Overview

• Morris, 64, pleaded guilty in Osage County to five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child and received a 10-year suspended sentence with the first six months in county jail.
• He was handcuffed and taken into custody at the hearing, must register as a sex offender, and will be supervised by Texas authorities after release.
• According to the attorney general, the abuse began in December 1982 when the victim was 12 in Hominy, Oklahoma, and continued for about four years while Morris was a traveling evangelist.
• In court, Cindy Clemishire told Morris there is no such thing as consent from a 12-year-old and described how the abuse affected her life.
• The plea requires restitution to Clemishire and payment of incarceration costs, with outlets reporting restitution between $250,000 and $270,000, and related civil suits against Morris and Gateway Church remain active.