In this episode we address the issue of the extremely damaging and inappropriate counsel offered by ACBC to victims, offenders and churches about how to respond to allegations of abuse. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/traffickednextdoor/message

Today we are sharing about our new youtube channel- The Ugly Truth About the Girl Next Door. We will use this platform for longer videos to share information about family controlled trafficking. Check it out! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/traffickednextdoor/message

In this episode we explore the question of how to be the person that can help a child get help and how to show up for a survivor. We specifically look at the gap in awareness of family controlled sex trafficking. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/traffickednextdoor/message

In this episode we answer the question of "where were the women?". We also unpack the impact on a child when a mother is involved in the abuse. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/traffickednextdoor/message

How can this be? One year ago on February 11, 2022 we launched our first episode. In this episode we unpack the journey from then to now…..and the bright world/dark world reality of “anniversaries” --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/traffickednextdoor/message

In this episode we have a conversation with Emily who was Kait’s childhood friend. Emily shares her own memories of abuse and experiences with Cornerstone Church and some of the people there. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/traffickednextdoor/message

In this episode we continue our conversation with Alicia Cohen, familial sex trafficking survivor and advocate. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/traffickednextdoor/message

In this first episode in a two part series, we have a conversation with Alicia Cohen who is a survivor of family controlled sex trafficking and the founder of SAFE (Survivors Against Familial Exploitation).   Join us as Alicia shares her experience of sexual abuse and exploitation at the hands of her father who who used the church to hide his crimes.  Alicia also unpacks her very frustrating attempts to leverage the criminal justice system to address the very real ongoing safety concerns for current day victims.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/traffickednextdoor/message

In this episode we unpack the phenomenon of 'staring at a pebble while the parade passes by'....otherwise known as 'majoring on the minors' or being distracted from what really matters by details that are irrelevant to the central message. Updated since we have to triple and quadruple think every single word and sentence --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/traffickednextdoor/message

In this episode we will talk through the churches involved and some of the offenders there. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/traffickednextdoor/message

In this episode Laurie has a conversation with Darrin Folger, former Executive Pastor of The Well in Amherst, NY about what God has to say about a shepherds response to a predator among the flock --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/traffickednextdoor/message

In this episode we share how the investigation has been going….or not going. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/traffickednextdoor/message

In this episode we talk through some of the potential paths to safety and justice and how these paths can intersect and happen in parallel. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/traffickednextdoor/message

In this episode we address the questions about naming names….Why now? What are the factors that affect the decision for us to name an offender and what is next? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/traffickednextdoor/message

In this episode we hear from Pastor Dale Ingraham who challenges the church to be who God calls us to be….a people who boldly stand for the vulnerable and bring hope to the hopeless. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/traffickednextdoor/message

In this episode we share an authentic and sometimes raw look at what it is like to keep pressing forward when so many forces seem to be pushing against us --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/traffickednextdoor/message

Also known as the messy middle….in this episode we will address some recent events and more about the reality of what it’s like for survivors trying to get help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/traffickednextdoor/message

In this episode we address recent events….and the repeating pattern of DARVO and it’s impact --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/traffickednextdoor/message

In this episode we continue the discussion of how investigations feel to the survivor. We will specifically be addressing private/non-law enforcement investigations and their emotional impact on the survivor. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/traffickednextdoor/message

In this first part of a two part series, we unpack how a criminal investigation is experienced by the survivor. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/traffickednextdoor/message