After reading the description of the content Josh Duggar was viewing and the letter Anna Duggar wrote to the court requesting a lenient sentence so Josh could be “reunited with their family,” I feel comfortable saying she should lose custody of all of her children immediately.
This story is pretty weird.
If Chandler’s conversation was not sexual or romantic, what was inappropriate? Was this literally just a female friend?
Why was their a third party investigation?
Details are so vague that none of this makes sense currently.
This statement is inaccurate.
I had 3-4 missed messages - the previews were apologies for her “haters coming after me.”
When I opened the message, she had unsent those and instead called me a mysoginist.
I responded politely. She sent a few more messages then blocked me.
I will not post much more regarding this situation, but felt the need to respond to this direct allegation and make it known that I did not avoid her messages to me as she claimed.
Last night, I sat down to watch
@ParisHilton
’s powerful documentary,
#ThisIsParis
.
My takeaway? It’s a must-watch.
I’m so thankful for Paris using her platform to speak out against the corrupt Troubled Teen Industry. ✊🏻
@godlywomanhood
Wow wow wow. I feel deeply concerned for any woman who looks to you for advice.
This is so far from moral that I don’t even know where to start.
🚨 If you’re bent out of shape about the guests on the
@RFPodcast3
but...
have a framed photograph of Jack Hyles in your church
and/or
have your Bible signed by a sex-offender
and/or
have your Bible signed by one who covered up for a sex-offender- please have a seat🪑.
🤡
If my calling out sexual, emotional, and physical abuse feels like an attack on your religion or church, well, that speaks volumes about your religion or church.
On Monday, I received a message from an account claiming to be an abuse victim.
I asked for more details, and they changed their story to say that it was about someone else who had been abused, and said if I ran the story they would stop their followers from “targeting me.”
@rachelpeach15
It’s never about sex, it’s always about power.
A man who is 30+ years old and in a position of spiritual authority has all the power.
It literally can’t be consensual.
TRIGGER WARNING: Her husband was watching infants hung from the ceiling burned with wax.
Seven year olds being raped in dog cages.
A seven year old covered in blood with a knife held to her vagina.
If she’d let that man back by her kids, she doesn’t deserve kids.
Period.
sometimes you don’t realize how weird growing up in fundamentalism was until you casually tell someone a story about your childhood and they just look at you like… 😳😳😳
Pastor Bobby Leonard's disgusting comments are the rotten fruit of a corrupt religious system that has degraded, abused, and victim-blamed women for years.
As a rule of thumb, I try to avoid partnership or close relationship with advocates who are more focused on getting the “scoop” for themselves versus raising awareness and freely sharing information to help do so, regardless of who gets credit.
ADDITIONAL INFO: I spoke to the actual victim this alleged “Katie” wanted me to expose and she confirmed that Katie Joy Paulson is the only person outside her family who has access to the private images that were sent to me.
Excited to finally get my hands on a copy of
@DrJessTaylor
’s new book, Why Women Are Blamed For Everything.
I have appreciated her voice for for female survivors and cannot wait to begin reflecting on the countless hours of research, time, and effort poured onto each page!
My jaw DROPPED when
@DrPhilKidd
was on
@RFPodcast3
and specifically slammed the Independent Fundamental Baptist Movement over their constant cover-up of sexual abuse.
If you slandered the Ravi Zacharias accusers and ignored the mountains of solid proof that he lied about literally all of his credentials, you don’t get to act like a hero by sharing the RZIM statement now.
Good first step, but don’t pretend you were on the right side of this.
“Stop disrespecting the men of God.”
I will when they stop raping the children of God.
And, Allen, when you exclusively invited abuse enablers to speak at your “Old Paths Conference” your words hold little weight.
Take a seat.
“Ideas matter. Ideas that depict women as less than men influence men to treat women as less than men. Ideas that objectify women result in women being treated like objects (sex objects, mostly).” – Beth Allison Barr, PhD
43 IFB names were included on the 205 page list of Baptist abusers that was kept secret by the SBC.
After two years of advocacy work against IFB abuse, I wasn’t aware of about 35 of those individuals.
The SBC knew, and kept it hidden.
An 18 year old woman from North Platte Baptist Church alleges that Pastor Bill Reeves
- refused to pay her for her work at his daycare from September 20th to December 17th
- confiscated her phone and laptop
- placed a tracking device on her car
Jack Hyles was the biggest name in fundamentalism. He boasted well over 20,000 members at First Baptist Church in Hammond, IN.
To this day, he is revered by many IFB pastors.
When you see his behavior both in and out of the pulpit, you have to ask... why?
The videos have since been deleted by her and she has blocked me.
I’m reporting the conversation and - it goes without saying, I’ll never be blackmailed and will DEFINITELY never share a victims story without direct, express permission from them.
One final piece to add to my statement about this entire situation:
In regards to the rumor that I potentially “abused my sister.”
I don’t have a sister.
It’s not that every IFB church harbors predators. It’s that the institution is so broken that predators are able to roam freely between churches, knowing they will likely avoid accountability. -
@hemantmehta
If you’re telling a victim’s story to help boost your own celebrity, you’re doing it wrong.
And if you’re sitting on a story of abuse for an opportune moment, you’re doing it EXTREMELY wrong.
Michelle Duggar, Anna Duggar, and Pastor David Waller are 3 of 10 individuals who filed letters with the court pleading for a lenient sentence for Josh Duggar.
I am a public figure… but…
🚨 That does not entitle you to a private conversation. 🚨
Drop me a disrespectful, entitled, or rude DM and I’m not going to speak to you. 👍🏻
Paul Fox, former bus director at FBC in Wildomar has plead guilty to two counts of sexual abuse involving a minor.
