Exposing Bad Baptist Preachers with Jeri Massi

Preacher Boys Podcast

Eric Skwarczynski

Documentary, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, True Crime, Christianity

4.6 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2020

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Over the course of 30 years, Jeri Massi has produced novels that have entertained and inspired young people. She also turned her skills to demanding protection for victims of abuse, producing a blog, books, and several audio documentaries on issues of abuse that Christians must confront.

On this episode of the podcast, your host, Eric Skwarczynski, sits down to talk to Jeri about her tireless battle against abuse within the Independent Fundamental Baptist Movement.

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0:00.0	Trigger Warning. This podcast contains descriptions of various abusive situations. Listener discretion is advised.
0:08.7	You are listening to the Preacher Boys podcast, a podcast shedding light on decades of 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.
0:33.2	To find more information about the Preacher Boys podcast and upcoming documentary visit preacherboys doc.com
0:40.5	or connect on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter with the handle at Preacher Boys Doc. Now, here's
0:47.7	your host, Eric Squarsensky. All right, Jerry, thank you so much for joining me on the Preacher
0:52.5	Boys podcast. Can you just introduce yourself and give a little bit of context about who you are and how you got started in the IFB movement?
1:00.2	Okay, and thank you for having me, Eric. I appreciate it.
1:03.5	My name is Jerry Massey, and in 2001, I became very concerned about documenting clergy sexual abuse of children in Christian
1:15.6	fundamentalism. I felt it was, I believe it was my calling, and I followed it out until about
1:22.6	2014 when my health collapsed and I could no longer do it. But still, I kind of keep my hand in,
1:29.8	keep my ear to the ground. I've written a couple books. I produced a podcast for several years,
1:35.3	two podcasts, in fact, and did a couple audio online documentaries.
1:41.8	Right. Yeah, no, I found you pretty early on. And I'm, I'm pretty sure for people that
1:47.6	already know my story, like my first encounter with any story of abuse within the IFB was someone that
1:54.1	actually was attending my church. And so I probably came across one of your articles or something at
1:59.7	that time as well with all the things that I was reading.
2:02.4	But I know for me building out the abuser database for the IFB, for doing quick research to see who's from what state, what connection to a pastor.
2:15.1	Your book, the big book of Bad Baptist Preachers, has been like, I mean, an invaluable
2:20.4	resource.
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