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Doc. Now, here is your host, Eric Squarsinski.

Hey, everybody, welcome back to the Preacher Boys podcast. It has been a very busy week here on the show because there have been several stories that have broken here in the past seven days. I have been getting several messages from people sharing different stories with me, some who have been sharing some very harsh critiques of what I'm doing on the show, as you've seen

in the last episode, last video that I did on this. But one of the stories that dropped this

week was that another church member from Faith Baptist Church in Wildermar, California, which is

no stranger to this show, was arrested for attempting to solicit sex from a minor. His name is

Albert Henry Abbott, and he was taken into custody by Temecula police two days ago, as of the

day of this recording, for attempting to solicit sexual minor. He posted bail, and it's unclear whether

Abbott was a volunteer or held any leadership positions in the church.

But the question that should be on your mind is, why has Faith Baptist Church in Wildmar, a relatively small church in Southern California, been the home of so many sexual predators within a short period of time?

My answer is that Pastor Bruce Goddard and the church itself

have consistently broadcasted a message loud and clear that victims do not matter. The treatment

of survivors by the church has been disgusting and unfair, and their written policies actively

work against both victims and law enforcement. When you repeatedly express both

through word and actions that victims are not important to you, that they'll not be heard,

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