Kathy Durbin via FB: “He plead guilty! He received a deal from the judge: 2 years for each of the 2 charges… He was then taken into custody. It is finished!”
I’d type a long response to this, but all my fingers are broken. 🤕
Please note, this is not from a teen, but from what appears to be a 40-50 year old man. 🫢😬😂
For the time being, I will not be responding to new emails or private messages on either my personal account or my public pages unless an introduction is made to you by someone I personally know.
This may affect the release schedule + format of episodes over the next few weeks.
When sending hate messages to the podcast, please don’t address me as “morons” - it’s just one singular moron behind the podcast, there’s no team.
Get your facts straight.
(This tweet is based on true events.)
Here’s a genuine answer, I was a missionary and IFB churches dropped missions giving to us because we didn’t wear ties to village churches in India with 92% humidity and had beards.
Non-IFB churches were the reason we were able to still pay rent after the IFB churches dropped.
Doing this podcast has been incredibly healing.
However, it’s also been incredibly damaging.
The weight of the stories I’ve published is heavy enough.
If only people knew the stories I’ve heard that can’t yet be shared.
I think it would behoove us to be charitable toward men in relation to specific decisions, and our opinion of them. It is rather difficult to know the details, almost impossible to know the timing, and absolutely impossible to know the motive. Obviously, I'm not for covering
@SBrudnak
@BrianBode9
@UnwiseApe
@DeaconRanger
@IFBSermons
@theEricSki
My faith has never struggled like it has this year. And it hasn’t been because of “the world” or “Hollywood” or the “liberals” - it’s been the behavior of the church.
The church has so blurred who Jesus is that it can be easy to lose sight of him.
@EllieRod8
@PreacherBoyENT
Interesting - is this from today? Because Friday I was told by Katie that she wouldn’t be talking about me anymore.
I haven’t been posting anything new regarding her since June 22 and won’t be. I’m not the one interested in dragging this out.
Regardless of whose conduct you are critiquing, NEVER post pictures of their underage children. They should be off limits.
They have no control over their situation and no voice to speak for themselves.
I know it’s scary to come forward about pastoral abuse.
But just remember, his power is limited to the four walls of his church.
In the courtroom, truth holds the power.
Don’t forget to periodically take breaks from podcasts, books and Facebook groups that deal with this subject of abuse.
Even this one.
Mental health breaks are essential.
On nearly every single episode of the podcast, I ask my guest - “Do you believe the IFB can be reformed.” Their answer typically - and I mostly share this answer - is “no.” One of the few IFB preachers who gives me hope that change could happen is
@staceyshiflett
.
Still can’t get over how amazing it was to gather with survivors at the First Baptist Church of Hammond, IN for a peaceful protest.
I met so many beautiful, brave people who are addressing this issue head on.
#churchtoo
#letusprey
#preacherboys
@SBrudnak
@BrianBode9
@UnwiseApe
@DeaconRanger
@IFBSermons
@theEricSki
It will never stop being amazing to me that pastors will hoot and holler about churches compromising on Bible translations, compromising on dress, compromising on music, but shrug when some of the biggest leaders in their movement are compromising the safety of children.
Just because something didn’t happen to you doesn’t mean it didn’t happen to someone else.
Don’t invalidate other’s negative experiences just by referencing your own positive ones.
"I once received demerits in Bible college for going soul winning on the wrong day. What is the most ridiculous thing you received demerits for while attending Christian school/Bible college?"
When I dug deeper into who they were, they said it was the person who I “humiliated without contacting first.”
The account confirmed it was Katie Joy Paulson, who runs the account and YouTube Channel, Without a Crystal Ball.
If you’d have told me that when I started this podcast, a fringe IFB pastor would slap my picture next to an Alex Jone rant to make a point that I’m an effeminate, trendy, pastel-wearing, cult leader...
I mean... I never would have expected that.
Pastors on Twitter are in another no-holds-barred debate about Bible translations.
Meanwhile people across their denomination are being raped, molested, and then silenced by fellow pastors.
Where are the priorities?
Young men, let the Jerry Falwell situation be a lesson to you.
Don’t abuse your ministry position, sail around on a private yacht and live out your wild sexual fantasies.
You will lose everything.
Except 10.5 million dollars in severance.
Josh Duggar has been sentenced to 151 months in prison, which is between 12 and 13 years.
He will either go to Seagoville, Texas to serve his sentence, or to a prison in Texarkana, Arkansas, according to The Sun's court reporter at the sentencing.
.
@JohnWilkerson2
, now is your chance to break the decades-long cycle of protecting abusers at First Baptist Church of Hammond and Hyles-Anderson College.
I hear people say you’re different than previous leaders, but your silence regarding Joy Ryder’s assault is deafening.
Being independent when it comes to the vision and practical function of your local church is fine.
Being independent when it comes to determining your stance on secondary theological issues is fine.
Being independent of accountability is a dangerous place to be.
As many know, I had joined a livestream with Katie randomly a few weeks back, which ended badly and she went on to do three livestreams accusing me of being a mysoginist, implying I abused my family, and that I was a cult member.
Regardless of the position you are fighting for, stopping and attacking your opposition’s people’s family members is never okay.
Much love to
@RFPodcast3
. 🖤
Recidivism rates among sexual predators are extremely high, and they are experts and manipulation and deceit.
Pastors, don’t extend positions of power or influence to those who have preyed on others in the past. It’s not worth the risk.