Texas pastor resigns after allegations of "sexual" relationship with 12-year-old 

12 was the age of consent in the Vatican until 2010

@@justayoutuber1906we are not In Vatican or in a Muslim country either we are in a country that law enforcement exists.

All through history in your culture it was not regarded as perverse for a 21 year old man to seduce a 12 year old young lady. Historical fact. He was not prosecuted because her parents did not seek to prosecute him. As recently as the 1980s this sort of thing was NOT automatically turned over to law enforcement. The parents had the first say in his prosecution .​@santosme2398

​@santosme2398 Yes you're absolutely correct but this country has turned a blind eye to Story Tme With 🤡

Amen!

The guy was Trump's spiritual advisor, too. Makes you wonder about those 7 times Trump shows up on Epstein's flights 😦

Christ said let "no man" deceive you...

Mary is was 13 when she had Jesus 🤷🏽‍♂️

@@RalphSmith-cj5heMary had Jesus at 13

Yep. 😢

👏👏👏 YES!!!

exactly what I thought Chuck

Yep!!

You mean rape

He need to be charged for sexual abuse of a child, just as anybody else would be held accountable.

Add Trump to that list. Or wait, isn’t he already on it??

@@mhis7208 Yes! 💯

@@DABA2024 Idk if he is or not, but you're right, he should be. 👍

trump, supposedly had sex with a sex worker, that was her job, to compare that to the violation of a 12 year old child. ??????

In Canada there is no statute of limitations on rape. Too bad that there is in many US states.

You really went out on a limb there buddy. How bout they shut down these churches. Breeding grounds for pedophilia. People start thinking critically instead of letting a power hungry sicko dictate morality by using a book of disgusting fairy tales

Forgiveness of the heart does not remove the legal forgiveness of the crime of child sexual assault. And it’s not for her father or parents or society to decide to forgive this creep it’s up to the victim AND if he’s so “friggin” religious” then he has to answer to God too. Meanwhile we live in a society that is supposed to protect children and the police should have been called on this ASAP when she first reported it. Not referred to church “elders” (who will only protect their churches name). He is a POS.

forgiveness wouldnt be yours to give here.

Forgiveness is not for you to give but the girl

No need for you to forgive. Trump already forgave the childlestor Pastor and will pardon him. All is well.

the elders are most likely predators too..more often than not ,the most devious amongst us ,,hide behind religion!!

Exactly, They absolutely covered it up which is just as guilty in my opinion.

@@invictus3598 most of the elders did not know as this happened many years before Gateway started. It happened in a different church and Cindy stated only the preacher and one elder knew her age.

@@coribuchanan6947 most didn't know

And campaign for Trump 😂😂

He was wrong But iam a pastor why does it take 40 yrs to come forward with something

@@RodneyShoaf-xm6fu Spoken like a man; as a pastor who has probably "heard it all," I'm shocked and concerned for your congregation that you have so little insight into and sympathy for such a situation. When I was about 19, I went to my mother's trusted gynecologist for treatment of a yeast infection caused by medication. I won't go into details, but it wasn't until years later with other doctors that I realized the first doctor - who was fully dressed and in the room alone with me and no nurse accompanying - had digitally molested me. By the time I would have had the maturity and courage to do something legal about it, he was deceased, so of course, I relinquished my pain over to The Great Judge, the Lord Jesus. But here I am a 75yo and it still makes me cringe for what he did to me in my virginal and inexperienced sexual innocence, and probably to other naive young patients when no one was watching. There are some vile predators out there robed in clergy garb, respectable suits, doctor scrubs, daddy duds, teacher frocks, and all manner of normal apparel who prey on the most innocent among us. It will all be revealed Someday, maybe sooner than we expect. Blessed be the Name of the Lord.

​@@DABA2024Trump didn't know about it. The church hid it.

gods will

Reportedly 117 million.

Out there livin’ “The Blessed Life”! 🤢

Yep…welcome to church!

They are paying for salvation and don't know they are being conned.

These pastors including Joel Osteen prey on the gullible and the vulnerable. A lot of these people are on government handouts which unfortunately they pass on to these pastors who live luxurious lives, own mansions and yachts. They have gifts of the gab and fool a number of people who cannot think critically.

She was warned by Morris not to tell anyone about it.😢

You don't know what you are talking about. Predators are usually loners who have been sexually abused themselves-American Psychiatric Association.

40 yrs later its about money who comes up 40 yrs later all she can do is sue if she did it than he be in jail

@@RodneyShoaf-xm6fu It's about more than money if she wanted money she could have got money a long time ago

I hope she puts them out of business.

​@RodneyShoaf-xm6fu how else can one ensure systems are held accountable. It's about accountability of perpetrator and those that enabled...did not take it to law enforcement. Perpetrators readily admitted his crime.

They simply hide behind religion!

Wolves in sheep's clothing.💯

​@@heidiperez1387the bible makes man think virgin little girl s*x as they best s*x. The bible makes man treat women & little girls like dirt.

