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5 days ago | 
julieroys.com | Josh Shepherd |Julie Roys
Embattled pastor John-Paul Miller—whose troubled history with his late wife, Mica Miller, made headlines worldwide—has quietly married his girlfriend in a private ceremony. On Sunday, Miller married Suzanne “Suzie” Skinner in a private ceremony in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, according to footage captured by TikTok user Finding Neejo. The two have been dating over the past year, according to a report in the Daily Mail.
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4 weeks ago | 
julieroys.com | Josh Shepherd |Julie Roys
With time running out for an abuse prevention bill to be enacted in Texas, abuse survivors and advocates spoke out today in a committee hearing at the Texas State Capitol. Cindy Clemishire, the woman whose testimony of childhood sex abuse prompted the resignation of megachurch pastor Robert Morris, gave an impassioned plea to Texas lawmakers in Austin. The bill under consideration would prohibit non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) involving child sexual abuse and adult sexual assault.
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1 month ago | 
julieroys.com | Josh Shepherd |Barry Bowen |Julie Roys
A Wisconsin church gifted a gold-plated rifle engraved with a MAGA-themed quote to controversial televangelist Mark Barclay earlier this year, in a video that recently surfaced. During a Wednesday night service at Living Word Christian Church in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on February 26, Pastor Mark Clements gifted an AR-15 with gold metallic finish to televangelist Mark Barclay.
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1 month ago | 
julieroys.com | Josh Shepherd |Julie Roys
Missouri’s largest church, which has recently made headlines over several controversies, has severed ties with the Assemblies of God, its founding denomination. On Wednesday, John Lindell, lead pastor and co-founder of James River Church in Ozark, a suburb of Springfield, announced the megachurch’s disaffiliation during a Wednesday night service, reported KOZL.
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1 month ago | 
julieroys.com | Josh Shepherd |Julie Roys
The Texas House today unanimously passed a proposed state law to prohibit non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) involving child sexual abuse and adult sexual assault. HB 748, which is titled “Trey’s Law” in honor of Trey Carlock, a victim of child sexual abuse who took his life, passed 149-0. The bill, which applies to civil settlements, would nullify any NDAs that keep victims of abuse or trafficking from disclosing their abuse, as previously reported by The Roys Report (TRR).
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2 months ago | 
julieroys.com | Josh Shepherd |Julie Roys
Hoping to persuade Missouri lawmakers to end non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and the statute of limitations for child sex abuse victims, multiple survivors of abuse at two evangelical ministries testified powerfully in a hearing today. “We waited too long to face the repressed trauma within,” said Tammy Woods, a survivor of alleged childhood sexual abuse by International House of Prayer Kansas City (IHOPKC) founder, Mike Bickle. “(We) couldn’t access the memories fast enough.
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2 months ago | 
julieroys.com | Josh Shepherd |Julie Roys
The woman, whose report of abuse by Gateway Church Founder Robert Morris led to his arrest on child sex charges, today urged Texas lawmakers to approve a bill nullifying nondisclosure agreements (NDA) for child sex abuse. Speaking through tears, Cindy Clemishire, 55, recounted that for decades, Morris made her feel like she had done something wrong. Meanwhile, Morris became the pastor of one of the biggest megachurches in the country.
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2 months ago | 
julieroys.com | Josh Shepherd |Julie Roys
A former pastor at Thomas Road Baptist Church—the megachurch founded by Jerry Falwell, Sr., and associated with Liberty University—has been convicted of burglarizing and stalking a former parishioner. The victim, a single mother, told The Roys Report (TRR), she reported the pastor’s behavior to the church eight years ago. Despite this, the pastor was on staff at the time of his arrest in 2023, according to multiple sources.
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2 months ago | 
julieroys.com | Josh Shepherd |Julie Roys
Chinese authorities are celebrating an increase in the nation’s persecution of religious minorities, according to International Christian Concern (ICC), an advocacy group for the persecuted church. On the social media platform WeChat, China’s Ministry of Public Security bragged of increased spending on technology and resources to suppress independent religious organizations, ICC stated. The group added that this crackdown has targeted the independent Christian house church movement.
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2 months ago | 
julieroys.com | Josh Shepherd |Julie Roys
A Florida pastor and support staff member at a local elementary school has been arrested and charged with two child sex abuse felonies. Jeffery Summers, 51, pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Port Orange, was arrested on Friday evening by deputies of Port Orange Police Department, according to court records. He was charged with solicitation for sexual conduct with a child over a computer and traveling to meet a minor for sexual conduct.
