Robert Morris surrenders to Oklahoma authorities in child sex abuse case

PAWHUSKA, Okla. — A former megachurch televangelist accused of sexual misconduct with a 12-year-old girl is free on $50,000 bail after surrendering to Oklahoma authorities on Monday.

Gateway Church Founder Robert Preston Morris surrendered to authorities before 8 a.m. at the Osage County Sheriff's office on five counts of lewd molestation that occurred between 1982 and 1987. If convicted, the famed Texas televangelist is facing 100 years in prison.

Phone calls left for Mack Martin, Morris's attorney, were not returned.