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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Harry Cockburn

Supporters of Pastor Robert Morris, who admitted to sexually abusing a 12-year-old, say God has forgiven him

A Texas pastor who pleaded guilty to repeatedly abusing a 12-year-old child “has been forgiven by God,” many of his supporters have suggested.

Pastor Robert Morris, 64, who founded one of the largest megachurches in the U.S., abused the 12-year-old girl over a period of four years in Oklahoma in the 1980s, and last week admitted he was guilty of five criminal counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child.

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