The Southlake church's Board of Elders announced that it had accepted Morris' resignation on Tuesday.The woman, now 54, says Morris sexually abused her as a child for four years starting in 1982.She shared her story with the online Christian publication The Christian Post, and confirmed to FOX 4 that the information she provided is correct.
"The elders’ prior understanding was that Morris’s extramarital relationship, which he had discussed many times throughout his ministry, was with "a young lady" and not abuse of a 12-year-old child. Even though it occurred many years before Gateway was established, as leaders of the church, we regret that we did not have the information that we now have," read a statement from the church.
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