Former megachurch pastor pleads guilty to sexually abusing a child 01:54

Robert Morris, a former Trump campaign spiritual adviser, pleads guilty to child sex abuse The Dallas-based ex-megachurch pastor was taken away in handcuffs and must register as a sex offender.

Oct. 3, 2025, 6:53 PM EDT

By Erum Salam

Former megachurch pastor Robert Morris , who was once a campaign spiritual adviser to President Donald Trump , pleaded guilty Thursday to sexually abusing a child.

Morris, a founding pastor of the Dallas-based Gateway megachurch — one of the country’s largest — was accused by an Oklahoma woman, Cindy Clemishire, of sexual abuse in the 1980s, beginning when she was 12 and continuing until the age of 16.

Morris, 64, pleaded guilty in Osage County District Court to five fe

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