The Minds Behind the Baptist Abuser Database | Dom & Megan Benninger
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Eric Skwarczynski
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🗓️ 4 August 2021
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Dom and Megan Benninger are the creators of BaptistAccountability.org.
This site is designed for a very simple purpose:
1. To protect children from abuse.
The action and behavior of abusers directly affect children – that is, anyone under the age of 18. Grooming sets children up for exploitation from predators. Grooming also positions children to be vulnerable to future grooming and exploitation. Victims of abuse often spend a lifetime trying to sort through complex mental, emotional and physical trauma as a direct result of abusers. This has to stop!
2. To protect adults from abuse.
The action and behavior of abusers directly affect men, women, congregants, parents, the elderly, and… well it affects EVERYONE. Grooming affects the entire community by positioning people so as to serve the wicked wants & needs of the abuser. It also positions people so as to be more vulnerable to future grooming and exploitation. This abuse wrecks entire church communities. Abusers move on from church to church, checking the figurative doorknob, looking for unlocked doors and gullible communities that they can exploit. This process of exploitation is simplified if a congregation has already been groomed by a past abuser. This has to stop!
3. To show that it’s just not that hard.
Again and again, we’ve been told that the Southern Baptist Convention takes this issue seriously. But if you take something seriously, it causes you to ACT. Pioneers of abuse within religious organizations have been calling for action for many many years. It’s time for someone to stand up and say “ENOUGH” and to ACT. The Southern Baptist Convention has had more than enough time to ACT by creating a database that tracks abusers and enablers within its ranks. To their shame, the Southern Baptist Convention has still not done so. This site is a testimony that it really is not that hard to ACT. It only takes one single person to stand up for what is right. The lives of children and congregations are at stake here. Will you ACT?
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| 0:00.0 | Today's guests are Megan and Dom. They are the creators of the Baptist Accountability.org database, which keeps track of abuses that have happened within Baptist churches. I've referenced them before on social media, and I'm so glad we finally got the opportunity to sit down, talk about the nature of their work, how advocacy has taken a toll on us. And really this conversation was absolutely amazing. |
| 0:22.2 | And I really just felt like these were people I'd known a long time. |
| 0:25.3 | It was a really good conversation. |
| 0:27.0 | And I really hope you guys will listen to the entire thing. |
| 0:30.0 | Be sure to check out Dom and Megan's work over at baptistaccountability.org |
| 0:34.5 | or connect with them on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. |
| 0:37.6 | They're super active over there. And I know they'd love to hear from you. |
| 0:40.8 | Trigger warning. |
| 0:42.2 | This podcast contains descriptions of various abusive situations. |
| 0:46.6 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:49.3 | You are listening to the Preacher Boys podcast, a podcast shedding light on decades of mental, physical, and sexual |
| 0:56.3 | abuse within the independent fundamental Baptist movement. The testimony shared on this podcast |
| 1:01.9 | are told from the personal experience and perspective of the survivors. Not all legal outcomes |
| 1:08.0 | are known or final. Any suspect is presumed innocent until proven guilty in the court of law. |
| 1:13.9 | To find more information about the Preacher Boys podcast and upcoming documentary, |
| 1:18.8 | visit Preacherboysdoc.com or connect on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter with the handle |
| 1:25.1 | at Preacher Boys Dock. |
| 1:27.2 | Now, here is your host, Eric Squarsensky. |
| 1:31.3 | All right, everybody, welcome back to the Preacher Boys podcast. |
| 1:34.8 | Dom and Megan, welcome to the show. |
| 1:36.7 | And it feels long overdue that we're actually meeting and talking. |
| 1:40.8 | Yes. |
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