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The Roys Report

Remembering God’s Faithfulness When Hurt By The Church

The Roys Report

Julie Roys

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Christianity

4.6714 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Investigative journalist Julie Roys unpacks why her work exposes evil deeds of church leaders—and why truth matters in an era of compromise.  

Transcript

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0:00.0

But I've found in the past few years, I've had to remember, right?

0:05.0

Because when you see the kind of abuse and corruption and the very thing that you've given your life to,

0:11.0

that you believe in so much, it's meant so much to your family, it's meant so much to you.

0:17.0

And when you see people representing the Jesus you love and doing it so poorly, it really does a number on you.

0:25.7

And it took me several years of wrestling through.

0:29.3

And as Melissa said, we don't ever like arrive, right?

0:33.0

I have days, right?

0:34.4

We all have days.

0:36.1

But God has been faithful.

0:38.0

And remembering these stories of how God has worked in my family's history, but also in my life

0:46.3

because there's no spiritual grandchildren, right?

0:49.1

So if I didn't have some experiences with Jesus, I wouldn't be here right now.

1:25.6

Thank you. I didn't have some experiences with Jesus. I wouldn't be here right now. Well, on March 23, 1898, a boy was born in Barnesboro, Pennsylvania.

1:29.8

To a physician's family, and his father at one time had been a leader in the community,

1:34.3

but at this point, his father had taken to the bottle,

1:38.2

and he was drinking regularly.

1:40.1

He was a full-blown alcoholic at this point.

1:43.3

And this boy, who is my maternal grandfather,

1:48.2

was physically abused and verbally abused in that home.

1:53.5

He was so neglected that, and I know this is hard to believe,

1:57.6

but I swear this was the story that's been handed down and my grandfather

2:01.9

swore it was true. He was never named. His parents didn't name him, and so they called him

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