She was a member of the largest church in America and traveled the country as part of its music group.

To outsiders, everything in Joy Rider's life looked perfect, but Ryder had a horrible secret.

Her youth pastor was sexually abusing her.

Welcome to The Roy's Report, a podcast dedicated to reporting the truth and restoring the

church. I'm Julie Roy's. And today, Joy Ryder joins me to tell her story and to highlight the

problem of clergy's sexual abuse and what we can do about it. Ryder's abuse happened in the

1970s when she was a teenager. However, several months ago, Ryder filed a lawsuit against not just her alleged

abuser, David Hiles, but against the estate of his father, Jack Hiles, Hiles Anderson College,

and First Baptist Church of Hammond. Ryder says all these institutions and Jack Hiles knew about her

abuse, but they did nothing. Hiles, by the way, was a leading figure in the Independent Baptist

movement and pastor of the extremely well-known First Baptist Church of Hammond in Hammond, Indiana.

At one point, First Baptist had an average attendance over 20,000 people, and it was famous for

its innovative ministry, which included busing people to services each week from surrounding towns

and even Chicago. Today, the church remains one of the largest, if not the largest churches in Indiana,

with attendance over 13,000. And Riders alleged abuser, David Hiles, runs a ministry called Fallen in Grace

Ministries, which ironically helps pastors who have sinned and fallen

from their positions. Yet Hiles has never publicly acknowledged the sins that he's committed

against Joy Rider and many others. And even though the allegations against him are criminal,

Hiles has never served time for what he allegedly did. Joy Rider's story is extremely important, and I'm so looking forward to talking with joy.

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