Can't Trespass the Garden: Abuse in the OPC, Part 4
Sons of Patriarchy
Peter Bell & Sarah Bader
4.2 • 649 Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2025
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Both stories are coming on anonymously. The first is a couple who attended a CREC in the Southeast, and the second is a woman who grew up at Harvest OPC, near Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The first story is about spiritual abuse and gaslighting, the second story is the outworking of Nancy Wilson's disgusting quip, "of course a husband is never trespassing his own garden" in this woman's life.
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| 0:30.5 | Welcome to Sons of Patriarchy. Before we dive into today's episode, we want to take a moment to provide a content warning. |
| 0:39.0 | In this episode, we'll be take a moment to provide a content warning. In this episode, |
| 0:44.4 | we'll be discussing sensitive topics, including emotional, spiritual, and sexual abuse. |
| 0:50.1 | We understand that these subjects can be triggering from many listeners. If you find yourself feeling uncomfortable or need to take a break, please feel free to pause or skip to a later |
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| 1:02.8 | There are resources available to help you through difficult times, and those can be found in |
| 1:07.3 | our show notes and intake forms of private support communities which are screened. |
| 1:12.8 | Thank you for being here with us today. |
| 1:15.6 | Welcome to Can't Trespass the Garden, Abuse in the OPC, Part 4. |
| 1:23.6 | In this week's episode, you'll hear from an anonymous couple who formerly attended a CREC |
| 1:30.0 | voiced by Helen Shores Peters, and an anonymous woman who attended Harvest OPC in Michigan. |
| 1:38.0 | The first is a story of gaslighting by the CREC, the other of marital rape, and how Harvest OPC expected the woman's mother |
| 1:46.7 | to suffer like Christ in her marriage. The first story is shorter, less than 10 minutes long, |
| 1:54.9 | but I imagine many will relate to it. It was a one-man show in whatever the pastor said, |
| 2:03.9 | ghosts. But as a couple dug deeper, |
| 2:10.4 | they were confronted with the rot. They had to prove themselves to the pastor, and I bet you know how that went. The second, like Stephanie Ternayovsky's a few weeks ago, I have left with |
| 2:16.5 | very little editing. |
| 2:19.0 | This, again, is not for the faint of heart. |
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