Three former Gateway Church elders deny defamation in ongoing legal battle over abuse allegations, docs show

Three former Gateway Church elders deny defamation in ongoing legal battle over abuse allegations, docs show

It's the latest development in a high-stakes civil case that stems from allegations of sexual abuse and institutional cover-up within Gateway Church in Southlake.

Frmr Gateway Elders Deny Defaming Clemishire, Want Out of Lawsuit

Three former Gateway Church elders told a Dallas court they didn’t defame a sexual abuse victim of disgraced church founder, Robert Morris, despite knowing she was only 12 years old when the abuse started. The court filings involved former Gateway Executive Pastor Thomas Miller, Network Pastor Gayland Lawshe, and Elder Jeremy Carrasco—all removed from church leadership last November. They say they didn’t defame Cindy Clemishire when they said in…