Former Texas Megachurch Pastor Is Indicted on Child Sex Abuse Charges

Robert Morris, the former senior pastor of the Dallas-based Gateway Church, abused a girl over several years in the 1980s, the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office said.

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Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris indicted on charges of lewd acts with a child

The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned as senior pastor last year after he admitted "inappropriate sexual behavior" in the 1980s has been indicted on five criminal counts involving a child, ...
NBC News - 6h
Gateway Church founding pastor indicted on child sex abuse-related charges

Robert Morris resigned from Gateway Church last year following allegations that he sexual relations with a 12-year-old girl approximately four decades ago.
CBS News - 7h
Texas embalmer charged with mutilating corpse of registered sex offender

A Texas woman has been charged with abusing a corpse after she allegedly used a scalpel to castrate the body of a registered sex offender last month, officials said.
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Former bishop jailed for sex attacks on boy

Anthony Pierce abused the boy over a five-year period while he was a priest in the late 1980s.
BBC News - 18h
Fourth former Indiana University basketball player joins lawsuit accusing team doctor of sex abuse

The number of former Indiana University basketball players who say team doctor Bradford Bomba Sr.
NBC News - 7h
Prince Andrew was told Epstein saw Staley as close friend, court hears

FCA presents email evidence it claims shows bank boss and child sex offender were like ‘family’. Prince Andrew was among a number of high-profile contacts of Jeffrey Epstein who were told that the ...
The Guardian - 15h
Chiefs’ Xavier Worthy released after Texas DA declines to pursue charges

Kansas City wideout faced third-degree felony charge Worthy was taken in first round of last year’s draft Xavier Worthy was released Saturday after a district attorney in Texas declined to ...
The Guardian - 3d
Chiefs receiver Xavier Worthy arrested in Texas on domestic violence charge

Xavier Worthy was released Saturday after a district attorney in Texas declined to pursue charges against the Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver following an arrest in which he had been accused of ...
NBC News - 3d
Mormon church rocked by child sexual abuse allegations in California

Look-back window results in nearly 100 allegations against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) in the US has been rocked by a slew ...
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