The Christian Post reports:
Robert Morris, founding pastor of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, which attracts an estimated 100,000 worshipers weekly, has confessed to “inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady” more than 35 years ago while he was a young pastor after a woman accused him of sexually abusing her over multiple years beginning when she was 12.
“When I was in my early twenties, I was involved in inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady in a home where I was staying. It was kissing and petting and not intercourse, but it was wrong. This behavior happened on several occasions over the next few years,” Morris said in a statement to The Christian Post after Gateway Church was asked about the allegations.
“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. Since that time, I have walked in purity and accountability in this area,” Morris added.
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Morris appeared here in 2022 when he offered a refund on tithing if a parishioner’s life wasn’t improved one year after starting to tithe.
“I Was 12 Years Old and Wearing My Pink Pajamas When Robert Morris, Now of Gateway Church, Began to Molest Me. The Alleged Abuse Lasted for 4 1/2 Years.” #Churchtoo #ARCtoo” New TWW post. @ThouArtTheMan https://t.co/ZGnHzzKsZE pic.twitter.com/RocWh71QtV
— Dee Parsons (@wartwatch) June 14, 2024
Pastor Robert Morris of @GatewayPeople, a spiritual advisor to Donald Trump, confesses to ‘moral failure’ https://t.co/5aFX0obzeN
— Bud Kennedy / #ReadLocal (@BudKennedy) June 15, 2024
A Texas megachurch pastor who advised Donald Trump — and who has repeatedly warned his congregation that Satan is at work inside public school libraries — has confessed to “inappropriate sexual behavior” with a child four decades ago.https://t.co/jfK3WWUfyl
— Mike Hixenbaugh (@Mike_Hixenbaugh) June 15, 2024
Romans 10:17 says, “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” If you get faith by hearing God’s word, you get a good conscience by doing God’s word. pic.twitter.com/eRo9xUFqhj
— Robert Morris (@PsRobertMorris) June 14, 2024