Allegations that Gateway Church founder Robert Morris molested a 12-year-old girl in the 1980s sent shockwaves throughout Christian circles and the media last month.
Two days after admitting to “an inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady,” Morris resigned from Gateway Church. His accuser, Cindy Clemishire, claims she was anything but a “young lady” when the incident occurred.
“It was a crime,” she said. “I was a little girl.”
Clemishire, now a 54-year-old mom and grandma, told CBN News it took years for her to fully grasp what she endured.
“I was 12,” she said. “I was not a teenager yet. And I told when I was 17 — and it did go all the way through … the full year of being 16.”
Clemishire continued, “He told me the very first time, ‘You can’t tell anyone because it will ruin everything,’ and, as a 12-year-old, I had no idea what that meant. And, as I … grew and got older, I still didn’t really know what it meant, because, when I told, I felt like it ruined everything in my life. It ruined everything in my family’s life.”
Morris’ accuser said she has shared her story with friends, family, and
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