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OSAGE COUNTY, Oklahoma - Robert Morris, a founding member and former lead pastor of Gateway Church, has pleaded guilty to crimes involving sexual acts with a child .

The former North Texas megachurch pastor admitted guilt on five separate charges .

Robert Morris pleads guilty

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Morris, 64, pleaded guilty before an Osage County, Oklahoma, judge on Thursday. He was accused of sexually abusing Cindy Clemishire, the plaintiff in the case, in the 1980s.

The former pastor accepted a plea deal of a 10-year suspended sentence, with the first six months to be served in the Osage County Jail, according to a release from the Oklahoma Attorney General.

Morris must also register as a sex offender, and will be supervised by Texas authorities via interstate compact. Morri

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