LAKE FOREST A youth mentor at Saddleback Church was arrested Thursday by Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigators on suspicion of having an inappropriate relationship with two 14-year-old boys, authorities said.

Ruven Meulenberg, 32, of Lake Forest was booked into the Orange County Jail on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts with a child, Sheriff’s Department Lt. Lane Lagaret said in a statement. Meulenberg was being held Friday on $100,000 bail. He is scheduled to appear Tuesday in Orange County Superior Court.

Sheriff’s Department investigators were contacted Wednesday after deputies took a report that a man working as a junior high ministry mentor at Saddleback Church had an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old boy, Lagaret said. An investigation identified a second victim who is also 14, he added.

“Both victims indicated they had engaged in inappropriate conduct with the suspect for the past year while he volunteered at the church,” Lagaret said. “There have been several alleged incidents of lewd and inappropriate conduct, several of which have occurred on the church property.”

One of the victims attended Saddleback Church and was part of the junior high ministry program when the suspected lewd acts occurred.

Meulenberg volunteered at the church for about six years and investigators believe there may be additional victims, Lagaret said.

Anyone with information regarding additional victims is asked to call the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s Special

Victim’s Detail at 714-647-7418 or 714-647-7000. Anonymous tips may also be submitted to Orange County Crime

Stoppers at 855-TIP-OCCS (855-847-6227) or at occrimestoppers.org.

Saddleback Church officials could not be reached for comment.