A former South Carolina youth pastor has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for possessing thousands of images that qualify as child sexual abuse. He took many of the photos himself, secretly recording women and children while they changed or showered in church bathrooms. Daniel Kellan Mayfield, 37, received the maximum sentence for the federal charge of possessing child pornography on Tuesday, according to court records. Mayfield previously worked as the youth pastor at Gowensville First B...| The Roys Report
The Anglican Church in North America, formed after a conservative break with the Episcopal Church over gay clergy and the authority of Scripture, today confronts a dual crisis at the top. Allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse of power have engulfed two of its senior leaders, threatening to shake the relatively young denomination’s credibility. According to The Washington Post, Archbishop Stephen Wood, 62, the denomination’s top official, has been accused by a former children’s mini...| The Roys Report
A Lutheran youth ministry leader in Phoenix has been federally charged for producing and spending thousands on child sexual abuse materials. The accused is Casey Goslin, 46, who worked as a youth director for several organizations tied to the Grand Canyon Synod, one of 65 in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Goslin was arrested Thursday by ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Tucson police, according to a press release from HSI.| The Roys Report
A Virginia church is cooperating with authorities over a second case of unlawful sexual conduct by a former leader in as many months. Zachary Thomas Ramaglino served Union Baptist Church in Hayes for a year as an assistant in the young adult student ministry and communications assistant. That included helping the student ministry director organize events, according to local reports. He was arrested on Sept. 4 on 20 counts of possession of child sex abuse material.| The Roys Report
Last week, The Roys Report (TRR) published allegations that Jay Spencer sexually harassed an employee at Liberty University while serving as a vice president in the late 1990s. Barely a week later and in light of our report, Spencer’s most recent employer, Houston Christian University (HCU), just fired him. Liberty had terminated Spencer in 1998 with full knowledge of his misconduct. But according to his alleged victim, Rachel Beck, Liberty covered up his sexual harassment and provided him ...| The Roys Report
A former youth pastor at a west Tennessee church will spend 24 years in prison after he pled guilty to sexual crimes against a minor. Ryan Kelley McElrath, 40, was a youth pastor at Fellowship Bible Church in Jackson, Tennessee, from 2021 until his arrest in June 2024, The Roys Report (TRR) has reported. The independent church fired McElrath after his arrest and admission of guilt to church leaders, Fellowship Bible said in a statement last year.| The Roys Report
Liberty University, a power center for evangelical Christianity and one of the country’s largest educational institutions, claims it adheres to the highest ethical standards. But while students were forced to follow the school’s honor code called “The Liberty Way,” leaders at the top flagrantly violated it, says 1996 graduate and former admissions counselor Rachel Beck. Beck, who’s going by her maiden name, says she was sexually harassed in the late 1990s by two top administrators.| The Roys Report
The elders of a Texas megachurch revealed that former pastor Josiah Anthony sent sexual messages to multiple women, prompting his resignation.| The Roys Report
