,” Morris said in his statement, adding he and his wife met with the survivor and her family in 1989.

Well, if her dad says it's okay, who am I to complain?

 

[Servus]

Over the years, Trump seems to have had close friends who have spent their lives sexually abusing children. Epstein, Maxwell, and now Morris.
People are known by the company they keep, and he has exercised some very poor judgment.

That's the downside of having innumerable friends and acquaintances. And if we want to play the guilt by association game, where does that leave the Catholic Church with all those child molesting priests who are/were friends with other priests, deacons, bishops and cardinals? Where was their judgement? What level of poor judgement was involved in the Catholic Church ordaining child molesters in the first place? It's not a good idea to go down that road.

 

[Servus]

I would never let my son anywhere near a church alone. It’s not worth the risk.

What place is worth the risk of letting your child go alone? School? Nope, there's been many child molesting teachers, coaches and counselors. The doctor's office? Nope, there's been too many child molesting doctors. A police station? Nope, same reason.

 

[Fantine]

That's the downside of having innumerable friends and acquaintances. And if we want to play the guilt by association game, where does that leave the Catholic Church with all those child molesting priests who are/were friends with other priests, deacons, bishops and cardinals? Where was their judgement? What level of poor judgement was involved in the Catholic Church ordaining child molesters in the first place? It's not a good idea to go down that road.

Off-topic. This is not about the Catholic Church.

 

[Servus]

Off-topic. This is not about the Catholic Church.

You took it off topic first. This is not about Trump.

 

[Fantine]

You took it off topic first. This is not about Trump.

I noted that it was concerning that pedophile Morris was just one of several good friends of the current president who were pedophiles and deviants. That was a fact about Morris.

 

[Servus]

I noted that it was concerning that pedophile Morris was just one of several good friends of the current president who were pedophiles and deviants. That was a fact about Morris.

You're right. My bad. I had just woken up and was going through replies too fast. That said, Donald Trump is "friends" with a zillion people. And my point is when most people are friends with, or hire, or ordain a pedophile, they along with everyone else don't know he's a pedophile. Odd are you've socialized with a pedophile at least once in your life without knowing it.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Megachurch founder Robert Morris booked in Oklahoma, quickly released on bond​

Morris turned himself in at the Osage County Sheriff's Office early Monday morning. He was released on a $50,000 bond and ordered to hand over his passport, according to news reports.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Oh no! So anyway.

Texas megachurch in ‘ruin’ following former Trump spiritual adviser Robert Morris’ child sex scandal​

Gateway Church says donations, or tithing, have dropped significantly since the scandal involving its former pastor, Robert Morris​

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

Oh no! So anyway.

Texas megachurch in ‘ruin’ following former Trump spiritual adviser Robert Morris’ child sex scandal​

Gateway Church says donations, or tithing, have dropped significantly since the scandal involving its former pastor, Robert Morris​

Whomp, whomp.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris pleads guilty to five counts of child sex abuse charges​

The abuse began in 1982 [and continued for 4 years] when the victim was 12 and Morris was a traveling evangelist staying in Hominy, Oklahoma, with her family, according to the statement by Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond.

 

[MotoToTheMax]

6 months jail time, with a 10 year suspended sentence if he complies with court orders.

Gross. Abuse a 12 year old for 4 years and get 6 months in jail. I heard Republicans want to be hard on crime, but it looks like it's selective on which crimes. No surprise considering who got elected and won't release the Epstein Files.

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

6 months jail time, with a 10 year suspended sentence if he complies with court orders.

Gross. Abuse a 12 year old for 4 years and get 6 months in jail. I heard Republicans want to be hard on crime, but it looks like it's selective on which crimes. No surprise considering who got elected and won't release the Epstein Files.

I worked with foster care. It happens all the time.