Robert Morris, Gateway Church founding pastor, pleads guilty in Oklahoma child sexual abuse case [View all]

Source: CBS News

Updated on: October 2, 2025 / 7:05 PM CDT


Robert Morris, founding pastor of Gateway Church — a Texas-based megachurch with one of the largest congregations in the country — pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of indecent conduct with a child. The charges stem from an investigation into allegations that he sexually abused a young girl in Oklahoma more than 40 years ago.

The plea was entered during a scheduled hearing in Osage County. Afterwards, Morris was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with all but six months suspended. He will serve his time in Osage County and then be placed on probation for nine and a half years in Texas and is required to register as a sex offender. He will also have to pay Clemishire $270,000 in restitution.

As the afternoon began, Morris entered the courthouse in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, flanked by his wife, his adult children, and several of their spouses. In the moments before the hearing started, he took time to hug family members and kiss his wife. Immediately after Osage County District Special Judge Cindy Pickerill announced the sentence, Morris was taken away in handcuffs to be processed into the county jail.

Gateway Church declined to comment on Morris' guilty plea.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/robert-morris-gateway-church-sexual-abuse-case-oklahoma/

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He was on 45's Spiritual Advisory Board during the first term and was at the Rose Garden Amy Coney Barrett COVID superspreader event, and ended up with cases at his church not long afterwards.