Overview

• Morris pleaded guilty in Osage County to five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child tied to abuse beginning in 1982 when the victim was 12.
• He received a 10-year sentence with all but six months suspended, will serve jail time in Osage County, then complete long-term probation under Texas supervision, and must register as a sex offender.
• The court ordered Morris to pay the costs of incarceration and restitution to the victim, according to officials.
• The indictment in March 2025 followed prosecutors’ use of a frontier-era statute that pauses the statute of limitations when a defendant moves out of state.
• Cindy Clemishire delivered a statement rejecting any notion of consent by a child, and related civil litigation continues alongside church fallout that included the removal of elders after an outside review.