Revelations that Gateway Church founder Robert Morris molested a 12-year-old girl in the 1980s sent shockwaves throughout Christian circles last summer.

More than a year later, Morris pleaded guilty last week to the crime, admitting to five felony counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child. As part of a plea agreement, he received a 10-year suspended sentence and will spend six months in jail, register as a sex offender, and pay $270,000 in restitution.

Cindy Clemishire, Morris’s victim, who will be paid these monies, was in the courtroom and read a statement directly to Morris detailing the negative impact of his conduct on her life.

“In my victim statement, I told Robert that, not only did he steal my innocence and basically murdered the woman I was supposed to grow into … h

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