The victim who former Gateway Church pastor Robert Morris admitted to sexually abusing in the 1980s is taking a recently-dismissed civil lawsuit against Morris to the Texas Supreme Court.

Robert Morris Defamation Lawsuit What's New: Cindy Clemshire, who was sexually abused by former Gateway Church pastor Robert Morris in the 1980s, is asking for the Texas Supreme Court to review and reverse a Dallas appeals court's dismissal of defamation claims against Morris and Gateway leaders.

Last month, the appeals court ruled that First Amendment protections involving religious freedom limit civil courts from interfering with internal church governance.