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Although he has pleaded "not guilty" to five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child stemming from the alleged abuse of the now 55-year-old Cindy Clemishire in the 1980s, Gateway Church's embattled founder Robert Morris admits in new court filings that he knew she was underage when the abuse began.

In court documents filed by Morris' attorneys in Tarrant County District Court Friday, he alleges that Gateway's elders were made aware more than a decade ago of his "highly inappropriate relationship" with Clemishire, according to The Dallas Morning News .

The filing includes a statement that Morris, who resigned last June, was supposed to read to Gateway members from the pulpit in 2011 after he received an email from an anonymous account. The email was also sent to all G

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