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BONUS EPISODE PREVIEW: Leaving "The Family" w/Perry Bulwer

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Religion & Spirituality

4.8566 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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This is just a preview of our Patreon exclusive bonus episode. You can listen to the full episode by becoming a member at: www.patreon.com/indoctrination Returning guest, Perry Bulwer was Born in Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada, where he joined the Children of God after dropping out of high school at age 16. He then spent the next two decades living in Children Of God communes across the world. In 1991, at the age of 36, he was finally able to escape the cult. Perry now advocates for second-generation cult survivors, and continues to shed light on the Children of God, a/k/a "The Family". He is the author of the new memoir "Misguided: My Jesus Freak Life In a Doomsday Cult", A unique first-hand account of a life spent in the Children of God, the millenarian doomsday cult under the sway of the charismatic leader, David Berg. In this important follow-up conversation, Perry details his long and difficult healing journey after leaving the group explaining the arduous process of obtaining quality mental health care. Perry goes on to explain how his advocacy for second-generation members became a part of his own healing process. Follow Perry on Facebook: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094395042799 You can find out more about Perry and his work here: https://perry-bulwer.blogspot.com/ Check out Perry's blog on Religious based child abuse here: https://religiouschildabuse.blogspot.com/p/books-about-children-of-god-aka-family.html Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0

Thanks for tuning in to our bonus episode preview.

0:10.2

This is just a short sample of this week's exclusive Patreon episode.

0:15.4

You can hear the episode in its entirety by becoming a member at patreon.com slash indoctrination, where you'll gain

0:24.4

access to all of our exclusive episodes and merchandise.

0:32.2

It is so very, very nice to have Perry Bullwer back with us on the show.

0:43.2

It is so powerful when someone starts to tell their story.

0:48.3

And we realize even after however long we were talking,

0:51.1

there's still so much more to talk about.

0:53.5

And I like being able to

0:55.3

give people an additional forum for that. And I know this will be a bonus episode as a thank you

1:02.8

to our supporters and subscribers. It's really our gift to you for helping to keep the show on air.

1:10.0

And so there's something in particular that I

1:13.6

asked Perry if we could start with talking about before he goes into the things that he wanted

1:20.3

to be able to mention today. But I wanted just to formally welcome you back. And if you could

1:25.1

take a few moments to either introduce yourself or reintroduce

1:28.7

yourself to people who heard your episode go for it yeah thanks for this chance to follow up on the

1:34.0

previous interview uh my name's peri bulwer um i live in canada on the west coast i'm a survivor of

1:41.2

the children of god cult also known as the family.

1:51.9

Recently had my memoir published about that, and this interview is part of telling my story,

1:58.1

and beyond my story, the story of thousands of people who were born into the group,

2:02.2

known as the second generation, and there's a third generation as well who suffered a wide variety of child abuse and other trauma as well in the group and so I'm trying

2:10.0

in telling my story highlight their stories as well.

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