Tag: molestation
Update (October 15, 2019): As of this date, we have not been able to confirm whether Ruben Muelenberg was ever sentenced, and if so, when that sentencing took place. There is virtually no information available on the Internet about the…
Photo: Seducers Among Our Children; Crough 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…
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:…
LTRP Note: This news story is another reminder that untold numbers of children have been and continue to be sexually abused (and not just in the Catholic Church) around the world. It’s an epidemic that still remains hushed in many…
If our action in keeping men out of women’s bathrooms and showers protected the life of just one child or one woman from being molested or assaulted, then it was worth it.— North Carolina Lieutenant Gov. Dan Forest By the…
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…
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…
By Ross Levitt and Susan Candiotti, CNN (CNN) – Opening arguments are scheduled for Monday in Philadelphia in the first case in which an official of a Roman Catholic archdiocese has been accused of protecting abusive priests by moving them…
By Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors have dropped efforts to keep a sexually abusive former priest from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles locked up indefinitely in a mental hospital, a district attorney spokeswoman said Wednesday. Prosecutors informed…