My Church Pastor Abused Me And Got Away With It

Other People’s Lives

Santagato Studios

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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0:30.4	And it just kind of came out of nowhere.
0:31.9	He just randomly just did that?
0:34.3	Yep.
0:34.9	Yeah, we were, like I said, locking up the church and he grabbed my hand when I
0:39.9	was walking out of a hallway and just said, don't kiss me back and kiss me.
0:53.3	Welcome back to other people's lives. I'm Joe Sanagato. I'm Greg Dyback. For anyone out there that
0:57.2	would like to be a guest on our show, don't hesitate to reach out to us. Our email is OPL podcast at
1:01.1	gmail.com. Today we're speaking to a woman who was sexually abused by her church's youth pastor.
1:09.1	Unfortunately, this is a story that we hear way too often, but we have
1:13.5	the guest on. We're going to learn all about her experience, the aftermath, and what ended up
1:19.0	happening to this pastor. So thank you so much for being on today. Yeah, I'm honored to be here.
1:24.3	Thank you so much for having me. Yeah, And, you know, thank you for choosing us.
1:29.2	Obviously, this isn't an easy story to talk about. And we're just always thankful when people
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