Q&A | Reacting to Satanic Panic Clip, Upcoming Steven Anderson Documentary, and Listener Questions
Preacher Boys Podcast
Eric Skwarczynski
4.6 • 701 Ratings
🗓️ 11 July 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
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In this special Q&A episode of the Preacher Boys Podcast, host Eric Skwarczynski addresses listener questions on a range of topics related to abuse, accountability, and recovery within fundamentalist Christian communities. The episode covers updates on the Steven Anderson case, including ongoing CPS investigations and a forthcoming documentary, as well as practical resources for recognizing and preventing abuse in church settings. Eric shares personal updates, advice for finding community after leaving high-control religions, and candid thoughts on the value of Bible colleges. The episode also features survivor-informed guidance on supporting victims of church-based sexual assault, emphasizing the importance of listening, respecting boundaries, and focusing on victim-centered support.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction & Audience Questions
01:41 Stephen Anderson Cult Update: CPS investigations, family allegations, and a new documentary by Paul Wittenberger
12:00 Signs of Abuse in Christian Communities: Books and resources for prevention and awareness
16:03 Personal Update: How’s Eric’s wife doing?
16:59 Finding Community After Leaving High-Control Religion: Practical steps and personal stories
20:09 Turmoil in the Toy Box: Revisiting the book and its impact on fundamentalist childhoods
27:39 Are Bible Colleges Worth It? Honest thoughts on cost, accreditation, and real value
30:10 Justice System & Abuse: How the system protects powerful men, the role of the Christian Law Association, and the importance of victim-centered support
35:20 Supporting Survivors: How to help a loved one after church-based sexual assault, with advice from survivors themselves
Resources Mentioned:
“Predators” by Anna Salter: https://amzn.to/4kuIsIA
“God Made All of Me”: https://amzn.to/3TBpBAC
“On Guard” by Deepak Reju: https://amzn.to/46ypBJd
“Complicit”: https://amzn.to/40b90aw
“Saving Five”: https://amzn.to/4lmwemx
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, welcome back to the Preacher Boys podcast. My name is Eric Skrzynski. I'm a former |
| 0:04.4 | fundamentalist who is now shedding light on the dark side of the church from the pulpit to the pews. |
| 0:09.8 | And if you are a listener of the show and you follow over on social media, you probably saw me soliciting some questions from the audience for this very special Q&A episode. |
| 0:18.7 | I'm not going to be able to get to every single question that |
| 0:20.9 | was asked. And there were some that prompted really good topic ideas for future episodes. I know some |
| 0:25.4 | people were asking for things that required a bit more research or things that I might not know off |
| 0:30.1 | the top of my head. And so just because you asked and I may not answer in this episode, you did not |
| 0:35.0 | ask in vain. Thank you so much for all of them. They always |
| 0:38.4 | get my wheels turning. Help me understand what you as a listener are wanting to see more of or what's |
| 0:44.6 | on your mind lately as we talk about these topics. I pulled a couple different questions here. |
| 0:49.9 | I'm going to just answer them as honestly and openly as I can and kind of roll from there. |
| 0:55.2 | I think I ended up pulling eight questions. |
| 0:58.9 | So I'll go ahead and answer those, like I said, in no particular order. |
| 1:02.6 | And again, if yours isn't answered on this particular episode, you know, it might be answered |
| 1:06.8 | on a future episode like this. |
| 1:08.6 | I want to start doing some more Q&A episodes like this and just, you know, start diving through the questions that people have, especially as, you know, fundamentalism shows up in pop culture. I'm sure there's going to be people watching, you know, welcome to Plathville that have, you know, topics that they start asking about, you know, as people are reading books or listening to sermons, like there's going to be a lot of things to hear about, to react to. So before I get started, if you have a question or if you have something you'd love to hear me talk about on one of these episodes, just drop that in the comments of this video. And I'd love to take a look at them and see where people's minds are at. But first and foremost, the question I wanted to answer, someone said, |
| 1:45.0 | what is the latest of the Stephen Anderson cult and his children who exposed him? |
| 1:50.2 | For those of you that have been following for a minute, you probably remember that back in, |
| 1:55.0 | when was that? It was a couple months ago, maybe a year ago, that I actually had John Anderson, |
| 2:02.1 | who's one of Stephen Anderson's kids on the podcast. Let me look at see what date that was. September 11th, 2004, I had John on the show. |
| 2:11.7 | If you haven't listened to that, it's available here on the channel, so be sure to go check that out. |
| 2:16.4 | But there was a lot of noise happening |
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