Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris, whoĀ Donald Trump once named as a spiritual adviser to his administration, announced he was stepping down from Gateway Church amid allegations he molested a 12-year-old girl in the 1980s.

The resignation comes days after Morris, 62, seemingly admitted to molesting the girl in a statement toĀ The Christian Post.Ā In that statement, he conceded that he engaged in ā€œinappropriate sexual behaviorā€ with a ā€œyoung ladyā€ when he was already married with a child in his early 20s.

Morris didnā€™t mention the girlā€™s ageā€”but his alleged victim, Cindy Clemishire, told the religious watchdog blogĀ The Wartburg Watch on Friday that she was only 12 when she was first sexually abused by Morris on Christmas Day in 1982. She claimed that he invited her into the room he was staying in at her family home during a visit, and touched her inappropriately on her breasts and ā€œunder her panties.ā€

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      4 months ago

      Do you mean Mary, the mother of Jesus? It really doesnā€™t make sense to think that, God is not presented as having sex with her in any theology, kind of contradicts the whole virgin birth claim.

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        4 months ago

        well, I think putting a child in someone without their consent is a kind of rape even if it did not include sexual intercourse