The Difficulty of Coming Forward About Sexual Abuse in the IFB

Today's episode, Eric is joined by former IFB member, Rebecca Foltz. Rebecca shares about her experiences at churches at Northern California, Southern California, and Nevada, as well as at Golden State Baptist College in Santa Clara, CA. Rebecca was sexually assaulted three times in thirty years, with two actively covered up by Hopewell Baptist Church in Napa Valley, CA, and the other by a church in San Diego. When she reached out to her former college president, pastor, and friend Jack Trieber about the third assault, he told her it was innapropriate to discuss and to do whatever her pastor told her to do. Her pastor – on the counsel of the Christian Law Association – ended up firing her for it. Today's Sponsor: https://shows.acast.com/surviving-to-thriving/ (https://shows.acast.com/surviving-to-thriving/) heather.knight@tothriving.org https://open.acast.com/shows/5e123e2b355ab8560d61f99c/episodes/instagram.com/tothrivingatl (instagram.com/tothrivingatl) https://www.facebook.com/ToThrivingAtl/ (https://www.facebook.com/ToThrivingAtl/) Find more stories regarding the IFB movement by visiting: https://open.acast.com/shows/5e123e2b355ab8560d61f99c/episodes/preacherboysdoc.com (preacherboysdoc.com) https://www.facebook.com/preacherboysdoc/ (https://www.facebook.com/preacherboysdoc/) https://twitter.com/preacherboysdoc (https://twitter.com/preacherboysdoc) https://www.instagram.com/preacherboysdoc/ (https://www.instagram.com/preacherboysdoc/) To connect with a community who share the Preacher Boys Podcast mission to expose abuse in the IFB, join the OFFICIAL Preacher Boys Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1403898676438188/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1403898676438188/) Support the Show: https://www.patreon.com/preacherboys (https://www.patreon.com/preacherboys) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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