Mothman, Murder and Morris

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A Texas Chick-fil-A becomes a crime scene.

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Parents are buying up demonic dolls

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and more gateway church fallout

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from the Robert Morris scandal.

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I'm John Madorazo for CharismaNews.com

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and this is your Midweek Rundown.

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So one of our top stories right now is praying

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for everybody that was involved with this.

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There was two Chick-fil-A employees that were murdered

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by an illegal immigrant in Texas.

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A Chick-fil-A restaurant in Irving, Texas

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has temporarily closed its doors

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after a Salvadorian man who entered the U.S. illegally,

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reportedly shot and killed two employees

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of the fast food location.

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Officers with the Irving Police Department

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said that in the aftermath of the attack

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that they do not believe that the double homicide

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was a random act of violence.

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Rather, they said it was a targeted assault.

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Mendoza Argueira was captured by police

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in the early morning hours Thursday

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and booked in the Irving City Jail.

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He has been charged with capital murder.

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Please keep the families of the victims in prayer.

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So why are parents buying this demonic toy for their kids?

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Why are parents purchasing a rather demonic looking toy

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for their children?

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Build-A-Bear Workshop has decided to go to the dark side

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by selling a Mothman plush.

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The dark stuffed animal with piercing red eyes and wings

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looks far from what we would have expected parents

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to be buying for their kids.

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However, this item was listed as appears by popular demand

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on the Build-A-Bear website.

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The mysterious winged friend appears by popular demand,

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or does he?

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The Build-A-Bear site reads, now you

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can take flight with your own Mothman plush.

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Mothman comes from a folklore story of Mothman.

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It is believed to be a strange human-like creature that

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was discovered in the 1960s in West Virginia by gravediggers.

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The creature was supposedly seen just a few days later

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by two couples with red eyes and chased them.

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The sightings of Mothman were reported

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to have continued during the following year.

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Now this paranormal activity is being promoted to children

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by Build-A-Bear.

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What is going on?

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And our top story right now is more Gateway Church fallout

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as elders take temporary leave of absence.

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Elders from Gateway Church and Robert Morris's son,

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James Morris, have taken temporary leaves of absences.

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In a statement on Gateway's website,

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the church noted that this decision came

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from a recommendation by the law firm

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that they are working with to investigate

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the sexual abuse of Cindy Clemesher by Robert Morris, which

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he has previously admitted to impart.

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The statement partially reads, thank you

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for your grace, prayers, and support

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for all members of our Gateway Church family in recent days.

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The Gateway Board of Elders is committed

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to leading with integrity and humility

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as we navigate this difficult season together.

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As Haynes and Boone begins their work,

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they have recommended that any Gateway Church elder

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with potential conflict of interest

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take a temporary leave of absence

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from the Board of Elders.

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This includes any elder with relational conflict

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and those elders who were on the board from 2005 to 2007.

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Haynes and Boone made this recommendation

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consistent with best practices for inquiries of this nature.

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A leave of absence in no way whatsoever

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assumes or implies that any elder had

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any knowledge of the true facts related to this situation.

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As new information comes to light,

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please keep Gateway Church in your prayers,

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as well as Cindy Clemesher and even Robert Morris.

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I'm John Maddarazzo for CharismaNews.com.