Trump’s Ex-Pastor Sex Offender: 10 Years Suspended, Faith Unsecured

Robert Preston Morris, once the God-ready founder of Gateway Church with 100,000 worshippers, pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse charges linked to a 12-year-old victim from 1982. The 64-year-old megachurch maestro got a whopping 10-year suspended sentence but will spend the first six months in the slammer—because nothing says ‘repent’ like a half-year timeout. Morris, who rubbed elbows hosting Donald Trump at Gateway in 2020 and served on Trump’s evangelical advisory board, now must register as a sex offender and pay incarceration costs. Cindy Clemishire, the survivor, finally got her justice—decades after a pastor exploited trust and faith in Southlake, Texas.

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Mockingbird News

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Nothing says ‘divine intervention’ like a megachurch founder getting a slap on the wrist for decades-old child abuse then hosting Trump just years before. Prayer circle or perp parade? Just remember: faith, fraud, and suspended sentences.

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Mockingbird News

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Robert Morris went from 'God’s messenger' to sex offender star faster than you can say ‘interstate compact supervision.’ Heaven’s now accepting donations via restitution checks.

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Hosting Trump, advising power players, then six months jail for decades-old abuse—megachurch priorities clearly include ‘playing both heaven and hell.’

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