More abuse claims surface at Gateway Church protest. They don't involve Robert Morris
Published in Religious News
“What we did not know was that she was 12 years old,” Kimbro said, according to NBC News.
The church’s board of elders expressed their sympathies to Clemishire and her family, according to a news release.
Smith says the church has known about the abuse.
“This isn’t the first time that she’s [Clemishire] tried to get people to listen,” Smith said.
Smith told the Star-Telegram that Clemishire confronted Morris years ago and the church tried to get her to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
“He [Morris] didn’t repent and do this on his own,” said Smith. “He got caught, he got exposed and that’s why he was having to resign.”
Smith demands accountability from the church administration and for Morris to confess to police.
More accusations involving Gateway
According to some former Gateway members, sex abuse concerns have been raised before at the church — as recent as last year..
Anita Ishee and her daughter Nicole Ishee said they regularly attended the Gateway campus in Frisco, where they even served on a children’s ministry devoted to teaching parents how to protect their children from dangers including sex abuse.
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