Dozens of Boys Were Abused in a Christian Scouting Program

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Boys in the Assemblies of God join the Royal Rangers for Bible study and backpacking. But the ministry has also drawn sexual predators, an NBC News investigation found.

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The Assemblies of God's Royal Rangers program has drawn millions of boys with a promise of Christian discipline -- but left some in the care of sexual predators, an NBC News investigation found.

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-- NBC News (@nbcnews.com) Dec 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM

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Once again it's "godly" men caught abusing little boys. Not a drag queen in sight.

#1 | Posted by qcp at 2025-12-10 09:18 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

No ---.

Whenever you have men in places of power and influence over children, it will always attract pedophiles:

Youth sports.
Church.
Education.
Youth pastors.
Police.

Not a drag queen, not a transgender person.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-12-10 09:52 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Gay men preying on boys covered up again.

#3 | Posted by Petrous at 2025-12-10 11:37 AM | Reply

Gay men are attracted to men, not children. Peddle your bigotry elsewhere.

#4 | Posted by qcp at 2025-12-10 11:55 AM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 6

#3 Do you always comment on threads where you haven't read the accompanying article?

#5 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-10 12:17 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Gay men prey on boys. They are not gay if they prey on girls. They're still sick.

Either way pedophiles.

This story is a rehash of what people have known for decades about the organizations and how religion hid them.

#6 | Posted by Petrous at 2025-12-10 12:55 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Once convicted, these hideous pederasts should be de-naturalized and deported to CECOT in El Salvador or other overseas hellholes, just like the diabolical Trumpf junta is doing to far less dangerous migrants.

#7 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-10 01:17 PM | Reply

Petrous is a piece of garbage

#8 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-12-10 02:06 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

#8, Yeah I haven't plonked someone that wasn't a brad new troll account that fast in a while. Took one interaction to know I didn't need to worry about anything else they said.

#9 | Posted by qcp at 2025-12-10 02:11 PM | Reply

Yup, plonked that turd as well

#10 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-12-10 02:14 PM | Reply

" 8, Yeah I haven't plonked someone that wasn't a brad new troll account that fast in a while"

Brand new troll account? I just clicked the profile. Petrous registered to this 2006. That's almost 20 years ago.

#11 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-12-10 02:22 PM | Reply

-Yup, plonked that turd as well

no you didn't.

#12 | Posted by eberly at 2025-12-10 02:27 PM | Reply

#11 A brand new troll account?

You mean like this:

Saw this article:
Trump Official Blames Obama for His $1 Million Office Redesign - This is all Barack's fault, you see.
Imagine my surprise when I saw that the author of the article was not jeffj.

I was certain that the "This is all Barack's fault, you see." part pointed directly to jeffy.

#13 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-10 02:35 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#11 Or, perhaps a brand new troll account, like this:

"...who voted 3rd Party in '16 "helped Trump win" ... It makes no sense whatsoever, but, whatever." - #126 | Posted by JeffJ at 2017-06-30 06:32 AM
How Gary Johnson and Jill Stein helped elect Donald Trump
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In the dictionary, under the listing for "JeffJ," it refers readers to:
disingenuous (dis'njenyoo's/) adjective - not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.

#14 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-10 02:37 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Brand new troll account? I just clicked the profile. Petrous registered to this 2006. That's almost 20 years ago.

#11 | Posted by BellRinger

Wow and he doesn't have to keep hiding under a new username? You must be jealous.

#15 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-12-10 06:54 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

I'm running a special on troll names, DM me!

#16 | Posted by sit_goodboy at 2025-12-10 07:14 PM | Reply

Gay men preying on boys covered up again.
#3 | Posted by Petrous

Not Drag Queens.
Not Trans.
Not Gay.

Straight White Christian Men, preying on boys.

#17 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-10 07:22 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

The naked boy was likely a young man raised from the dead, wearing a linen burial cloth, and followed Jesus to see the one who resurrected him.

Yeah! That's what happened!

#18 | Posted by sit_goodboy at 2025-12-10 07:23 PM | Reply

As usual, the houses of worship are the least safe place for young children.

Wait until they fully sink their claws into the government. These cases will never see the light of day and incidences will increase dramatically.

#19 | Posted by jpw at 2025-12-11 10:17 AM | Reply

A church or a religious organization is the last place I'd leave my children. Unless I was there, it was a no go.

Churches are a hiding place for sickos. Most people want to believe the best about people of faith. People get complacent believing that others who attend church (or lead in some way) are automatically good people with the best intentions.

And it's not just churches, look at what happened within the boy Scouts

www.nbcnews.com

#20 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-12-11 12:36 PM | Reply

Gay men are attracted to men, not children. Peddle your bigotry elsewhere.

#4 | Posted by qcp at 2025-12-10 11:55 AM | Reply | Flag:

Uh huh.... Sure

www.ndtv.com

#21 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-12-11 12:39 PM | Reply

Here's a list of every Texas pastor accused of child sex abuse this year!
www.lonestarlive.com

Multiple Gateway Church pastors accused of covering up abuse, harassment

Student pastor Jerry Nickerson confesses to "inappropriate contact" with child

Johel LaFaurie charged with abuse of child younger than 14

Timothy Nall arrested for second time in 2 years on child abuse charges

Ronald Goines of Koinonia Church sued for sexual assault, following prior charges

#22 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-11 12:44 PM | Reply

A church or a religious organization is the last place I'd leave my children. Unless I was there, it was a no go.

Churches are a hiding place for sickos.

#20 | Posted by lfthndthrds

And what does it tell you that they support the same leader as you?

Probably nothing because you're a moron.

#23 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-12-11 12:59 PM | Reply

And what does it tell you that they support the same leader as you?

#23 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-12-11 12:59 PM | Reply | Flag:

It tells me nothing. Churches have always been infiltrated by people with ill intentions - but not just churches. I gave you another example above. You just couldn't not make this about Trump. get some help

#24 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-12-11 01:22 PM | Reply

#24 | Posted by lfthndthrds

And you can't see any pictures no matter how many dots are given for you to connect.

Dictators love support him. Tech oligarchs support him. Rapists support him. Religious extremists support him. White collar criminals support him.

And that tells you...NOTHING because your brain is broken.

#25 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-12-11 01:42 PM | Reply

The GOP adores kid diddlers.

docs.google.com

#26 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-11 01:47 PM | Reply