Why would someone sexually abused by a spiritual authority stay quiet?

And why would a person ever stay in a relationship with someone who's abusing her?

Welcome to The Roy's Report, a podcast dedicated to reporting the truth and restoring the church.

I'm Julie Roy's, and today's podcast is brought to you in part by Judson

University, a university shaping lives that shape the world. Well, today I'm going to be discussing

a very sensitive subject, yet sadly a subject that recently has grabbed headlines, and that is

sexual abuse in the church. But more specifically, we're going to be discussing the

abuse that my guest today says she endured by Dr. Gilbert Bilzeekian, a co-founder of Willow Creek

Community Church. He's also a professor of New Testament Emeritus at Wheaton College, where he taught for

20 years. In fact, when I was a student at Wheaton College, I actually had Dr.

Bill Zeeke in for a class. He was also known as Dr. B. That was back in the mid-80s, also when

my guest today got to know Dr. B. And I remember back then he had a reputation for being a flirt.

Everyone knew it. In fact, I reached out to my sister, who also

was a student, and she text me back, and she said she remembers Dr. B. She remembers the saying

that if you wanted an A, you sit in the front row and you wear a short skirt. Friends, this was

at Wheaton College. This was at the Evangelical evangelical flagship school, as a lot of people call it.

But what everyone said was, oh, he's French. And somehow that excused his behavior. And I'll be

honest, I was super naive back then. I never would have thought that a spiritual authority,

a professor, a leader in the church could ever pray on unsuspecting

students or members of a congregation. That thought just would not have entered my mind.

Yet that's what my guest today says Dr. B did to her. Her name is Ann Lindbergh. And just a few

days ago, Anne posted her story of abuse on Facebook, which started 35 years ago, and she reported

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