The Roman Catholic Church, Southern Baptist Convention, and
Acts 29 Churches have all had significant challenges with sexual,
emotional, and spiritual abuse in their systems, something that
becomes even more pronounced when religious systems become
intertwined with private and home schooling, sex education, and the
expectations of rigid gender norms.
Sarah Stankorb, author of Disobedient Women, interviews women
who have been victimized within Evangelical systems. And while
online spaces provided camaraderie, acceptance, and empowerment,
the disclosure of abuse and sexual crimes often gets met with the
opposite outcomes.
Sarah talks with us about things to consider when disclosing
spiritual abuse, including:
How the Church Enables
Abuse.
Intertwining of Church and
School.
Homeschooling and Being
Insulated.
Reporting Abuse in Higher
Education.
Parallels Between Secular
and Christian Universities.
Title
IX.
The Right to Silence for
Survivors.
The Importance of
Listening.
The Internet and
Community
Check out Episode #57: Kicking Off the New Year with Spiritual
Abuse: Things to Consider When Disclosing Spiritual Abuse, with
Sarah Stankorb on Apple Podcasts. And please leave us a 5 star
review!
Show notes and transcript are on the SV website:
About the Podcast
Sexvangelicals is a podcast about the sex education the church didn't want you to have, hosted by Julia and Jeremiah, two licensed and certified sex therapists.