The disgraced former Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris made his first appearance before a judge on Friday morning in an Oklahoma court, facing charges of sexual abuse of a child in the 1980s. Though Morris's appearance in the Osage County Courthouse in Pawhuska,

Robert Morris, the founder of Southlake-based Gateway Church, one of the nation's largest congregations, is scheduled to appear before a judge Friday in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, on charges of sexually abusing a child in the 1980s . Authorities say the victim, Cindy Clemishire, was 12 when the alleged abuse began.

Robert Morris, former leader of Gateway Church, appeared in an Oklahoma court on charges of indecent acts to a child. This was his first public appearance since resigning last year. His attorney declined to comment on the charges.