Evangelical leader EXPOSED as sexual abuser
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Most people outside of the Christian fundamentalist world are not familiar with the name Bill Gothard, but within the Evangelisphere he is a big deal – the mastermind behind the movement’s influential Institute of Basic Life Principles.
Gothard, who is thisclose to the Duggar family of “19 Kids and Counting” fame, is being accused of forced labor and committing acts of sexual abuse.
Two women who are accusing an influential Christian preacher with ties to the Duggar family of sexual assault spoke out for the first time Thursday about their hellish years of forced labor and abuse in the cult-like organization.
Joy Simmons and Jennifer Spurlock are two of the many men and women who have made the horrifying accusations against Bill Gothard, who ran Institute in Basic Life Principles, saying they were deprived of an education, forced to work and were groped by the Christian leader.
“To have your education ripped from you and to have your childhood ripped from you, it’s extremely difficult. It’s just evil,” Spurlock, who spent three years as a minor at one of Gothard’s training centers, told the Daily News. …
The women are two of eight new plaintiffs who joined a lawsuit filed in DuPage County Court in Illinois against board members of the IBLP and Gothard, whose influence in the Evangelical Christian world was exemplified by his relationship with conservative politicians — Gothard was photographed with Huckabee at a campaign lunch during his 2008 presidential bid and former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue spoke at one of his conferences. …
The women’s shocking allegations describe a disturbing culture within the organization in which Gothard would take troubled young men and women under his wing at the IBLP and then target them as victims of sexual abuse, rape and free labor for the bizarre organization.
We will spare you the disgusting details, but if you have the stomach, the full article rips off the scab and reveals the disease hiding below the surface of Gothard’s dogmatic cult.
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