Former Orange County Youth Pastor Charged With Molesting Teen Boys

Former Orange County Youth Pastor Charged With Molesting Teen Boys
Congregants arrive at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., on, Oct. 16, 2022. AP Photo/Allison Dinner
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A Southern California megachurch youth pastor who is awaiting a retrial in connection with the molestation of twin brothers is facing additional charges after two more teen boys have come forward to police, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced Feb. 21.

Ruven Meulenberg, 39, of Lake Forest was arrested in 2017 in connection with the molestation of twin boys while they attended his youth ministry at Saddleback Church—a popular evangelical Baptist megachurch—in Lake Forest.

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