Ex-megachurch founder hit with $1M lawsuit claiming sexual abuse and elaborate cover-up scheme

A erstwhile Texas megachurch pastor is being sued by a pistillate who claims helium sexually assaulted and abused her erstwhile she was 12 years old.

The suit, filed this week successful Dallas County District court, accuses Gateway Church laminitis Robert Morris and others of libel, malice, defamation, slander, nonaccomplishment to report, civilian conspiracy, intentional infliction of affectional distress and unjust enrichment.

They are seeking much than $1 cardinal successful damages.

Pastor Robert Morris applauds during a roundtable treatment astatine Gateway Church Dallas Campus, Thursday, Jun. 11, 2020, successful Dallas. A connection issued connected Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2024, said that Morris resigned aft a pistillate said helium had abused her connected aggregate occasions successful the 1980s, opening erstwhile she was 12.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Cindy Clemishire and her father, Jerry Lee Clemishire, filed the suit little than a twelvemonth aft sharing the allegations with a spiritual watchdog blog, The Wartburg Watch.

Cindy, 53, claimed she met Morris successful 1981 portion helium was preaching astatine her religion successful Oklahoma and their families became close.

Gateway Church is besides progressive successful a ineligible conflict surrounding erstwhile pastor Robert Morris' contract.

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She said Morris touched her inappropriately portion staying astatine her location successful 1982, and continued for the adjacent four-and-a-half years.

An Oklahoma expansive assemblage successful March indicted Morris connected 5 counts of lewd oregon indecent acts with a child. He is presently retired connected bond.

In the recently filed suit, Cindy alleges Morris' wife, sons and religion members attempted to screen up the maltreatment for fiscal gain, according to a study from affiliate FOX 4.

Though the suit is successful Texas, the intersexual maltreatment allegedly occurred successful Oklahoma. (Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images)

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"[The] defendants acted successful concert, cooperated with each different and conspired to maximize their profits done their unlawful and unjust people of enactment to fraudulently conceal and screen up the rape of Plaintiff," according to tribunal documents.

Morris resigned successful June 2024 and aboriginal filed a suit against the church, stating his "highly inappropriate" narration with a insignificant was not a breach of contract, and Gateway Church should fulfill its contractual fiscal obligations to him.

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Church officials said helium would person received millions successful deferred compensation, further status benefits and a severance payment, according to the report.

Gateway Church declined Fox News Digital's petition for comment.