Josh has been sentenced to eight years.

He served about six months of that, so seven and a half years.

I believe this was a terrible injustice.

No, no, no. Set the record straight.

He should be in prison for the rest of his life according to the crimes that he committed.

But the reality is that he's being given an extremely merciful sentence.

Josh made a full confession when the detective interviewed him.

Josh confessed to details that are beyond things I remember.

He confessed to details that are things that are worse than what I remember,

specifically in regards to his level of coercion and force.

He would say, like, if you don't do this, then I'm going to go to my other sisters. And so there was

times where I complied simply because I wanted to protect my younger siblings.

Trigger warning. This podcast contains descriptions of various abusive situations.

Listener discretion is advised. My name is Eric Skritsky.

As a former religious fundamentalist, I'm shedding light on the dark side of the church,

from the pulpit to the pews, but I'm not doing it alone.

Each week, I'm sitting down with survivors, advocates, authors, and more to uncover

the inner workings of these abusive religious groups, to give

tactical tips on how to escape, and to find out what we can do to take them down.

You're listening to the Preach Boys podcast. On September 22nd, 2024, Pastor Daniel White

stood behind the pulpit of Fellowship Baptist Church in Michigan and asked the congregation to pray for a member of the church who'd been sentenced to prison. He referred to the sentencing as, quote, a terrible injustice. While White spent a large portion of the service discussing this situation, he made almost no reference to the victims and refused to give any

specific details regarding the case. Today, I'm sitting down with Kayla Palmitir, the victim

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