Survivor Claims Spiritual Abuse at Coral Ridge Presbyterian, Part 2

The Roys Report

Julie Roys

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Christianity

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🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Guest Bios Show Transcript What do you do when you realize you’ve been abused by your church? Do you appeal to the denomination? Do you speak up publicly to seek justice, even if you suspect the majority won’t listen? In this second of a two-part podcast, Lori Harding tells what she did in this situation. She recounts returning to her former church—the well-known Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida—and asking the church to right past wrongs.

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0:00.0	What do you do when you realize you've been abused by your church? Do you appeal to the denomination? Do you go back to the church seeking justice? Do you speak up publicly, even if you suspect the majority won't listen?
0:17.3	Welcome to the Roy's report, a podcast dedicated to reporting the truth and restoring the church.
0:23.1	I'm Julie Roy's. And in this podcast, I continue my interview with Lori Harding, someone who faced
0:28.9	these difficult questions following alleged spiritual abuse at two Presbyterian churches.
0:35.0	The first is Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
0:39.7	This is the church where Dr. D. James Kennedy pastored for decades before his death,
0:44.6	and it's where Billy Graham's grandson, Tullian, Tavigian, pastored for several years before
0:49.6	news broke of Tavigian's sexual misconduct. Harding served under Tevigian and says she was wrongly
0:56.2	fired and ostracized by the church for simply questioning Tevigian and raising financial questions.
1:02.7	She also served at another church where she says she was fired for noting a vast wage disparity
1:08.4	between her and the senior pastor. If you missed our first podcast,
1:13.1	I encourage you to go back and listen to the first one before continuing with this episode.
1:19.0	That said, this is an extremely eye-opening podcast, and you'll hear what happened to Lori
1:24.4	when she declared freedom from the forces that sought to silence her.
1:28.3	And you'll find out what happened when she went back to Coral Ridge, urging the church to write its past wrongs.
1:35.5	We'll get into all that in a moment, but first, I'd like to thank the sponsors of this podcast, Judson University, and Marquard of Barrington.
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