Cindy Clemshire, the victim in the case, was also in attendance. The judge set the next hearing for September.

Morris, who resigned last year from the Gateway megachurch, was indicted and arrested on five different counts of lewd or indecent acts to a child in March. He is set to make his first court appearance May 9.

Gateway Church founder Robert Morris appeared before an Osage County, Oklahoma, judge for a short court hearing Friday morning on child sexual abuse charges.