4 Gateway Church elders to take leave of absence during investigation into abuse claims against founder [Video]

SOUTHLAKE, Texas – Four members of the Gateway Church Board of Elders will take a temporary leave of absence during an investigation into founder Robert Morris.

Morris resigned from his role as senior pastor at the Southlake church after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her beginning when she was just 12 years old.

Gateway hired an outside legal team to investigate the claims and what the church knew about them at the time.

The firm, Haynes and Boone, recommended that any Gateway Church Elder with a potential conflict of interest temporarily step down, including those who were on the Board from 2005 to 2007.

Elders Kevin Grove, Steve Dulin, and Gayland Lawshe were members of the Board of Elders from 2005 to 2007. Pastor James Morris, who is related to Robert Morris, volunteered to take a temporary leave of absence.

“A leave of absence in no way whatsoever assumes or implies that any Elder …