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A lawyer for disgraced Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris blamed his accuser for initiating their yearslong “inappropriate sexual” contact when she was just 12, newly released documents show.
Morris, the founder of the Gateway Church in Southlake, resigned in June after admitting to the “inappropriate sexual behavior” with Cindy Clemishire, whom he referred to as “a young lady” despite her saying she was still a preteen at the time.
Morris’ church leaders initially stood by him — and his attorney blamed Clemishire when she threatened to sue Morris in 2007, according to correspondence from the time obtained by NBC News.
“It was your client,” lawyer J. Shelby Sharpe wrote, referring to 12-year-old Clemishire, “who initiated inappropriate behavior by coming into my client’s bedroom and getting in bed with him, which my client should not have allowed to happen.”
Clemishire said in an interview last week with NBC that she had sought $50,000 in restitution from Morris to cover the cost of counseling. Morris’ lawyer countered her request by offering to pay her $25,000 on the condition she sign a nondisclosure agreement, which she refused to do.
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Lawyer for megachurch pastor Robert Morris blamed 12-year-old girl for their ‘inappropriate’ sexual contact
Lawyers for a pervy Texas megachurch pastor accused a 12-year-old girl of initiating “inappropriate” sexual conduct with the church leader, new documents revealed.
