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OKLAHOMA CITY — The founder of a Texas megachurch who pleaded guilty last year to sexually abusing a young girl in the 1980s was released from an Oklahoma jail on Tuesday, March 31, after completing his six-month sentence, court records show.
Robert Preston Morris, 64, completed 180 days of a jail sentence in Osage County, where the crimes occurred more than 40 years ago, according to court records. Following his release from jail, Morris will remain on probation for 9 1/2 years and must register as a sex offender.
As part of his sentencing, Morris also agreed to pay $270,000 in restitution to the victim, Cindy Clemishire, who in court called him "a pedophile, disguised as a preacher." In October 2025, Morris pleaded guilty to five felony counts of lewd or indecent acts to a child as part of a plea agreement.
The abuse began in December 1982 when the victim was 12 years old and Morris, then in his 20s, was a traveling evangelist who was staying at her family's home in Oklahoma, according to prosecutors. Clemishire said the abuse continued in Oklahoma and Texas until 1987.
