10 Sex Scandals that Rocked the Christian Church
These religious leaders who fell from grace shocked the world when their crimes and scandals became public. Fallen pastors and leaders include famous men like Ted Haggard, one of many anti-gay activists caught in a gay sex scandal, and Tony Alamo, who was sentenced to years in prison for pedophilia and marrying an eight-year-old girl. The former pastor of one of the biggest churches in Texas has pleaded guilty to child sex abuse that took place over 30 years ago. Robert Morris, the founder of Gateway Church on the outskirts of Dallas, will serve six months in an Oklahoma jail under a ten-year suspended sentence and register as a sex offender. 
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(RNS) — Former Colorado megachurch pastor Ted Haggard, who fell from grace in after a gay sex-and-drug scandal, is now facing some of the same allegations at another church. Identity Unmasked. I drank and gambled multiple times.
Homophobic Megachurch Pastor Accused of Exploiting Teenage Boys
If the allegations in two lawsuits filed Tuesday in Georgia’s DeKalb County are true, staunchly anti-gay megachurch leader Bishop Eddie L. Long told two teenage boys that, according to Holy Scripture, it was cool for them to have sex with him. Maurice Robinson, 20, and Anthony Flagg, 21, have accused Long, the leader of the [ ]. Morris, 64, entered the plea before Judge Cindy Pickerill, admitting to five felony counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child. Under a negotiated plea agreement, he was given a year sentence, but he will serve only six months in the county jail.
Montgomery church leader was ministering prisoners when
In , Lonnie Latham, member of the SBC Executive Committee and senior pastor of South Tulsa Baptist Church, was arrested for allegedly inviting a male undercover Oklahoma City police officer to. Long told two teenage boys that, according to Holy Scripture, it was cool for them to have sex with him. Their lawsuits allege that Long gave them gifts of cars, clothes, jewelry, electronics, college tuition and overnight trips to places including New York, Las Vegas, Dallas, the Caribbean and New Zealand — and that Long would share bedrooms with them in luxury hotels.
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PAWHUSKA, Okla.— Robert Morris, the Texas megachurch pastor who built Gateway Church into one of the largest congregations in the country, pleaded guilty Thursday in Osage County District Court. Detectives say he was at a state women's prison in Central Texas, ministering inmates, when he was arrested. According to written testimony from the Montgomery County Precinct 3 Constable's office, the alleged victim testified that the crime started nine years ago when she was 17, a senior in high school. Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor, pleads guilty to
Protesters gathered outside the DoubleTree Hilton hotel in Arlington Sunday morning to protest the church, which has called for LGBTQ people to be arrested, tried and executed for being gay. . A Church Divided
The crisis demonstrated an early division in a relatively new movement that includes a network of about 30 independent churches, including Stedfast Baptist Church. The New Independent Fundamental Baptist Movement (New IFB) was spearheaded in part by Steven Anderson, another well-known anti-LGBTQ pastor. . Gateway Church Founder Robert Morris Pleads Guilty to Child
The former pastor of one of the biggest churches in Texas has pleaded guilty to child sex abuse that took place over 30 years ago. Robert Morris, the founder of Gateway Church on the outskirts of. .