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Former megachurch pastor and presidential adviser Kirbyjon Caldwell enters prison

The completion of Kirbyjon Caldwell's fall from grace as a Houston megachurch pastor and spiritual advisor to presidents came in a federal courthouse in Shreveport on Wednesday with a six-year sentence for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Caldwell had already pleaded guilty to the charge last year. The sentencing, though, completed a spectacular rise and fall of a prominent pastor. In its wake are disillusioned investors and church members. His rise and fall included both incredible highs and lows. The rise of Kirbyjon Caldwell Caldwell said he had "a knowing'' to be a minister in the early ...

Pastor Who Advised Two Presidents Is Sentenced to 6 Years for Cheating Investors Kirbyjon H. Caldwell was senior pastor of the Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston and rose to prominence as a supporter of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Kirbyjon Caldwell, the former senior pastor of the Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston, pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the Justice Department said.Credit...Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press Jan. 14, 2021 The former pastor of a Houston megachurch who advised former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack...

Kirbyjon H. Caldwell is ordered to report on June 22. Caldwell was indicted in federal court on wire fraud and money laundering charges. He pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with the fraud that also involved Shreveport investment adviser Gregory Alan Smith, 55, who in November was sentenced to six years in prison. Caldwell, 67, pastor of the 16,000-member Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston, had previously pleaded not guilty. He appeared in person before Chief District Judge Maury Hicks. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, attendance inside ...