Walk Softly Children

By Jessica Fritz-AguiarNews True Crime

Walk Softly Children episodes

May 03, 2023 Mark Vincent Parole Hearing Update
BONUS EPISODE: Listen to Jess and Joe discuss Mark Vincent’s parole hearing on April 26, 2023, and hear Jess’s plans for new episodes and new moves to find justice for Doreen and the alums of Milford Christian Academy, including new material being uploaded to Patreon.
37 min
March 22, 2023 S3 EP11 All Things to All Men
At Milford Christian Church, Pastor Jim Loomer likes to portray himself as “All Things to All Men,” as putting aside his own desires, comfort, and pride so that he can bring people to Jesus as envisioned in First Corinthians. In doing so, Jim portrays himself as an average Joe, a man of the people, a happy go lucky man of God. But underneath that mask lies a craven soul marked by a penchant for twisting God’s words to serve his purposes, and using his church as a weapon to harm those who would expose him. Discover Jim’s history as a young Christian new to the pulpit, and follow him as he branches out into the realms of education and politics, where his hypocrisy is on full display. Jim’s sins were so blatant, in fact, that this episode had to be split in two, with the second half – containing a look at how Jim uses the church as not only a sword, but also as a shield to protect those who would hurt children like Doreen Vincent and Emily Martin – coming shortly.
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1 hr 5 min
January 27, 2023 S3EP10 Above Rubies
The children of Milford Christian never had it easy. But after everything else – after isolation from the outside world and the insistence on conformity, after the humiliation, the beatings, the terror – the strict, draconian rules on appearance, relationships and sex took the largest toll. Learn about a different kind of abuse to which they were subjected, and the shame and scars it caused.
1 hr 3 min
January 25, 2023 Special Announcement from Jessica
Surprised by what just popped up in your feed where Sticky Beak should be? Listen to a special announcement from Jessica Fritz Aguiar about a whole new phase to finding Justice for Doreen Vincent and the escapees of Milford Christian. Make sure you subscribe to my Patreon and leave a review wherever you find your podcasts! https://www.patreon.com/stickybeak
4 min
November 23, 2022 S3 EP 9 Paideia
While Connecticut banned corporal punishment in public schools in 1989, it’s alive and well at Milford Christian Academy. Under Pastor Jim Loomer and headmistress Susan Martin – who has her own personalized paddle – the school sought to impose paideia, or nurture from strike or sting, on its students to keep them in line, just like when Mark Vincent paddled Doreen on the day she disappeared. Get the latest update on Mark’s gun charge and learn another secret about Susan that binds her to Doreen’s father. Content warning – this episode contains descriptions of the physical abuse of children.
52 min
October 09, 2022 S3 EP 8 Child Of Destiny
Learn more about not only Susan Martin’s culture of fear and cruelty at Milford Christian Academy, but also the shocking secrets of what makes the woman herself tick. Hear how parents and teachers felt powerless to stand up in the face of Susan’s methods – especially with Pastor Jim Loomer in her corner. Learn a bit about what Mark Vincent has been up to all these years, and how Milford Christian escapees bear the scars of the church they left behind. Discover the first of many disturbing skeletons in Milford Christian’s closet. Trigger warning: this episode features graphic depictions of child abuse and references to suicide.
1 hr 2 min
October 01, 2022 S3 EP 7 You Became Mine
Dividing Milford Christian children from their parents was only the first part of Susan Martin’s plan. Next came a personality that ruled with fear, didn’t take no for an answer, was not afraid to lie to your face with a sweet smile. Come deep into the dark culture of Berean Academy and Church, a place where Jim Loomer felt free to not only allow, but foster, a man like Mark Vincent in his lair. Learn about a culture that - on top of the Wallingford Police Department, the Meriden Wallingford Record Journal, and Teen Challenge - has held up Justice for Doreen Vincent for decades.
48 min
August 22, 2022 S3 EP 6 MATTHEW 18:15 AND MRS. MARTIN’S DOGFIGHT
Continue your journey into the dark heart of Susan Martin, Pastor James Loomer’s right hand woman. Learn how, as Milford Christian Academy’s headmaster and head disciplinarian, Susan used spying, emotional humiliation, and the power of Matthew 18:15 – a Bible verse meant to help Christians lead their brothers away from sin – to weaponize children against each other.
1 hr 1 min
August 15, 2022 S3 EP5 DONKEY SOULS ZIG ZAGS AND MRS MARTINS DREAM
Mark Vincent isn’t the only friend of Pastor James Loomer’s who’s got a questionable past. Get to know Milford Christian Academy’s headmaster and head disciplinarian, Mrs. Susan Martin. Listen to audio from students who survived Berean on how Mrs. Martin cultivated and perpetuated her power over the children with the fear of hell.
37 min
July 27, 2022 S3 EP 4 FATHER FIGURE, FAITH, AND THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT
Learn the history of Milford Christian Church, formerly known as Berean Assembly of God, its Pastor, James Loomer, and their connections to Mark Vincent. Explore the academics offered by Milford Christian Academy, or Berean Academy, as offered by Pastor Loomer and his team of teachers, including his right-hand woman Susan Martin, according to the Principle Approach. Hear the voices of former Berean students and begin to understand how their present might echo Doreen Vincent’s past, in a reflection of what Dateline’s Josh Mankiewicz calls The Ripple Effect of Murder.
52 min

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Attorney Jessica Fritz-Aguiar continues the investigation of the Doreen Vincent case featured on Season 2 of the podcast Faded Out. Fritz-Aguiar was the lead investigator on that podcast, and has…