Overview
- Morris, 64, admitted to five felony counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child in Osage County and was handcuffed and taken into custody after the hearing.
- The sentence includes a 10-year suspended term with six months in county jail, mandatory sex-offender registration, supervision in Texas, and restitution reported between $250,000 and $270,000.
- Prosecutors said the abuse of Cindy Clemishire began in 1982 when she was 12 in Hominy, Oklahoma, and continued for about four years.
- In her victim statement, Clemishire rejected past descriptions of an “inappropriate relationship,” telling the court there is no consent from a 12-year-old child.
- Morris resigned from Gateway in 2024 after the allegations became public, an independent review prompted leadership changes, and related civil lawsuits against him and the church are still pending.