Former US megachurch pastor charged with child sex abuse

FILE – Pastor Robert Morris applauds during a roundtable discussion at Gateway Church Dallas Campus, Thursday, June 11, 2020, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

A former pastor of a Texas megachurch who resigned after a woman accused him of sexually abusing her in the 1980s has been indicted on child sexual abuse charges.

Robert Preston Morris, 63, has been charged in Oklahoma with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child.