On this page you’ll find all of our investigative reporting on Robert Morris and Gateway Church.
Sexual Abuse survivor Cindy Clemishire reacts while Morris claims he’ll live ‘quietly.’
Former Gateway Pastor Robert Morris was released from jail after serving six months. He will serve his probation in Texas as a registered sex offender.
Kevin Grove and Steve Dulin were denied dismissal from defamation lawsuit by Cindy Clemishire.
Two former elders of Gateway Church, a Dallas-area megachurch formerly led by Robert Morris, were unsuccessful in seeking dismissal from a civil action for defamation brought by Morris’s abuse survivor.
Incidents arose before policy was in place, the company says.
Gateway Church’s insurance company argues it is not required to defend the church in a civil lawsuit related to Robert Morris.
Morris will spend 6 months in jail
The former pastor of Gateway Church, Robert Morris, has pleaded guilty related to charges that he sexually abused a child in the 1980s.
Gateway asked the court to dismiss the case on First Amendment grounds.
A federal lawsuit filed against Gateway Church alleging fraud, misrepresentation, and breach of contract arising out of their alleged misappropriation of church members’ tithe funds can continue. U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant denied a motion to dismiss by the church and its former pastor Robert Morris on September 17 and granted the plaintiffs an opportunity to amend their pleadings. Gateway Church has been in the news after Cindy Clemishire publicly accused its founding pastor Robert…
Two more resignations at New Life Church related to knowledge of Morris’ alleged abuse
Gateway megachurch is reducing the number of services at its campuses each weekend.
Gateway Church and Grace Community Church are facing challenges with their long-time leaders missing.
Two large, well-known churches in the U.S. are facing budget shortfalls and financial cuts. Gateway Church and Grace Community Church have been missing their long-time preachers, with one facing scandal and the other health challenges. Gateway Church, a megachurch in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, has now warned staff that more layoffs are coming. According to an email sent to Gateway congregants, tithing income is down significantly. An evaluation of the church’s finances revealed “it has…
Timing of elders’ knowledge about her age is at issue.
Cindy Clemishire and her father Jerry filed suit last week in Dallas County, Texas, against Gateway Church and its elders, plus founding pastor Robert Morris and his wife Deborah, for defamation, conspiracy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Morris related several instances when he said church elders were made aware of victim’s age.
Robert Morris has pushed back on Gateway’s assertion that it didn’t know the full details of his sexual abuse of Cindy Clemishire in the 1980s.
Daniel and Tammie Floyd will take the reins after the ousting of founding pastor Robert Morris.
Gateway Church, a megachurch in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan region, has announced it has chosen new senior pastors to lead the congregation.
Founding pastor, indicted for child sexual abuse, also seeking $800k per year until he is 70.
Gateway Church is seeking the intervention of a Tarrant County district court to stop an arbitration proceeding sought by its founding pastor, Robert Morris, for over $1 million.
His attorney expects him to enter a not guilty plea to the five charges of lewd or indecent acts with a child.
Robert Morris, founding pastor of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, turned himself in on charges of lewd acts with children on Monday, March 17.
Morris, who resigned as Gateway’s pastor, faces five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child.
Gateway Church founding pastor Robert Morris has been indicted by a grand jury in Oklahoma for five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child.
Three bills currently proposed would void NDAs when they prohibit reporting and disclosure of child sexual abuse.
Texas legislators have proposed bills that would make certain nondisclosure agreements in child sexual abuse cases void and unenforceable. State Rep. Jeff Leach, a Republican from Plano, authored House Bill (HB) 748, and Republican Sen. Kelly Hancock filed a companion in the Senate, Senate Bill (SB) 1587. Senator Angela Paxton has filed a similar bill (SB 835), which has been referred to the State Affairs committee. The bills would apply to nondisclosure agreements related to…
Fifteen states have proposed legislation to extend the statute of limitations, among other measures.
Currently, 15 states are considering legislation that would extend or eliminate the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse crimes and civil lawsuits. The reform movement to change the statute of limitations for those experiencing this childhood trauma has been growing. According to CHILDUSA, 44 states have no criminal statute of limitations for some or all child sexual abuse, 22 states have no civil statute of limitations for some or all child sexual abuse, and…
Financial Impact: Tithing Reductions and Impending Staff Cuts
According to a video leaked on social media, elder Kenneth Fambro said the church’s tithe receipts are down 35-40%.
Gateway Church Faces Lawsuit Over Tithing Dispute and Allegations of Financial Mismanagement
FORT WORTH, Texas (RNS) — Katherine Leach’s stomach churned while she was driving to Saturday worship at Gateway Church early this summer. Leach, who has been attending the nondenominational North Texas congregation for the past three years, has also tithed — a practice of giving a tenth of one’s income to a church or religious organization. She was also considering joining Gateway’s prayer team. Then, on June 18, Gateway’s founder and senior pastor, Robert Morris,…
Robert Morris resigned over allegations he abused minor
Four elders at Gateway Church, whose senior pastor Robert Morris stepped down earlier this year, have been removed after the results of a law firm’s investigation of sexual abuse allegations against the pastor were announced in a sermon on Sunday (Nov. 3).
The suit claims Robert Morris and Gateway misrepresented its use of tithe funds from members.
Gateway Church, facing controversies after sexual abuse allegations against founding pastor Robert Morris, now faces a class-action lawsuit filed by members concerned about the stewardship of the money they contributed.
In wake of Robert Morris sexual abuse allegations & resignation, Gateway faces new sexual abuse lawsuit.
Gateway Church, the Dallas-area megachurch started by Robert Morris, is facing additional sexual abuse allegations in addition to those revealed against Morris earlier this summer that led to his resignation.
Max Lucado to become interim teaching pastor
Seven weeks after Robert Morris resigned from Gateway Church after Cindy Clemishire publicly claimed he abused her in the 1980s when she was 12 years old, Gateway has announced that Morris’ son, James Morris, is stepping away from the church.
Gateway elders step down, new lawsuits filed, and more comes to light following Robert Morris abuse claims
The aftermath of fallen Gateway pastor Robert Morris continues as the church’s leadership team transitions its ministries without him.
The legislators have vowed to expand statutes of limitations on abuse
Texas lawmakers to consider statute-of-limitations reforms after Robert Morris, former senior pastor of the prominent nondenominational Gateway Church, was recently accused of molesting a 12-year-old girl decades ago.
Gateway Church elder apologizes to victim
Ministries continue to distance themselves from Robert Morris, founder of Gateway Church in Texas, in the wake of accusations that he sexually abused a girl for several years, starting when she was 12. After survivor Cindy Clemishire told Wartburg Watch that Morris molested her during the 1980s, Morris admitted to Gateway staff that over 35 years ago, he had “inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady” but did not specify her age. The fallout was…
Morris says he once sinned with a ‘young lady’ but never discloses her age; victims says it started when she was 12
Megachurch pastor and Trump’s former spiritual advisor, Robert Morris, is responding to claims that 40 years ago, he periodically sexually abused an underage girl when his family visited her parent’s home.
Texas megachurch has an interrelated web of ministries that offer little information to the public
Gateway Church, Gateway Publishing, Gateway Music, Pastor Robert Morris Ministries, and the Robert Morris Evangelistic Association—all these entities seem to be interconnected, but there is little financial and organizational transparency made available to the public.
