Defender of the Weak

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Reports of sexual abuse are now commonplace in the media and those claims originate in diverse places, from Hollywood to the sacred confines of the neighborhood church.Our compassionate crew welcomes Thomas Crumplar. He’s a soft-spoken OPC elder who turns tenacious attorney when defending victims of sexual abuse. Tom has prosecuted and won cases against powerful individuals and institutions, including the Roman Catholic diocese of Wilmington, DE.Crumplar covers the ground of what constitutes sexual abuse and the first steps leaders must take when they receive a report of sexual abuse. He describes the common victim stereotype, feelings of guilt, the legal process, and much more. There is hope to be found amid the suffering and loss.Show NotesThe profession of Thomas CrumplarHistory of Sexual Abuse LitigationDu Pont CaseBy Tom’s recommendation, we are giving away copies of On the Threshold of Hope by Diane Langberg a gift of Tyndale House Publisher. Sign up and you might win one!

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, the casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman, Todd Pruitt, and Amy Bird.
0:25.5	Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:30.6	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:36.9	Music Well, welcome to Mordification of Spin.
0:45.0	My name's Kyle Truman.
0:46.3	I'm here with my regular co-hosts, Todd Pruitt and Amy Bird.
0:50.3	And today we have a very special guest, Tom Crumpler.
0:55.0	Tom is an attorney who's been in private practice for over four decades,
0:59.5	representing people who have been injured and harmed by large institutions.
1:04.4	He's also an elder at Emmanuel Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, Delaware,
1:08.7	which is where I first got to know him.
1:11.0	He's a husband of 44 years, father of two, with one grandchild, and an avid reader of history.
1:16.9	Indeed, his historical reading tastes are rather excellent because I believe he's currently reading one of my books.
1:22.4	Oh, no.
1:23.6	And he listens to Modification Spin because he needs to do something when he's walking his two Welsh corgis, George and Arthur.
1:32.7	The reason why we got Tom on today, though, is his professional interest in prosecuting child sex abuse.
1:42.9	Tom has not only taken on the mighty DuPont family in Delaware. He also has the
1:49.3	largest verdict in US history against a church for childhood sex abuse. That was a verdict against
1:56.3	the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, and he's represented over a hundred of victims
2:02.1	in suits against churches, schools, and powerful individuals. Great to have you on the program, Tom.
2:10.8	Thank you. I'm glad to be here. First question. How did you get interested in becoming,
2:19.7	obviously, you may say a defender of the week,
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