Gateway Church founding pastor Robert Morris released from Oklahoma jail

Former Gateway Church pastor Robert Morris walked out of the Osage County jail in Oklahoma overnight, after six months behind bars as part of his sentence on child sex abuse charges.

An automated notice sent by court officials showed Morris left the jail in Pawhuska just after midnight. The Osage County Sheriff’s Office said Morris was released in the early morning hours due to safety concerns.

Morris, who built his church in Southlake into one of the largest congregations in the country, pleaded guilty last October to charges he molested Cindy Clemishire, the now adult woman he admitted to molesting beginning in 1982 when she was just 12 years old…

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