Robert Morris was until recently the pastor of Gateway, a Dallas megachurch. He was also a spiritual advisor to Donald Trump and an influential Trump booster.
He recently confessed “When I was in my early 20s, I was involved in inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady in a home where I was staying.”
The young lady was twelve. He did not have an affair with her. He raped her and continued the sexual abuse for four and a half years. She described the abuse herself:
“I was 12 years old. I was a little girl. A very innocent little girl. And he was brought into our home. He and his wife, Debbie, and their little boy, Josh, and trusted and preached at the church that my dad helped start and then began grooming all of us to do this, which took me decades to wrap my brain around as an adult,” she said.
“It went on for many years. He says there was no sexual intercourse, but he did touch every part of my body and inserted his fingers into me, which I understand now is considered a form of rape by instrumentation. I was an innocent 12-year-old little girl who knew nothing about sexual behavior.”
The statute of limitations has expired. He is still a primary speaker at the church and his son will assume the lead pastor role next year.
So frustrating that there are ANY Statutes of Limitations for crimes against children. It makes no sense to allow adults to get away with their crimes even many years later. It was still a crime and the perpetrators should be punished accordingly.
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