PAWHUSKA, Okla. — Gateway Church founder Robert Morris pleaded guilty Thursday to five counts of lewd or indecent acts to a child. The former pastor, who founded the Southlake megachurch in 2000, ...

A federal judge has ruled against Gateway Church and Robert Morris, saying a lawsuit against them regarding the church’s use of tithing money can move forward. Chief District Judge Amos Mazzant III ...

Gateway Church states that its former founding pastor’s conduct was “inexcusable,” but argues that any harm was not legally caused by or attributable to the church. Elías Valverde II / Staff ...

Minutes after he arrived in an Oklahoma courtroom Thursday morning, former Gateway Church lead pastor Robert Morris waived his right to a scheduled preliminary hearing in the criminal case against him ...

PAWHUSKA, Okla.— Robert Morris, the Texas megachurch pastor who built Gateway Church into one of the largest congregations in the country, pleaded guilty Thursday in Osage County District Court to ...

(KTVT/CBS NEWS TEXAS) - 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 ...

Pawhuska, Oklahoma (AP) — The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned last year after a woman in Oklahoma accused the pastor of sexually abusing her in the 1980s pleaded guilty Thursday to five ...

PAWHUSKA, Okla. -- Walking into an Osage County courtroom Thursday morning, Gateway Church founder Robert Morris was flanked by his wife, his lawyer and a bailiff. He said nothing as a throng of ...

Congregants worship during a service ahead of commissioning Daniel Floyd as senior pastor of Gateway Church, on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, at Gateway Church in Southlake. Shafkat Anowar / Staff ...

The criminal conviction comes decades after the abuse and a year after the survivor shared her account online. The former pastor of one of the biggest churches in Texas has pleaded guilty to child sex ...