Former Texan Megacor Pastor Robert MorrisThe founder of the Gateway Church was released just a few minutes after booking in an Oklahoma prison on Monday due to sexual abuse suspicions in Oklahoma.
The 63 -year -old Morris was instructed to the Osage County Sheriff's Office on Monday at 7:57 a.m. At 8:11 a.m., just 14 minutes later, he had published a deposit of $ 50,000 and was released according to prison records.
As a condition of his release, he was ordered to give up his passport.
Morris, the former founding pastor of Torkirche In Southlake, a suburb of Dallas Five counts of indecent or indecent actions with a childAccording to the Oklahoma General Prosecutor.
His first court appearance is planned for May 9th at 10 a.m., said the AG office.
Mack Martin, Morris 'lawyer, rejected it to comment on the charges, but said that he expected to enter into a non -guilty plea in Morris' names.
Morris returned from the Gateway Church in 2024 After a woman accused him of sexually abusing her in the 1980s.
Cindy Clemishire and her accusations against Robert Morris
According to the General Prosecutor's Die The alleged abuse began in 1982 When the victim, who was identified as CC in the indictment, was 12 years old. At that time, Morris was a traveling evangelist who lived with her family in Hominy, Oklahoma. The abuse allegedly continued for four years.
Cindy ClemishireIn a statement, the Morris accuser said that she was grateful to the authorities to have persecuted the case and was confident that “justice will ultimately prevail”.
“After almost 43 years, the law has finally hit Robert Morris because of the terrible crimes he committed against me as a child,” said Clemishire, now 55. “Now it's time for the legal system to hold it into account.”
CBS News Texas usually does not name any people who report that they have been sexually attacked, but Clemishire said she wanted to contain her name.
Morris was politically active in the past, and his church organized President Donald Trump in 2020 for a discussion about racial relationships and the economy.
If he were convicted, he could face Up to 20 years in prison for each of the five chargesAccording to the General Prosecutor.