Christ said let "No man" deceive you., God does not dwell in Hand made temples

@@heidiperez1387religion created them

2013 St Francis Hospital v Tim Doe concurs with you. This is settled business and the institution is liable financially. They had a duty to protect her.

Modern day churches? Religion has always been used to prey on the weak and ignorant. That’s what religion is. It’s the act of using made up fables to control stupid people and take advantage of their children and wallets.

They did know, he was made an elder three years after he committed the crime. Then he started Gateway, the elders are complicit. And should be tried in a court of law as such.

No it's not an epidemic anyplace but in your overheated mind. The church has no more problem than anybody else.

Absolutely ...spirits run from the head of a ministry to the followers

Narcissists can’t take rejection.

He claimed only one but kept saying girls.

@@j.dragon651 Good catch. There are always more victims. Where there is smoke, there is fire.

He’s MAGA. There are ALWAYS more victims.

​@@DABA2024puh-lease

She was

He isn't even deserving of a choice. He didn't give the little girl a choice

He openly admitted he was guilty.

If you called me a child when I was 12 I'd have mocked you. At 13 I'd have done worse. No. 12 is not a child . It's a minor. Or a preteen. That's why those words exist. To describe the difference in development. It was legit to marry a girl if she could get pregnant all through history amongst all cultures. Just because we think that 26 is still a child here in homoerotic America , that doesn't mean that all of history isn't mocking our strange condemnation of boys who like girls. Are tweve year old boys that want to have sex with 12 year old girls pedophiles? What rock did you grow up under? Morris did wrong. It was statutory rape and the parents decided not to prosecute. You and I don't have authority greater than theirs 40 years later just because sensibilities on the issue have shifted towards mass hysteria over the fact that 20 year old men still want 15 year old girls.

That’s what I say.

Probably many millions. Satan's time has run out.

Sickening,,,,another Josh Duggar

📢💯📢Absolutely Indeed📢💯📢

prison

He is HARDCORE MAGA 😂😂

He could be Don’s spoon buddy.

Sadly he’s still trying to sweep it under the rug! Past and present Leadership should be held accountable! He learned how to spot his victim(s). No worries to his congregation because THEY are the ones paying for his (their lawyers). Make it come out of his own pocket because he’s just going to slide into Retirement now and write more books. I’m praying for his Wife and Child too because now they are all caught up in this for a 2nd time. I have attended this Church never knowing this… I never would have gone if I had known this… I have a feeling I know who will be taking his place. I would never attend their ever again because of the company they keep along with wrong Biblical counseling. Sad very sad. Praying for a victory for his victim(s) knowing that he is a narcissist who preys & still wants his position. At one time he was thinking about getting a job outside of the Church according to his Book. My heart hurts for the victims. May they continue to speak out having no more fear or shame! She’s been trying to tell her story for YEARS!! Don’t Re shame her. She deserves support and love . Amen Psalm 91

The elders didn’t know?? What the f ever!

It's other "authorities," too. Everyone needs to be ready for the avalanche of crazy info. I've been ready for years. It's from EVERY walk of life. Satan's times up.

God brought her him in the first place?

@@j.dragon651 what are you trying to say

@@TheMagician2024 Person falls off a boat, thank god I was rescued, well, how did you get there in the first place, did Satan push you lol.

Quoting the bible while ANOTHER Christian leader is revealed as a child molester is not as clever as you think it is.

Friends in high places.

He can go be a pastor in prison.

@@spacegodfight Meaning what, exactly? He is not fit to be a spiritual leader of any sort. Even prisoners -- or, most especially prisoners -- need trustworthy, morally upright role models & spiritual advisors/confidantes.

@ClaraMagdalenaofQumran prisoners need rehabilitation based in science, not mysticism. But if we're going to allow proselytizing in prison, that sounds like a good place for him.

@@spacegodfight All spirituality is not mysticism. Spirituality is a core part of the human experience (i.e., of experience life in a human body/incarnation). All people -- whether incarcerated or not -- have a fundamental right to explore spirituality, & its erstwhile cousin, religion. The problem here is that this man is a fraud, a faker and also, a child molester. He is not a fit role model for anyone, let alone an incarcerated person who is striving to get their life back on track. Many incarcerated persons are survivors of multiple forms of trauma & abuse, especially of the sexual variety, and most especially, during childhood and in the formative years. Most, if not all, prisons have a prison chaplain, whose purported job is to counsel people & to offer spiritual guidance. It's of the utmost importance that this person be of upright moral character, as he/she will more often than not, be viewed as a role model. I find it perplexing that you don't consider spirituality to be a core aspect of being human. You are, of course, entitled to believe whatever you choose. Nonetheless, I stand by my original point. This man us a fraud and a charlatan. But from that it does not follow that all spiritual leaders or advisors are corrupt. Incarcerated persons, as much as any person, have the right to and will benefit from strengthening their spiritual awareness and consciousness. This often has a direct correlation with helping a person who has been convicted of a violent crime develop greater empathy for others, especially for ones that have been victimized in the past. Helping a convicted person develop a greater capacity for empathy towards others is one important step towards rehabilitation.

