Update: On September 6th, Lighthouse Trails posted an article (see below) from Patch Network out of S. California, written by reporter Ashley Ludwig, stating that Ruben (Ruven) Meulenberg, a former Saddleback Church youth worker had been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty this past summer for child molestation of two boys … [Read more…]
LTRJ Note: Children are particularly vulnerable to sexual abuse and molestation by people who are in some type of authority and trust in their lives. Make sure your church is a safe place for all children who attend. Detective sergeant Patrick Crough, author of Seducers Among Our Children, has given his life to defend children … [Read more…]
By Bill Randles And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes and not an endorsement of the content or the source. By Camila Domonoske NPR The Boy Scouts program is becoming Scouts BSA in February 2019 to reflect the decision to include young women, the Boy Scouts of America announced on Wednesday. The … [Read more…]
SPECIAL NOTE: We have been informed by the Canadian government that this booklet will not be allowed into Canada. For our Canadian friends, you can print this or any booklet we have. Scroll to the bottom of this post and use the Green Print button. NEW BOOKLET: TRANSGENDERISM and Our Children by Maria Kneas and … [Read more…]
See also Part 1 of our 2017 Year in Review. The following are the Top 10 stories in 2017 written by like-minded ministries (who are also authors Lighthouse Trails represents): 1/Preliminary to Armageddon . . . Paris Jan 15 (Bill Randles) An event is occurring today which portends to be one of the last preliminaries … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network The popular children’s television show “Sesame Street” recently expressed its support for lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgendered persons on its official Twitter page, generating a variety of public response. “Sesame Street is proud to support families of all shapes, sizes, and colors,” it wrote on June 23, posting a … [Read more…]
The following is an update from two recent Lighthouse Trails articles: “Saddleback Church Youth Worker Arrested for Molesting 14-Year-Boys Brings Issue to Surface” and “Saddleback Church Statement Appears to Downplay Role of Alleged Molester Ruben Meulenberg.” Ruben Meulenberg, the youth worker at Saddleback Church who was arrested for allegedly molesting two 14-year-old boys at Saddleback, has … [Read more…]
On Friday evening (May 26), Saddleback Church released a statement about the arrest of Ruben Meulenberg, the man who allegedly has been molesting boys at Saddleback. The Saddleback statement called Meulenberg a “student ministry volunteer.” Here is the full statement: We are shocked and grieved to share that this week a Saddleback member reported that … [Read more…]
As Lighthouse Trails has been researching the situation at Saddleback Church over the alleged molestation charges, we came across this YouTube video by a 29-year-old woman. We are posting this for informational and research purposes with the hope it will help parents think about their teens’ youth groups. Something to think about. Parents, let’s protect … [Read more…]
A Lighthouse Trails reader has alerted us to a news story in the Los Angeles Times (see below) about the arrest of a 32-year-old Saddleback Church male youth worker who has been accused of molesting two 14-year-old boys at Saddleback. Some may wonder why we are posting a news story about child sexual abuse. Since … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: For 15 years, Lighthouse Trails has had the motto “Bringing light to areas of darkness.” One of those areas (which we call our Sensitive Issues) is bringing to light the reality of child sexual abuse. We believe that the sexual molestation of children is part of what we call “the Death Religion,” which … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network BUFFALO, N.Y. — Several prospective jurors said that they could not separate their personal beliefs on homosexuality from the nation’s laws on the matter as jury selection was underway on Tuesday in the case of a Virginia man accused of aiding an ex-lesbian turned professing Christian who fled the … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails has been following this story for over seven years. We are advocates for the protection of children, even if that sometimes means breaking laws of the land if the laws of the land have become immoral and outrightly harmful to children. Today, still in hiding with her mother, Isabella is nearly … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails cares about children. From our earliest years, we have published material pertaining to child sex abuse. It’s an epidemic in our society and affects even the church. If you are a parent, grandparent, or guardian of young children, please bring yourself up to speed on this issue. By Patrick Crough Patrick … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: For 6 years, Lighthouse Trails has been following the story of homosexual-turned-Christian-believer, Lisa Miller and her young daughter, Isabella. “Pastor Convicted of Helping Ex-Lesbian Flee Country With Daughter Ordered to Report to Prison” By Heather Clark Christian News Network BURLINGTON, Vt. — A Mennonite pastor who was convicted of providing assistance to an ex-lesbian … [Read more…]
