Megachurch Founder Freed After Child Abuse

0:00Robert Morris, the 64-year-old founder of Texas' massive gateway mega-church, just walked free from an Oklahoma jail after serving six months, for sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl back in the 1980s. He pleaded guilty in early October to five counts of lewd acts with a child, striking a deal for that short jail time while the rest of his 10-year. Sentence got suspended, plus he has to register as a sex offender and fork over $270,000 in restitution. The victim, Cindy Klimashire, came forward in 2024, explaining how the abuse started in 1982 when she was 12, and Morris, then 21, stated her family's Oklahoma home as a traveling preacher. She called it straight up child abuse with no consent involved. Morris built gateway into one of America's biggest mega-churches before resigning a senior pastor last year amid the scandal. He even advised in the White House spiritually during Donald Trump's first term, and hosted him at the church.

1:00Now out early this week, he's got nine-and-a-half years of probation ahead, still under tight supervision as this chapter wraps. But the fallout, lingers for everyone touched by it. This has been Cindy News Today, Powered by AI, I'm Corey with The Story.