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Jennifer Lyell is dead. But the battle over her story is not.
In this second episode of The Silenced Truth, host Carolyn McCulley traces the devastating arc of Jennifer’s life—from a vulnerable childhood in southern Illinois to rising as one of the highest-ranking female executives in the Southern Baptist Convention—and the price she paid for telling the truth about sexual abuse inside the denomination she once loved.
This episode examines how disclosing sexual abuse can actually be more harmful than the physical violation itself. Jennifer's story follows the six most explosive years of the reckoning within the Southern Baptist Convention and includes interviews with Rachael Denhollander and Dr. Albert Mohler.
Our executive producer is Rachael Berglund.
FOR FURTHER CONTEXT
The Wrath of God Poured Out — The Humiliation of the Southern Baptist Convention
Al Mohler says he was wrong about C.J. Mahaney
Statement from R. Albert Mohler Jr. on Sovereign Grace Churches
ERLC panel on sexual abuse at the SBC19 convention in Birmingham
Ex-SBTS prof. accused of 'grooming' former student in decade-long abusive relationship
The web archive of Jennifer Lyell’s public statements website
A statement from Baptist Press
By What Standard trailer
Motion to Investigate the SBC Executive Committee: Full Text
Southern Baptists’ #MeToo Moment
https://x.com/megbasham/status/1998922448184782854
https://heidelblog.net/2020/01/the-smear-was-intentional
Hunt v. Southern Baptist Convention et al summary judgment
Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force Updates
The Silenced Truth is a project of the Safe to Speak Initiative and is a production of Citygate Communications. It is fiscally sponsored by the Southern Documentary Fund.
By Carolyn McCulley | Citygate CommunicationsJennifer Lyell is dead. But the battle over her story is not.
In this second episode of The Silenced Truth, host Carolyn McCulley traces the devastating arc of Jennifer’s life—from a vulnerable childhood in southern Illinois to rising as one of the highest-ranking female executives in the Southern Baptist Convention—and the price she paid for telling the truth about sexual abuse inside the denomination she once loved.
This episode examines how disclosing sexual abuse can actually be more harmful than the physical violation itself. Jennifer's story follows the six most explosive years of the reckoning within the Southern Baptist Convention and includes interviews with Rachael Denhollander and Dr. Albert Mohler.
Our executive producer is Rachael Berglund.
FOR FURTHER CONTEXT
The Wrath of God Poured Out — The Humiliation of the Southern Baptist Convention
Al Mohler says he was wrong about C.J. Mahaney
Statement from R. Albert Mohler Jr. on Sovereign Grace Churches
ERLC panel on sexual abuse at the SBC19 convention in Birmingham
Ex-SBTS prof. accused of 'grooming' former student in decade-long abusive relationship
The web archive of Jennifer Lyell’s public statements website
A statement from Baptist Press
By What Standard trailer
Motion to Investigate the SBC Executive Committee: Full Text
Southern Baptists’ #MeToo Moment
https://x.com/megbasham/status/1998922448184782854
https://heidelblog.net/2020/01/the-smear-was-intentional
Hunt v. Southern Baptist Convention et al summary judgment
Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force Updates
The Silenced Truth is a project of the Safe to Speak Initiative and is a production of Citygate Communications. It is fiscally sponsored by the Southern Documentary Fund.