Truth and Consequences

If you have watched the Netflix documentary series The Keepers you will recognize our three guests today: Gemma Hoskins, Abbie Schaub, and Teresa Lancaster. Each of these brave, determined, morally upstanding women played a vital role in uncovering the horrific crimes and coverups at the heart of the documentary. If you haven’t seen The Keepers, the episode intro will fill you in. And our guests will inspire you with their strength and unending fight for justice. 

Show Notes

Read updates from The Keepers story on the Facebook group “The Keepers Official Group - Justice for Catherine Cesnik and Joyce Malecki”.

Learn about the legislative strategy to reform Maryland’s statute of limitation laws and sign up for news notifications. (It will be updated soon as they prep for the 2023 legislative term.)   

Consider contributing to The Sister Cathy Cesnik Fund for Survivors, Inc.

Read Gemma Hoskins’ memoir, Keeping On: How I Came to Know Why I Was Born

Read Teresa Lancaster’s memoir, Safe in Socks 

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Sarah Klein is an attorney for the California law firm Manly, Stewart and Finaldi and a leading voice on sexual abuse and other legal issues in the media. She is also the first known victim of former Olympic Women’s Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. Sarah was an elite gymnast who trained from the age of 8 under Coach John Geddert, the head coach for the 2012 U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics team whose gym she describes as highly abusive, cult-like, and even worse than the sexual abuse she suffered by Nassar. We talk about all of this plus updates on the Larry Nassar fallout and the brave gymnasts who have fought to hold him and the other institutions involved accountable. 

Show Notes

Check out Sarah’s website and her podcast Bar Fights
Follow Sarah Klein on social media: Twitter Instagram Facebook 

Read Sarah’s Op-ed in the Guardian

Sarah works at Manly Stewart & Finaldi 

Sarah is on the board of ChildUSAdvocacy

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Stephen Mills is the author of CHOSEN: A Memoir of Stolen Boyhood published by Henry Holt & Company. In this first of many interviews I will be co-hosting with my friend, attorney, and advocate Kathryn Robb, we three survivors of child sexual abuse share a moving discussion about the emotional impact of abuse, challenges specific to male survivors, how predators operate, parents who missed the signs, correcting misconceptions, the lawsuit Stephen filed, and so much more.

Read my blog piece about CHOSEN here. 

Enter to win a hardcover copy of CHOSEN at Truth & Consequences Instagram
Stephen Mills’ website
CHILD USA
Child USAdvocacy
1in6
Darkness to Light
Male Survivor
Link to CHILD USA’s “Gold Standard” 

About CHOSEN: 

At thirteen years old, Stephen Mills is chosen for special attention by the director of his Jewish summer camp, a charismatic social worker intent on becoming his friend. Stephen, whose father died when he was four, places his trust in this authority figure, who first grooms and then molests him for two years. Stephen tells no one, but the aftershocks rip through his adult life, as intense as his denial: self-loathing, drug abuse, petty crime, and horrific nightmares, all made worse by the discovery that his abuser is moving from camp to camp, state to state, molesting other boys. Only physical and mental collapse brings Stephen to confront the truth of his boyhood and begin the painful process of recovery--as well as a decades-long crusade to stop a serial predator, find justice, and hold to account those who failed the children in their care. 

The trauma of sexual abuse is shared by one out of every six men, yet very few have broken their silence. Unflinching and compulsively readable, CHOSEN eloquently speaks for those countless others and their families. It is a rare act of consummate courage and generosity--the indelible story of a man who faces his torment and his tormentor and, in the process, is made whole. 

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Donna Palomba is a nationally-recognized speaker, author, and advocate for survivors of sexual crimes whose story was recently featured in a special 2-hour episode of Dateline. Following a harrowing home invasion and assault in 1993, Donna faced further victimization when the police department mishandled her case, after which she set about to change to both police policy and Connecticut state law. Donna went on to form the national non-profit organization, Jane Doe No More in 2007. She now empowers people to fight back against injustice. Read my blog post about Donna Palomba. 

