Megachurch pastor and ex-Trump (spiritual) adviser pleads guilty to child sexual abuse

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/47246639

Cindy Clemishire, 55, the woman who publicly identified herself as the victim of Morris’s sexual abuse, was present in the courtroom as he pleaded guilty. In a prepared statement she told him: ā€œThere is no such thing as consent from a 12-year-old child. We were never in an ā€˜inappropriate relationship.’ I was not a ā€˜young lady’ but a child. You committed a crime against me.ā€

A leaked transcript of a phone call revealed that in 2005 Morris tried to bribe Clemishire into silence, telling her to ā€œput a price on itā€.

He also became a spiritual adviser to Donald Trump. He joined the White House spiritual advisory committee during the first Trump presidency and was part of a campaign to mobilize evangelical voters for him in last year’s presidential campaign.

Trump also visited Gateway church in 2020 where he praised Morris and his senior team as ā€œgreat people with a great reputationā€.

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He was sentenced to 10 years in custody, but as part of a plea deal will serve only six months in county jail.

What the fuck are you guys doing, USAmerica

Leniency for pedos! That’s how Trump is making America great again!

The ā€œwon’t somebody please think of the childrenā€ crowd that justify horrific treatment and murder of lgbtq people because, somehow, them just existing is a threat to his, are AOK with letting actual child rapists off with a sight tap on the wrist.. Or nothing, as long as they are on the same team

He wants to set precedent for when the Epstein files are released and he’s implicated

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The whole MAP thing was started by conservatives to try and delegitimize the LGBTQ+ groups. There has been a well documented campaign to equate LGBTQ+ folks as pedophiles, and the MAP thing was just another astroturfed branch of that campaign.

It was an attempt to weaponize tolerance (another common tactic among the right) to equate pedos with gay people, then clutch their pearls and go ā€œlook! Gay people support pedophiles!ā€

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