HE WAS DONALD TRUMP's "SPIRITUAL" ADVISOR. WHY ARE ALL TRUMP'S FRIENDS AND ADVISORS SEX CRIMINALS, DRUNKARDS, WOMANIZERS....?
Now where can ICE deport this Christian Evangelical White US-born child rapist? Gaza might be the ideal place where he can start a new "Getaway-with-Murder" penniless Megachurch and prepare for Armageddon, the End of Times and the return of Mister Jesus, the Savior of all repentant criminal Christians like him, Pete Hegseth and others.
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Trump's Former 'Spiritual Adviser' Robert Morris Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Abuse
Joe Price
Sun, October 5, 2025
Robert Morris, who formerly served as a “spiritual adviser’ to President Donald Trump, has pleaded guilty to child abuse charges.
Per NBC News, the pastor, who founded the mega Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, entered a guilty plea to an Oklahoma district court on Thursday (Oct. 2).
Morris was given a 10-year sentence and taken into custody following the hearing. As part of his negotiated plea agreement, he will only serve six months of his 10-year sentence in county jail and must register as a sex offender.
The pastor pleaded guilty to five felony counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child after a woman alleged that he had sexually abused them throughout the ‘80s.
The woman, Cindy Clemishire, said in June 2024 that Morris had molested her when she was 12. Just days after she made the accusations, Morris stepped down from his position at Gateway Church, which has one of the largest congregations of any church in the U.S.
Morris didn't deny the allegations at the time and said that he made “a moral failure” with a “young lady.”
Clemishire said that the abuse started in 1982, when Morris worked as a traveling evangelist at the time and frequently stayed with Clemishire’s family. She claimed that he had invited her to his room and molested her over several years.
Clemishire said that he told her, “Never tell anyone about this, it will ruin everything.”
She said she first told her parents and local church leaders about the incidents in 1987 and sought $50,000 in restitution from him in the early 2000s, but his lawyer wrote a letter stating that she had engaged in “inappropriate behavior” with him when she was a child.
Morris offered her $25,000 at the time, but she refused to sign a nondisclosure agreement, so they never reached a conclusion.
An investigation was opened after Morris resigned from Gateway, and he was indicted in March 2025. He pleaded not guilty during his first court appearance earlier this year and was released on a $50,000 bond.
Morris previously worked as a spiritual advisor to Trump following his 2016 presidential campaign, and the president appeared at Gateway Church in June 2020. Trump’s team distanced itself from Morris in 2024 following the news of the allegations. =====================================================
Texas megachurch founder pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges
Associated Press
Fri, October 3, 2025
Pastor Robert Morris applauds during a roundtable discussion at Gateway Church Dallas Campus, June 11, 2020, in Dallas, Texas. - Alex Brandon/AP
Pawhuska, Oklahoma (AP) — The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned last year after a woman in Oklahoma accused the pastor of sexually abusing her in the 1980s pleaded guilty Thursday to five counts of lewd and indecent acts with a child, authorities said.
Robert Preston Morris, 64, entered the pleas before a judge in Oklahoma’s Osage County as part of a plea agreement, according to the state attorney general’s office.
The abuse began in 1982 when the victim was 12 and Morris was a traveling evangelist staying in Hominy, Oklahoma, with her family, according to the statement by Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond. The abuse continued over the next four years, the statement said.
Morris was the senior pastor of Gateway Church in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Southlake, where he led one of the nation’s largest megachurches until his resignation. He was indicted earlier this year by an Oklahoma grand jury. Under the plea agreement, Morris received a 10-year suspended sentence with the first six months to be served in the Osage County Jail.
Morris was handcuffed and wearing a suit as he was escorted out of court on Thursday by two sheriff’s deputies.
The victim, Cindy Clemishire, who is now 55, said in a statement that “justice has finally been served, and the man who manipulated, groomed and abused me as a 12-year-old innocent girl is finally going to be behind bars.” The Associated Press typically does not name people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly, as Clemishire has done.
“My hope is that many victims hear my story, and it can help lift their shame and allow them to speak up,” she said. “I hope that laws continue to change and new ones are written so children and victims’ rights are better protected. I hope that people understand the only way to stop child sexual abuse is to speak up when it happens or is suspected.”
Morris must register as a sex offender and will be supervised by Texas authorities via interstate compact. He also was ordered to pay his costs of incarceration, including any medical expenses, and restitution to the victim.
One of Morris’ attorneys, Bill Mateja, said Morris wanted to accept responsibility for his conduct, and wanted to bring the legal matter to an end for the sake of him and his family and Clemishire and her family.
“While he believes that he long since accepted responsibility in the eyes of God and that Gateway Church was a manifestation of that acceptance, he readily accepted responsibility in the eyes of the law,” Mateja said.
Mateja said Morris wanted to apologize to Clemishire and her family for his conduct and asked for forgiveness.
When asked about the allegations last year by The Christian Post, Morris said in a statement to the publication that when he was in his early 20s he was “involved in inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady in a home where I was staying.” He said it was “kissing and petting, not intercourse, but it was wrong.”
Gateway Church was founded by Morris in 2000. He has been politically active and formerly served on President Donald Trump’s evangelical advisory board. The church hosted Trump on its Dallas campus in 2020 for a discussion on race relations and the economy.
Gateway Church declined to comment Thursday.
The pleas were entered before Osage County District Special Judge Cindy Pickerill.
“There can be no tolerance for those who sexually prey on children,” Drummond said. “This case is all the more despicable because the perpetrator was a pastor who exploited his position of trust and authority. The victim in this case has waited far too many years for this day.”
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