Cindy Clemishire testifies before Texas House committee on alleged abuse by Gateway Church founder Robert Morris

DALLAS — Cindy Clemishire, the Oklahoma woman who accused Gateway Church founding pastor Robert Morris of sexually abusing her starting when she was 12 in the ‘80s, leading to his indictment last week, testified before a Texas House committee about the alleged abuse.

Clemishire testified in front of the Texas House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence in support of House Bill 748, which would make certain nondisclosure agreements in child sex abuse cases unenforceable. The bill was authored by State Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano.

Clemishire testified that Morris began sexually abusing her starting on Christmas Day in 1982 when Morris was a traveling evangelist staying at her family’s home in Osage County in Oklahoma…

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