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Gateway Church, Founding Pastor Robert Morris Agree to Arbitration to End Multimillion-Dollar Retirement Dispute
The church and its former pastor will resolve the fight over retirement pay and ministry assets outside state court.
- Gateway Church and former lead pastor Robert Morris have moved their retirement dispute out of Tarrant County court and into arbitration, according to an attorney.
- Morris sued the church in May 2025, alleging elders verbally promised him an $800,000 annual retirement income after he resigned in 2024 following public sexual abuse allegations.
- Court records indicate Morris sought $1 million in accrued retirement benefits plus $600,000 to $800,000 annually, though the church previously challenged the contractually mandated arbitration process.
- The settlement, signed by a judge on May 8, dismisses the state court case without prejudice less than two months after Morris finished a six-month jail sentence.
- Although this case moves to arbitration, Morris and the church remain involved in three other legal battles, including a $1 million defamation suit filed by Cindy Clemishire.
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Gateway Church moves retirement dispute with former pastor Robert Morris to arbitration amid ongoing lawsuits
Gateway Church and founder Robert Morris move their retirement dispute to arbitration after Morris served jail time for child sexual abuse, as legal battles continue
·Dallas, United States
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Leaning Left2Leaning Right3Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Center, 37% Right
Bias Distribution
- 38% of the sources are Center, 37% of the sources lean Right
38% Center
L 25%
C 38%
R 37%
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