Overview

• Dallas County Judge Emily Tobolowsky has set the defamation trial for June 15, 2026, in Clemishire’s suit against Morris, Gateway Church, his wife and former elders
• The lawsuit alleges Morris and church officials knowingly spread false statements to frame the abuse as a consensual relationship rather than sexual assault of a minor
• Clemishire seeks $1 million in damages for reputational harm and emotional distress caused by the alleged cover-up
• Morris is due in Oklahoma court on September 4, 2025, to face five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child
• A Tarrant County hearing on September 17, 2025, will address Morris’s dispute with Gateway Church over millions in claimed retirement benefits