@@spacegodfight No, absolutely not a good place for him to proselytize. For the very obvious reason that he does not walk his talk, he is precisely the type of person who should not be placed in a position of spiritual leadership (such as, prison chaplain).

@@ronbo30 this happened at a different church many years before Gateway started. Cindy stated only the preacher and one elder knew her age.

@@petefults5984 the elders failed in checking out background. You must do a background check on EVERYONE. Then if something is found? Question it!! If a elder, or pastor lies? Then they are immediately removed.

@@ronbo30 the elders failed at a totally different church many years prior to the current elders. Cindy stated only one elder knew her age. Yes those elders should have investigated it but we don't know if they did or didn't. Please stop adding to the story.

@@ronbo30 doing a background would not have uncovered anything in this case.

@@petefults5984 hypothetically speaking, the church has many families. And your a father with younger daughter, and GOD forbid another girl got molested. And you find out that the pastor had a PAST history of this . Wouldn’t you be upset? Families would be on a need to know basis? If a adult was a molester and it happened 30 years ago, would you allow your daughter around this man today? You can’t take that chance even if they repented. No way! This is a lifetime consequence for a persons actions, and should disqualify them from being a preacher.

At both sides of the coin

Lol. Doubtful. MAGA’s support one another. It’s the Christian way.

Don't bet on it. These organizations are full of predators and their enablers.

They probably didn't have all the info that's out, now. I can't imagine anyone defending this 12 yr old girls horrific experience. There should have been an arrest. But, years ago, the punishment would have been ridiculously brief. Now, it's going to be....everyone knows and he won't be out in public! Satan's time is up.

Unless he was a cop, then you’d cover for him. Blue line scumbag.

Brain-washed cult members never report their evil leaders until it's way too late.

@@saintbees2088 that's a big lie.

Many but not every one.

@@mariantreber8055ALL

​@@mariantreber8055dont be so easily fooled by your pastor

@@mariantreber8055 The Bible doesn’t say to give money. The Bible says that a church was created to be a sacred and safe place to worship but doesn’t require followers to worship in church only. I’ve read the Bible front and back and it’s good to know what it says versus what others want you to believe it says. Inform yourself, knowledge is a powerful thing.

But I THINK this happened in Oklahoma, right? Did any of the abuse happen in our great State of Texas???

TRUST GOD DOES NOT NEED YOUR MONEY 🙄

He preaches on tithing alot. And i always felt weird by that cause i have listened to some of his sermons

Love how you blame an entire church bc one man. Way to go

It's something with the religion.

AND GO TO PRISON!

So its about payday iam a pastor if she came forward with this 40 yrs ago he be in jail

@@angelaricottawarriorrose9917 that's her goal.

He is also a SUPER MAGA!

@@sleeks9939 Same thing.

Sure 😂

@@donaldwalker1221 this isn't a joking matter.

I agree, but keep in mind, this happened in a different era. Some today would have a hard time fathoming the cultural shift on this matter over the ensuing years. Sigh. Remember during the MeToo situation wherein dirty old men in Hollywood demanded "favors" from young starlets in return for getting them coveted movie roles? It was just brushed off as "that's the way it is!" It was just part of the norm, until it wasn't.

@KingsDaughter1957 I read your response, and I understand your rationale. Truly, I do. This was not his first in the 80s or after to present. I'm certain there's more. He admitted it on video. He had many, many, many affairs and mentioned girls. I sincerely hope the many individuals come forward. TY 🙂

@@gigglesribera2379 gossip much? He has never said or even implied he has done this until now.

@@petefults5984 gaslight much?! Read much? Didn't think so....

@@gigglesribera2379 whatever giggles. If he had been doing that all this time, up until now, don't you think there would be more than one victim?

Did Trump say this? How do you know that? Smh. Stop spreading misinformation. Trump is not a child molestor.

​@@susanma3483its true because Trump has already pardoned over 100 corrupt politicians and rappers. Many in his own staff. Google it.

@@michaeltowslee4111 no he won't. He's extremely anti child abuse. Good grief.

I think you missd the part where he admitted it. What he admitted to is and always was called statutory rape under the law. Yes, it's painful to hear this about him. I've listened to him before and enjoyed his preaching very recently but that does not mean we get to judge his sin and let him off if we're so inclined. That is for the law and ultimately God, to judge. The Christian thing to do is to cry out to God to bring this man to repentance for that which he's talked about numerous times over the years. Then cry out to God for the healing and restoration to their faith in GOD of all those who Pastor Morris and other have alienated from GOD, not just "the faith" over the years.

Perhaps a "boys will be boys!" mindset.

Because he was good at fleecing vulnerable people out of their money.