By Matt Barber WorldNetDaily God help us. Here’s what America’s newly homosexualized, “values neutral” military looks like. Last week, in a strange fit of actual news reporting, the New York Times published an exposé revealing that, under this Obama administration, the Department of Defense is not only permitting the homosexual abuse of little boys at … [Read more…]
By Investigative Sergeant Patrick Crough I. Communicate. Communicate. Communicate! We must make it a point to communicate with our children every day to learn what is going on in their lives and who they are having daily contact with. Our children are exposed to school staff, counselors, coaches, day care providers, summer camp staff, and/or … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network An executive committee of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has unanimously voted to lift a long-standing ban on openly homosexual troop leaders. “As a result of the rapid changes in society and increasing legal challenges at the federal, state, and local levels, on Friday, July 10, the Boy … [Read more…]
By Patrick Crough (Investigative Police Sergeant of crimes against children and author of Seducers Among Our Children) Jesus wept. (John 11:35) I can’t help but think that Jesus weeps for those little ones who fall into the hands of child predators. I also believe Jesus weeps over the despair and hopelessness we experience as communities … [Read more…]
We are reposting this important radio interview because the incidence of children being sexually exploited by online predators is steadily increasing. Below are several short audio clips from the recent interview Jan Markell of Olive Tree Ministries did with Lighthouse Trails author and investigative sergeant Patrick Crough. Patrick is the author of Seducers Among Our … [Read more…]
By Garrett Haley Christian News Network SYDNEY, Australia – A judge in southeastern Australia has been partially suspended after he declared that the culture’s acceptance of homosexuality will lead to a normalization of incest. According to a report last week from The Sydney Morning Herald, Garry Neilson is a district court judge in Sydney, Australia. … [Read more…]
From the Christian Institute (UK) Posted for informational purposes to show the danger that children are in in our computer-driven society today and as a reminder to parents to protect their children from pornography and sexual abuse. At least 200,000 under 16-year-olds saw internet porn in a single month last year, the online video watchdog … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: On March 7th, Bill Gothard, the founder and president of the Institute in Basic Life Principles resigned from his position in the organization after allegations from over thirty women were made public that Gothard sexually harassed, and in one case out right sexually abused, these women while they were teens or young women. … [Read more…]
Below are several short audio clips from the recent interview Jan Markell of Olive Tree Ministries did with Lighthouse Trails author and investigative sergeant Patrick Crough. Patrick is the author of Seducers Among Our Children. We have posted some excerpts from that book below the audio clips. Lighthouse Trails has been reporting on the issue … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: One of the areas Lighthouse Trails has been covering for nearly 12 years is child sex abuse (we actually believe that pedophilia is part of what we coin The Death Religion—which also includes evolution, pornography, abortion, homosexuality, mysticism, and antisemitism). We have published three books thus far on this topic: The Color of … [Read more…]
8 Things You Should Know About Boys Who Are Sexually Abused written by Gregory Reid is our newest Lighthouse Trails Print Booklet Tract. The booklet tract is 18 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off retail. Below is the content of the booklet. To order copies of … [Read more…]
A Special Commentary by Deborah Dombrowski As I read the headlines on the computer screen from an article a Lighthouse Trails reader had sent me the morning of July 6th, I remembered another headline I had seen just the day before. One was about a child pornography sex ring, and the other was about Obama. … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: In 2011, Lighthouse Trails published Stolen From My Arms, the true story of Katie Sapienza and her small son Alex who was abducted from his home and taken to a foreign country. This story is about a different kind of freedom than might normally be talked about on Independence Day. But it is … [Read more…]
By Daniel Burke CNN (CNN) – Pope Francis said a “gay lobby” exists inside the Vatican, a surprising disclosure from a pope who has already delivered his share of stunners, and a resurrection of church conflicts that had bedeviled his predecessor’s papacy. “In the Curia,” Francis said, referring to Catholicism’s central bureaucracy, “there are holy … [Read more…]
