North Texas Church Scandals

Cindy Clemishire accused the megachurch and Robert Morris of defaming her and downplaying the abuse from Morris when she came forward. A Dallas appeals court dismissed the lawsuit.

Diego Fuller is the lead pastor at Journey Fort Worth Church. He was arrested last Sept. 1 on a sexual assault charge and indicted March 26 with an additional charge of child grooming.

A Dallas appellate court has reversed a trial court's decision that previously denied motions to dismiss Gateway Church and some church elders from a defamation lawsuit from the woman Morris sexually abused when she was a child.

Diego Fuller was charged with sexual assault last September. He was arrested May 5 over an alleged bond violation, but a judge Monday allowed his bond to be reinstated.

A Dallas County judge on Tuesday denied efforts by Gateway Church and church elders to dismiss the lawsuit on grounds that it centers a religious issue that secular courts shouldn't be involved in.

A Dallas judge will decide whether her court has jurisdiction over Cindy Clemishire's lawsuit against Gateway Church and Robert Morris, the former pastor who's been convicted of sexually abusing her as a child. The Southlake megachurch argues the case deals with religious matters over which a secular civil court has no authority.

From sexual abuse that began in the 1980s to his guilty plea more than 30 years later, this is a timeline of everything that happened in Robert Morris' legal saga.

Robert Morris will serve 6 months in Osage County Jail in Oklahoma.

John McKinzie served as lead pastor of Hope Fellowship Church in Frisco. He resigned Sunday, according to church leadership.

Robert Morris is set to appear in court again Oct. 2.

Diego Fuller, 39, was charged with sexual assault.

The woman who accused Gateway Church’s founding pastor Robert Morris of sexually abusing her when she was a child is suing the megachurch, Morris and his wife for defamation and failing to report the alleged abuse. Four church elders deny any wrongdoing in recent court filings.