We're taught that if we reduce vulnerabilities, that we will reduce the likelihood of abusers creating victims. But this isn't necessarily true. Abusers take our perception of vulnerabilities to create more opportunities to abuse.

In this episode, we explore what that looks like through the lens of an abuser.

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It's disheartening for advocates and survivors to hear all the horror stories of churches who behave badly when it comes to abuse. It can feel like there are aren't any good, safe churches out there. But there are. And we need to know who and where the safe churches are. How encouraging would it be if they started networking to fight back abuse?

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This week has been a huge week in the news. 12 Catholic survivors of sexual abuse were invited to the Vatican to discuss abuse in the church and Southern Baptist Convention president Dr. J.D. Greear made an announcement to unveil a plan moving forward for the Southern Baptist Churches in how they respond to abuse. We give our analysis in this episode and talk about how much power survivors have in changing the culture.

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The Houston Chronicle released a 3 part series on abuse cover ups in the Southern Baptist Church over a twenty year span. In this episode we talk about those scandals and what we can do to counter the culture of turning a blind eye to known abusers.

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Christine Parker shares what PorchSwing Ministries is all about and they talk the FUNdraiser that Jimmy is doing for PorchSwing on February 15th. If you'd like to sponsor Jimmy's walk in the snow (in sandals, of course!), visit https://www.porchswingministries.org/

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Families of abusers have so many struggles that most people don't even think about. Jimmy and Clara talk about some of the inner turmoil they've experienced in the aftermath of abuse and how speaking up helps the healing process.

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Yesterday Jimmy wrote a blog post called, "Submitting to Church Leaders Isn't As Biblical As You Think." Today's episode talks about that post and why it has resonated with so many people.

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Victims of abuse are often told they're too emotional, too reactive, too bitter, too unforgiving, or have too little faith. But what if they are responding to trauma exactly how we were designed to respond? Many abuse survivors cannot physically walk into a church building because of their past trauma.

In this episode, Jimmy and Clara unpack the reasons why, describe why churches are often terrible hospitals for the injured, and how we can better respond.

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In 2013, Abbie Schaub and classmate Gemma Hoskins, along with friend and advocate Alan Horn, began investigating the unsolved 1969 murder of Sister Cathrine Cesnik. Sister Cathy was Abbie and Gemma's former teacher at Archbishop Keough High School in Baltimore, Maryland. What began as curiosity into the murder of a beloved teacher ended up becoming a years-long investigation that uncovered another unsolved murder and scores of survivors who were sexually abused by principal Father Joseph Maskell from Keough High.

Abbie shares with us what how a simple investigation turned into the Netflix documentary series known as The Keepers.

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In this episode, we reflect back on 2018 and all the abuse scandals that broke. It was the most active year in modern history for the number of abusers who were exposed, removed, or imprisoned. The slow and steady work of survivors, advocates, and their supporters is making a very big difference.

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