The Jane Doe No More  website and private Facebook support group

The 2-hour special Dateline episode 

The Dateline podcast episode

New York Times article detailing Donna's case 

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Chandra Moyer was 37 years old when her high-functioning life was disrupted by frightening flashbacks. Chandra set out to piece together the fragments of her emerging memories and, when she put two and two together, it added up to child sexual abuse. 

Chandra’s story helps illuminate the intense and bewildering experience of being overwhelmed by flashbacks and how to make sense of the information they can bring. We also discuss family estrangement, Chandra’s contribution to the fight against child sex trafficking, the comfort she gained from her religious faith, and the fiction book she wrote based on her own experiences. 

Show Notes
Read my blog post about Chandra Moyer
Chandra Moyer website

Chandra’s book, based on the experiences she describes is I Met Her Before. 

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Kevin Hines tells the story of his attempted suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge at age 19, his traumatic infancy, and his struggles with mental illness. We talk about suicidal ideation, suicide prevention, and the rewards and challenges of advocacy work in this emotional and poignant conversation. 

Countries & regions outside the U.S, find a crisis center in your area at the International Association for Suicide Prevention website

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

https://www.samaritans.org/

https://www.befrienders.org/

Fact sheets from the National Institute of Mental Health https://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-news/2019/suicide-how-you-can-make-a-difference.shtml

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/suicide-faq/index.shtml

Treatment Services Locator https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/

http://www.kevinhinesstory.com/

Kevin’s documentary https://www.kevinhinesstory.com/suicide-the-ripple-effect 

Golden Gate Bridge Suicide Deterrent Net Project Update https://www.goldengate.org/golden-gate-bridge-suicide-deterrent-net-project-update/

The Avielle Initiative https://www.cuanschutz.edu/centers/national-mental-health-innovation/the-avielle-initiative/projects 

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Maddie Morris is a contemporary folk musician who won the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2019 and has been described as "leading the next generation of socially conscious songwriters." Maddie’s music uses personal storytelling to embody political ideas, and their music tackles issues ranging from LGBTQIA identities to poverty, sexual violence, and voting to name a few. Maddie's first EP, Purgatory was described as being the “manifesto for survivors of abuse forced to self-isolate in the COVID-19 Pandemic”. 

Maddie Morris wrote our beautiful theme song which you can hear in full at the end of each episode.

Watch Maddie perform their award-winning song Where Do We Go From Here.

Read my blog post about Maddie here.

Learn more about Maddie on their website.

The book Maddie references is Scars by Cheryl Rainfield.

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Ryan Soscia is the Founder & CEO of JDoe, a reporting app for survivors of sexual assault that identifies repeat offenders. Ryan explains the app's intriguing origin story in which a group of his friends identified a mutual abuser and the stunning events that followed.  Ryan's firsthand experience inspired him to create the app as a way to reduce sexual violence by solving the problem of underreported repeat offenders. Learn how the app work, then help increase its effectiveness simply by spreading the word. 

Show Notes
Download the app and learn more on the JDoe website. 

Read about Ryan and JDoe in The Day

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Jen Elizabeth speaks openly about her addiction recovery and the trauma she lived through. We talk about the fact that trauma frequently underlies addiction and discuss the emotional work required to stop using, develop new coping mechanisms, and begin to heal from trauma.

Jen was raised in a cult where she was sexually abused by her pastor and neglected by her parents. She became addicted to alcohol and drugs at a young age, ended up homeless, and in and out of prison. Today Jen is a respected speaker, a mom of two young children, and the author of the book Shape of a Woman. She is the creator of Ressurektion of me and leads the Sober Moms recovery group. Jen is an outspoken survivor with a passion for helping others.

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It's me, Miranda, on the first episode since I filed a sexual assault lawsuit. I talk about what's happened in my life since. I also discuss statutes of limitations for child sexual abuse, the NY Child Victims Act, my first tattoo, and more. 

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