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John Ortberg’s Former Megachurch Terminates Worship Leader for Soliciting Nude Photos

April 26, 2021 by Staff

(The Roys Report) The California megachurch recently rocked by revelations its former pastor, John Ortberg, had allowed a volunteer with an attraction to children to work with minors is dealing with yet another scandal.

Ortberg resigned from Menlo Church in July, after it was revealed that Ortberg had allowed his son, John “Johnny” Ortbreg III, to volunteer with children. This reportedly continued after Johnny had told his father about “an unwanted thought pattern of attraction to minors.”

Now a Menlo worship pastor, Michael Bryce Jr., has been fired for repeatedly asking for nude photos from a teenage boy while working at a previous church in Oklahoma.

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