Three years ago, he groomed and lured a married student under his care at a Christian seminary into a sexual relationship.

Now he's moved to another state and is relaunching his ministry, but today his victim is speaking out.

Welcome to the Roy's report, a podcast dedicated to reporting the truth and

restoring the church. I'm Julie Roy's. And today I'm going to be speaking with Katie Roberts.

Katie once was the director of the women's training network for the gospel coalition,

but she resigned that position in 2018. And according to a statement by the Gospel Coalition at the time, Katie resigned

because she had confessed to an adulterous relationship. But as you'll hear today, that relationship

was not an adulterous affair. According to Katie, it was abuse. It was a case of a highly

respected Christian professor, Dr. Art Azurdia, using his position of power

to pray on an unsuspecting student. And sadly, before today, the abuse of nature of Dr. Azardia's

relationship with Katie has never been made public. And even though Dr. Azurdia has not reconciled

with Katie and many of those he's hurt. He's apparently

been restored to ministry, and he's not only speaking at an upcoming Christian conference,

but he's actually become an instructor at an academy for college-age students, and reportedly

he's being considered for pastoral positions. That's why Katie Roberts is speaking out.

Her story is such a powerful tale,

how even as an adult, someone can be groomed and abused, and how even after abusing someone,

a man can return to ministry when he should be disqualified. I'm very eager to speak with Katie, but before I introduce her, I just want to take a minute to thank

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