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Preacher Boys Podcast

226: The SBC Had a Secret Abuser Database

Preacher Boys Podcast

Eric Skwarczynski

Documentary, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, True Crime, Christianity

4.6701 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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0:00.0

Trigger warning. This podcast contains descriptions of various abusive situations. Listener discretion is advised.

0:09.4

You are listening to the Preacher Boys podcast, a podcast shedding light on decades of mental, physical, and sexual abuse within the independent fundamental Baptist movement.

0:20.4

The testimonies shared on this podcast are told from the personal experience and perspective

0:25.2

of the survivors. Not all legal outcomes are known or final. Any suspect is presumed innocent

0:31.9

until proven guilty in the court of law. Now, here is your host, Eric Squarsinski.

0:39.8

An investigative report commissioned by the Southern Baptist Convention says top

0:43.5

leaders of the church group mishandled sexual abuse allegations for years.

0:48.0

Welcome back to today's episode of the Preacher Voice podcast. I am joined today by Dominic

0:52.1

and Megan Beninger. They last came on the show about nine

0:55.1

months ago, and in the show, they talked about the abuser database they were creating for the

0:59.7

Southern Baptist Convention called baptistaccountability.org. At the time of our conversation,

1:05.7

they said they were creating it because, quote, no one else was doing it. Well, in recent days,

1:10.3

we realized that not only was

1:11.9

the Southern Baptist Church creating a list of abusers within their denomination, they were keeping

1:17.7

it a complete secret in order to protect their churches. A 204-page report was released that

1:24.7

included the names of several people that had been documented by the SBC,

1:29.4

but kept private. We're going to talk about this revelation, all of the news reports that have

1:34.1

been coming out, and where Dom and Megan hope things go next, as well as how you can support

1:39.2

their mission over at baptistaccountability.org. The last episode is one of the most downloaded episodes of the

1:45.5

Preacher Boys podcast to date. And I think through our conversation, you'll understand why.

1:50.0

They're incredible people with an incredible mission. Let's get in today's conversation with

1:54.5

Dom and Megan Beninger. We first talked nine months ago, and you said that you started your abuser database because nobody

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