Trump’s Spiritual Adviser Resigns Amid Allegations He Molested 12-Year-Old
Trump’s Spiritual Adviser Resigns Amid Allegations He Molested 12-Year-Old
Robert Morris’ resignation comes days after he seemingly admitted to molesting a pre-teen in the 1980s, when he was already 20 with a wife and a kid.
Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris, who Donald Trump once named as a spiritual adviser to his administration, announced he was stepping down from Gateway Church amid allegations he molested a 12-year-old girl in the 1980s.
The resignation comes days after Morris, 62, seemingly admitted to molesting the girl in a statement to The Christian Post. In that statement, he conceded that he engaged in “inappropriate sexual behavior” with a “young lady” when he was already married with a child in his early 20s.
Morris didn’t mention the girl’s age—but his alleged victim, Cindy Clemishire, told the religious watchdog blog The Wartburg Watch on Friday that she was only 12 when she was first sexually abused by Morris on Christmas Day in 1982. She claimed that he invited her into the room he was staying in at her family home during a visit, and touched her inappropriately on her breasts and “under her panties.”
“It was kissing and petting and not intercourse, but it was wrong,” Morris said of the relationship to the Christian Post.
Is it really an allegation still when you are quoting him in the article admitting to it?
Until convicted he's innocent until proven guilty. No matter how insanely obvious it is that he's guilty.
Once again not a drag queen but a religious figure.
When you are a pastor they let you do it.
Hell they'll even move you into another community to do it again.
Not even a good joke, sadly its very real.
I went to a catholic school, very small had like 15 people in a grade for the most populated grades. Usually 2 grades in a classroom. A nun was the principle and we had a priest for the church and some religion classes.
One day the priest was removed and we were all told he went back to Ireland.
Years later when the catholic church was raked over the coals, the dirty deeds were spelled out in the news paper.
That priest was moved from small town USA, Chewelah Washington, to a bigger city, Spokane, to remove him from allegations of sexual abuse. He continued those abuses at the School he was reassigned to!!
https://www.bishop-accountability.org/accused/o-malley-james-j-1946/
The guy who baptized me and my brother and sister. The guy I considered next to Jesus. The guy I told all my childhood sins to.
Fuck that guy, I hope he is in hell.
Trump's spiritual advisor resigns after admitting he sexually assaulted a 12-year-old child.
Much better headline in my opinion.
Convicted felon Donald Trump's spiritual advisor resigns after admitting he sexually assaulted a 12-year-old child.
Minor edit.
Lmao
Not allegations.
ADMISSION of molestation.
"Trump’s Spiritual Adviser"
Hahaha! Rofl
Well, the last one that held that post was preaching that he's literally the second coming
It checks out
I’m assuming he hasn’t stopped being the convicted felon rapist's spiritual adviser though?
The most surprising thing is that he resigned.
It's always the self-righteous, "holier-than-thou" types. Remember, when these so-called holy men talk about the "evils" of porn and casual sex it's a self report.
“Advisor on how to dupe the Christians” FIFY
When they’re in a mega church, they come pre-duped.
I don’t think you’re giving normie white American evangelicals enough credit. Aside from kids and very old people, most join megachurches for community and status reasons. It doesn’t matter at all if the pastor preaches the exact opposite of what the Bible says — prosperity gospel, for example — it’s about showing up, seeing friends, and being part of a community. They aren’t being duped.
I don’t want to say no Evangelicals are sincere in their faith because, obviously, that isn’t true. Plenty people practice their faith by doing good works and helping the poor. But as that Niebuhr quote says: “Religion makes good people better and bad people worse.” A lot of white American Evangelical churches are about giving bad people excuses to be worse. Trump hasn’t been good for much but he did create a big “mask off” moment for lots of American “Christians.”
It doesn’t matter at all if the pastor preaches the exact opposite of what the Bible says — prosperity gospel, for example — it’s about showing up, seeing friends, and being part of a community. They aren’t being duped.
Yeah, it isn't like people in the US where megachurches are located have multiple other churches to choose from.
Oh look, another instance of child molesters flocking together.
Church, Child Pageants and Rich fucks.
Anyone who fucks with any of those is a pedo. Weird Trump hits all three.
So does Putin, how weird.
Look, it's true that Trump is surrounded by horrible people who do horrible things, and that Religion, Pageantry, and Wealth are all vectors for child sex abuse.
But let's not fall for the same intellectually bankrupt rhetoric of the far right. "Everyone who is a part of x is also a pedophile" arguments, with very few exceptions, are going to be bullshit.
Pedophile priests don't validate your claim that all clergymen are pedophiles. There's no evidence for it, you just hate Christianity.
The weirdness of child pageantry doesn't validate your claim that everyone involved is a pedophile. One of the leading drivers of that industry is moms living vicariously through their daughters, which is still an issue, but not the same issue.
As for rich people. Sure, we can hate the ultra-rich, but you're just being slanderous with the claim that every rich person is a pedophile. There's literally no evidence of this, you're just saying it because it's a nasty thing to say.
I really hate this pattern of choosing accusations of pedophilia as a cudgel, just because it is such a severe accusation. Making this claim so baselessly comes across as rather extreme indifference to actual victims, since one clearly has no issue using a dishonest portrayal of child sex abuse just to smear political enemies.
Remember the "scandal" over Obama's preacher? I do.
No, what was that about?
At this point, I'm surprised they didn't just run with it like: "but the Bible doesn't say it's wrong so it must be right!"
this is like the second notable pedophile he associates with.
Molesters of a feather flock together.
VP candidate, probably.
Even God himself raped a child.
Do you mean Mary, the mother of Jesus? It really doesn't make sense to think that, God is not presented as having sex with her in any theology, kind of contradicts the whole virgin birth claim.
well, I think putting a child in someone without their consent is a kind of rape even if it did not include sexual intercourse
Rape happens because of God. Fuck that guy.