Texas megachurch founder Robert Preston Morris was sentenced after pleading guilty to child sexual abuse charges on Thursday, the Oklahoma Attorney General's Office announced.

The big picture: The 64-year-old founder of the Gateway Church in the Dallas suburb of Southlake pleaded guilty to five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child in Osage County Courthouse in Pawhuska, Okla., per a statement from the state AG's office. • Morris received a 10-year suspended sentence, with the first six months to be served in jail.

Context: The charges relate to abuse that began in 1982 of a 12-year-old girl, identified as Cindy Clemishire, when Morris was a traveling evangelist visiting the family of the victim in Hominy, Okla., according to the AG's office.

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