Morris told the Christian Post: “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.”
Despite his admission, Morris will continue to be a primary speaker at the church on weekends and his son, James Morris, will assume his father’s senior pastor duties next year.
Morris was never criminally charged and by the time his accuser decided to explore legal action, she was advised the statute of limitations for criminal or civil action had probably expired.
“I was 12 years old. I was a little girl. A very innocent little girl. And he was brought into our home,” the now 54-year-old grandmother told the Christian Post of abuse that took her “decades to wrap my brain around as an adult.”
“I was an innocent 12-year-old little girl who knew nothing about sexual behavior,” she said. Clemishire was also outraged at the suggestion her dad had given Morris his blessing to return to ministry. “My father never ever gave his blessing on Robert returning to ministry!” she said.
Here is a video of him describing his moral issues and how it’s all of the women’s fault, lol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQRsps9iMf8
She flirted with him, according to his supporters. She was twelve, so I don’t see how he was expected to resist her charms. /s, obviously, but only about the second part — dude assaulted a child.
So shitty, keep your kids away from the admitted pedo.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A Texas evangelical pastor and former spiritual adviser to Donald Trump has confessed to sexually assaulting a young girl in his past.
Robert Morris, a founding pastor of Dallas-based Gateway megachurch, was accused by an Oklahoma woman of sexual abuse in the 1980s, beginning when she was 12 and continuing until the age of 16.
In a statement to the Christian Post, Morris said: “When I was in my early 20s, I was involved in inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady in a home where I was staying.”
In her own statement to the Christian Post, the victim of the assault said she was “appalled” at the description of her as a “young lady” and said the repeated abuse had taken decades for her to process.
Morris told the Christian Post: “In March of 1987, this situation was brought to light, and it was confessed and repented of.
And in a 2020 roundtable discussion with faith leaders in Texas, then-president Trump thanked two pastors, one of whom was Morris, for attending the event.
The original article contains 526 words, the summary contains 174 words. Saved 67%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
Dude seems like a scumbag, but what does this have to do with anything? Is it just that he’s affiliated with Trump? I highly doubt Trump puts much stock in religion…
He was Trump’s spiritual advisor? Idk, a pedo advising trump seems like a big deal. Disregard if you don’t.
What’s relevant about it? The only relevancy I can see is an attack on Trump’s character.
