Southlake church pastor Robert Morris accused of sex abuse in 1980s

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Robert Morris started Gateway Church in his Southlake living room more than 20 years ago. The church says it now has more than 100,000 regular attendees.

Gateway Church's Southlake Campus, which has a seating capacity of about 4,000, seen on Saturday, June 15, 2024. Robert Morris, the senior pastor and founder of the megachurch, was accused of sexual misconduct this week by an Oklahoma woman who said he abused her beginning when she was 12.in Southlake, one of the largest churches in the country, has been accused by a woman of sexually abusing her when she was between the ages of 12 and 16.

“I remember vividly everything I was wearing and how the pajamas felt, they were light pink, and it was a little top with bloomers, and I had on underwear and bloomers and the little top and a robe that snapped up over the top,” she said. Morris said in the statement he re-entered the ministry with the “full blessing” of Clemishire’s father, and said he and his wife met with her and her family to ask for forgiveness, which Morris said happened.“Of course, we want to forgive, we’re called to forgive,” Clemishire said. “But he’s never had anyone’s blessing in my family to be back in the ministry. We don’t believe anyone that’s done anything like this should be an overseer to anyone in any industry, but especially in the church.

 

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