The Robert Morris Abuse Scandal Exposes the Idolatry of Ministry

What if, when he had been credibly accused of molesting a 12-year-old girl, he had just ... left the church?

Last week, a woman named Cindy Clemshire came forward with allegations that Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris began molesting her when she was 12 years old. According to her account, in 1982, Morris, then a newly married 20-year-old, began staying at the Clemshire house on trips to guest preach at their church. He would abuse her on these visits, an…