Guest Rena Hobbs discusses her former church's cover up of her abuse when she was a young teenager. Her abuser was one of the elder's sons. When her parents reported the abuse, they were reprimanded by the elders. Rena's family was accused of spreading gossip.

Because of the failure of church leadership to act, her abuser went on to abuse several more victims. In this episode, Rena tells her powerful story and offers advice to church leaders who are willing to listen.

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Film Glitch by Snowflake (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/snowflake/56350 Ft: reusenoise

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I Have Often Told You Stories (guitar instrumental) by Ivan Chew (c) copyright 2013 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/ramblinglibrarian/41284