A Texas prosecutor says a former Southern Baptist youth pastor sexually abused children in a “violent way” and is a “danger to society.”

Luke Cunningham, 41, remains in the Lubbock County jail held on $500,000 bail on a complaint of sexually aggravated sexual assault and two counts of child sexual assault.

As reported earlier by The Roys Report (TRR) these accusations coincide with when Cunningham served as the student pastor at Turning Point Community Church in Lubbock from 2016 to 2020.

Cunningham has been at the center of a Lubbock Police Department investigation for sexual misconduct since 2021.

As first reported in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal an investigation indicates Cunningham’s destructive behavior goes back to at least 2013.

Prosecutor Cassie Graham told the court during a hearing on Monday, “He is clearly a danger to society.”

Police reports and statements from the teens detailing a pattern of violent sexual abuse were produced during the hearing, the paper reported.

Graham told the court that one girl accused Cunningham of slapping and choking her to unconsciousness while he raped her, the Avalanche-Journal reported.

Cunningham would allegedly “threaten any young man in the youth group” with romantic inclinations to the girls, the newspaper reported.

There were allegations of abuse from a potential third victim accusing Cunningham of throwing her against a vending machine and holding her down on the floor when she didn’t “give him the attention he wanted,” the paper reported.

https://julieroys.com/former-southern-baptist-youth-pastor-sexually-abused-children-violent-way-prosecutor-states/

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Several Elders from Gateway Church, the largest church in the country, have taken a leave of absence following the revelation that senior pastor Robert Morris molested a child and then covered it up, according to a statement from the church.

As Haynes and Boone (the outside law firm Haynes and Boone to conduct an independent and comprehensive inquiry related to the recent events) begins their work, they have recommended that any Gateway Church Elder with a potential conflict of interest take a temporary leave of absence from the Board of Elders. This includes any Elder with a relational conflict and those Elders who were on the Board from 2005–2007.

It was in the period of 2005-2007 that Morris’ victim, Cindy Clemishire, contacted the church regarding her abuse at his hands, which began when she was 12 years old and lasted until she was 16. The back and fourth phone call, revealed in leaked transcript, saw Clemishire express a desire to see Morris pay for his abuses against her, and Morris in turn seeking to buy her off.

Noting that “A leave of absence in no way whatsoever assumes or implies that any Elder had any knowledge of the true facts related to this situation,” Gateway reveals that the recommendation for absence affects three men “Kevin Grove, Steve Dulin, and Gayland Lawshe” who Gateway insist are “men of integrity who have served Gateway Church with distinction, and each of these three Elders has clearly stated that they had no knowledge of the true facts of this situation.”

Morris’s son, Pastor James Morris, who was recently appointed to take over the church from his father, is also taking a break due to his closeness with his father, which could be a conflict of interest.

https://protestia.com/2024/07/01/four-gateway-church-elders-take-leave-of-absence-following-revelation-of-possible-sexual-abuse-cover-up/

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so morris and his elders worked it out so that morris' son could take over as pastor of the church

how convenient

then there's td jakes who was bff's with diddy

have noticed daystar is still showing td jakes sermons on their network