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The state Attorney General’s Office said Wednesday that a former Texas Megachch pastor who resigned in the 1980s after a woman accused of sexually assaulting her, said the state’s office’s office on Wednesday.
Robert Preston Morris, 63, has been charged with five counts or unhealthy activities with a child.
According to the Attorney General’s Office, the alleged abuse began in 1982 when the person was named CC, named 12 years old and Morris was a traveling journey with his family, Oklahoma, who lives in the Homey of Oklahoma. The alleged abuse continued for four years.
Morris’s accused Cindy Klimshire said in a statement that he is very grateful to the authorities who have worked to make the individual possible and hope that “justice will eventually prevail.”
Climshire, which is now 55, said, “After about 43 43 years, the law has finally captured Robert Morris for the horrific crimes against me in childhood.
The Associated Press usually does not name those who say they have been subjected to sexual abuse, but Klimshire said she would like to include her name.
The phone number associated with Morris was either disconnected or messages were not immediately returned on Wednesday. It was unclear whether he had a lawyer.
“There can be no tolerance for children sexual victims,” ​​Attorney General Gentner Dermond said in a statement. He said the matter was the most despicable because the alleged criminal was a priest who exploited his position. In this case, the victim has waited many years to do justice.
The gateway church based in Dallas, a suburb of South Lake, was founded by Morris in 2000. He said in a statement on Wednesday that his members were praying for Klimshire and “all those affected by this horrific situation.”
“We are aware of the actions taken by legal authorities in Oklahoma and are grateful to the work of the justice system in keeping the abusers accountable for their actions,” the statement said.
Morris resigned from the church last year after the allegations were reported on the Religious Watch Dog Blog The Wartburg Watch.
Klimshire told Dallas Morning News last year that he met Morris in 1981, when he was a traveling preacher and started preaching to his family church in Oklahoma. He said that Morris and his wife and young sons approached their family. He said that when he started abusing, he was living in his house in 1982.
There are several places in the church area. According to the Attorney General’s office, it is the largest in the United States.
Morris was politically active. The church hosted President Donald Trump at his Dallas Campus to discuss the race and the economy in 2020.
According to the Attorney General’s office, Morris may face 20 years in prison for each of the five. He was not detained until Wednesday.
