An insurance company that provides liability coverage for Gateway Church and its leaders has asked a federal court in Dallas to remove itself from having to pay coverage for a $1 million defamation lawsuit filed by the woman whom founding pastor Robert Morris abused four decades ago.
Wisconsin-based Church Mutual Insurance Company filed the complaint for declaratory judgment on Nov. 6.
In the filing, Church Mutual said the policies the church purchased, which ran from Dec. 31, 2023, to Dec. 31, 2025, came far after the abuse defendant Cindy Clemishire experienced starting in 1982…