Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris pleads guilty to child abuse

The Texas pastor, who on Thursday recognized one of the largest communities in Magich in the country, pleaded guilty in sexual violence against a girl 12 in Oklahom in the 1980s.

The 64 -year -old Robert Morris, during a hearing on Thursday, was guilty of a hearing, finding accusations of obscene or obscene actions with the child.

Within the framework of the Agreement on the plead of guilt, the former leader of the Gateway Church has been issued a 10-year term, but only six months of imprisonment will serve and pass the trial period until the end of time.

He must also register as a sexual criminal and pay $ 250,000 (185,000 pounds) as restoration.

Morris was present at the hearing in the court building in Pauhushka, Oklahom, along with his wife, his adult children and several of their spouses, the American partner of CBS BBC CBS reports.

NBC News reports NBC News that they were handcuffed and detained.

According to the General Prosecutor's Office of Oklahom, the accusations of the abuse of Morris against Cindy Clemeshir when she was 12 years old in 1982.

In court on Thursday, the Clemishir told Morris through tears that his abuse “swept every part of her life,” NBC News reports.

Morris worked as a traveling evangelist and lived with Cindy's family in his mother, Oklahoma. During this time, according to her, Morris was put from her for four years.

According to the NBC, Mr. Clemeshir and her family were in court on Thursday at the request of Morris.

M -Klemishir, who is now 55 years old, for the first time publicly accused pastor of sexual violence against her in 2024, the leading gate, announcing that he had resigned.

He published a statement stating that he had a “moral failure” with a “young lady”. The general office of the lawyer Oklahoma soon began the investigation.

Speaking in court on Thursday, Ms. Clemishir said that “there was no such thing as the consent of a 12-year-old child.”

“We have never been in an“ inappropriate relationship, ”she said. “I was not a” young lady “, but a child.”

She said that she first told her parents and leaders in the church about cruelty in 1987, but no one called the police.

Morris founded the Gateway Church in 2000. At its peak, the group had 100,000 active visitors, with nine places in Texas and surrounding areas, according to the church.

President Donald Trump called Morris his spiritual adviser and member of his endongelian advisory committee in 2016.