Bullied by the Youth Pastor | Life Inside Fairhaven Baptist Church

Preacher Boys Podcast

Eric Skwarczynski

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4.5 • 737 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Your host, Eric Skwarczynski, sits down with Michael McNeilly, whose parents were on staff at Fairhaven Baptist Church and the associated Christian school in Chesterton, IN. The harsh disciplinary measures used by the school, at one point, were covered on CNN – and many former students have come forward to speak out about the emotional manipulation and other harmful tactics used by the Fairhaven ministries. Sources for Clips Used: 1:19 – CNN - Ungodly Discipline https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2011/09/23/tuchman-ungodly-discipline-part-3.cnn (https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2011/09/23/tuchman-ungodly-discipline-part-3.cnn) 16:26 – CNN - Ungodly Discipline https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2011/09/23/tuchman-ungodly-discipline-part-3.cnn (https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2011/09/23/tuchman-ungodly-discipline-part-3.cnn) 19:56 – https://twitter.com/i/status/1221424695901327361 (https://twitter.com/i/status/1221424695901327361) 20:40 – https://twitter.com/i/status/1223085223136632832 (https://twitter.com/i/status/1223085223136632832) 32:48 – Keith Gomez Find more about Stop Pastoral Abuse: Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/stoppingpastoralabuse (https://www.facebook.com/pg/stoppingpastoralabuse) Original YouTube Interview: https://youtu.be/LG_RPOuK4Jc (https://youtu.be/LG_RPOuK4Jc) Find more stories regarding the IFB movement by visiting: https://open.acast.com/shows/5e123e2b355ab8560d61f99c/episodes/preacherboysdoc.com (preacherboysdoc.com) https://www.facebook.com/preacherboysdoc/ (https://www.facebook.com/preacherboysdoc/) https://twitter.com/preacherboysdoc (https://twitter.com/preacherboysdoc) https://www.instagram.com/preacherboysdoc/ (https://www.instagram.com/preacherboysdoc/) To connect with a community who share the Preacher Boys Podcast mission to expose abuse in the IFB, join the OFFICIAL Preacher Boys Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1403898676438188/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1403898676438188/) Support the Show: https://www.patreon.com/preacherboys (https://www.patreon.com/preacherboys) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0	Trigger warning. This podcast contains descriptions of various abusive situations. Listener discretion is
0:07.3	advised. You are listening to the Preacher Boys podcast, a podcast shedding light on decades of
0:13.9	mental, physical, and sexual abuse within the independent fundamental Baptist movement.
0:19.5	The testimony shared on this podcast are told from
0:22.4	the personal experience and perspective of the survivors. Not all legal outcomes are known or final.
0:28.9	Any suspect is presumed innocent until proven guilty in the court of law. To find more information
0:34.4	about the Preacher Boys podcast and upcoming documentary, visit
0:38.4	Preacherboysdoc.com or connect on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter with the handle at Preacher Boys
0:45.7	Doc. Now, here is your host, Eric Squarsinski.
0:50.8	All right, Michael, thank you so much for joining me on the Preacher Boys podcast.
0:58.5	For our audience, could you just personally introduce yourself and let us know how you first got introduced to the Independent Fundamental Baptist Movement?
1:01.9	Hi, Ari.
1:02.3	Thank you for having me on.
1:03.7	So I was born into the Independent Fundament of Mount Baptist Movement.
1:07.4	My father went into Bob Jones University, and the person who was started a church
1:14.6	called Fairhaven Baptist Church in Chesterton, Indiana. His name was Roger Voglin.
1:20.2	Roger Vogelin is a powerful man, extremely influential and fundamentalist Baptist circles.
1:26.4	We believe the Bible is the Word of God.
1:31.6	His Indiana Church is called Fairhaven Baptist. And on the well-manacured grounds, there is also the
1:37.6	Fairhaven Baptist Academy for Children and Fairhaven College. Pastor Voickland has led thousands of
1:43.9	children in their families for four
1:45.7	decades. And Roger Voglin was a few years ahead of my father, but got a lot of his staff from Bob Jones
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