Dallas County Judge Emily Tobolowsky has rejected a plea by disgraced pastor Robert Morris, founder of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, to have abuse survivor Cindy Clemishire’s lawsuit dismissed on First Amendment grounds.
The judge, who has won her last three four-year-term elections without any opposition, provided no reason for rejecting arguments made by Morris and his wife Deborah. She also denied motions to dismiss the same lawsuit from church elders Tra Willbanks, Kenneth Fambro, Gayland Lawshe and Dane Minor.
Clemishire and her father Jerry Lee Clemishire sued Morris, his wife, Gateway Church and others in June, seeking $1 million in damages…