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Cindy Clemishire, the Oklahoma woman who accused Gateway Church founding pastor Robert Morris of sexually abusing her starting when she was 12 in the ‘80s, leading to his indictment last week, testified before a Texas House committee about the alleged abuse.
Clemishire testified in front of the Texas House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence in support of House Bill 748, which would make certain nondisclosure agreements in child sex abuse cases unenforceable. The bill was authored by State Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano.
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Cindy Clemishire
Cindy Clemishire accused Robert Morris, the former founder and lead pastor of Gateway Church, of sexually abusing her when she was 12 years old. The alleged abuse began in 1982 and continued until 1987. Clemishire has been a key figure in bringing these allegations to light. She declined a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) in 2007 that would have prevented her from speaking about the...
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Gateway Church is a non-denominational, evangelical Christianmulti-site megachurch based in Southlake, Texas, near Fort Worth. In 2024, its founding pastor, Robert Morris, resigned after allegations of past sexual abuse of a minor.