sexual abuse & assault

Caleb Elliot, 26, was federally indicted last month on eight counts of production and attempted production of child pornography.

A Dallas County judge ruled last week the defamation lawsuit from Cindy Clemishire could continue after Gateway and its elders asked to be dismissed from the suit.

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.

Robert Morris is currently serving six months at a Oklahoma jail for sexually abusing Cindy Clemishire when she was 12 years old. She's also suing Morris, his wife and Gateway Church elders for defamation and covering up the abuse.

Fort Worth city staff recommend council members create an ordinance that bars certain sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of child safety zones, which Texas law defines as schools, playgrounds, public pools, youth centers and other such places.

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.

Diego Fuller told church members during a service last week that he's innocent on the charge he's facing.

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.

A former Krum ISD band director has pleaded guilty to nine counts of indecency with a child and two counts of sexual assault of a child.

Trent Muse, 29, was indicted on four counts of indecency with a child by exposure in 2024.

The bill would prevent using nondisclosure agreements in sexual abuse and human trafficking cases.