{"id":2494017,"date":"2025-10-02T20:50:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T00:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-pastor-pleads-guilty-to-sexually-abusing-girl-in-1980s\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T20:51:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T00:51:52","slug":"texas-pastor-pleads-guilty-to-sexually-abusing-girl-in-1980s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-pastor-pleads-guilty-to-sexually-abusing-girl-in-1980s\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas pastor pleads guilty to sexually abusing girl in 1980s"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This article reports that Robert Morris, a Texas megachurch pastor and founder of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in the 1980s. As part of a plea agreement, Morris will serve a 10-year sentence but only six months in county jail, must register as a sex offender, and pay a $250,000 fine.Morris resigned from his church position last year after abuse allegations surfaced. He was also known for serving as a faith adviser to former President Donald Trump during the early stages of Trump’s 2024 campaign. The victim, Cindy Clemishire, detailed how Morris abused her starting on Christmas night in 1982, instructing her to keep the abuse a secret. Clemishire revealed the abuse years later, pursued partial financial compensation<\/a> for therapy, and eventually filed accusations that led to a grand jury indictment earlier in 2025. The case moved forward due to a legal provision pausing the statute of limitations when the accused moves out of state. Clemishire made a powerful courtroom statement emphasizing that a child cannot consent and condemning Morris’s actions as criminal.

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