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A Texas megachurch said on Tuesday it had accepted the resignation of its senior pastor after he admitted to sexually abusing a child in the 1980s.
The church has also launched a formal, legal investigation into the matter.
Robert Morris, a founding pastor of Dallas-based Gateway church and one of Donald Trump’s former spiritual advisers, admitted to religious publication the Christian Post on Saturday that he had been involved in “inappropriate sexual behavior” with a girl he inaccurately referred to as “a young lady” for several years, between 1982 and 1987, starting when she was 12.
Although Morris said he confessed his behavior to the church back in 1987, Gateway church said in a statement to the Guardian on Tuesday that it “did not have all the facts of the inappropriate relationship between Morris and the victim, including her age at the time and the length of the abuse”.
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The church has also launched a formal, legal investigation into the matter.
Robert Morris, a founding pastor of Dallas-based Gateway church and one of Donald Trump’s former spiritual advisers, admitted to religious publication the Christian Post on Saturday that he had been involved in “inappropriate sexual behavior” with a girl he inaccurately referred to as “a young lady” for several years, between 1982 and 1987, starting when she was 12.
Although Morris said he confessed his behavior to the church back in 1987, Gateway church said in a statement to the Guardian on Tuesday that it “did not have all the facts of the inappropriate relationship between Morris and the victim, including her age at the time and the length of the abuse”.
Pastor and ex-Trump adviser resigns after admitting to child sexual abuse
Robert Morris resigns from Texas church after admitting to sexually abusing girl in the 1980s, starting when she was 12
www.theguardian.com
