Don't F*ck The Flock

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of recovery from grooming, clergy sexual abuse and abuse in high-control faith spaces. Please take care while listening. Support services are listed in the show notes. HOW TO BE OK In this final episode, Jane and I talk about what it means to find your way back to OK. We begin with the reminder that “ what you bury, you’ll always carry” — healing s...

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of mental health, depression, alleged sexual grooming, and abuse. Please take care while listening. If you recognise the situation described, we ask that you respect our guest’s request for anonymity . Do not share the church name or the names of any individuals on social media or in any public forum. This episode is with a Christian pastor and inc...

Content Warning: This episode contains discussions about sexual abuse, including abuse experienced in faith spaces. These topics are explored through the lens of therapy and healing. While we aim to speak with care and compassion, we recognise that these themes may be activating. Support services are listed below in the show notes, including information about the Royal Commission Redress Scheme an...

Content Warning: This episode discusses child sexual abuse, grooming, institutional betrayal, organised crime, and the impacts of clergy-perpetrated violence. The focus is particularly on the Anglican Paedophile Network, which was operating in Newcastle, Australia. Listener discretion is advised. Support services are listed below in the show notes (along with the Royal Commission redress scheme)....

Content warning: This conversation is about sexual grooming. Sonia focuses on her experience as a teenager of sexual grooming and abuse by an adult man. If you need support, please refer to the link to support services located at the bottom of the show notes. "Groomed" with Sonia Orchard What happens when the relationship you once believed was love is later revealed as abuse? In this episode, writ...

Content warning: The content may be distressing for some listeners. This episode contains discussion of faith-based investigations that may involve the minimisation or denial of sexual abuse perpetrated by clergy. The content may be distressing for some listeners. If you need support, please refer to the support services listed in the show notes. Investigating Abuse in Faith Spaces In this insight...

Content warning: The content may be distressing for some listeners. This conversation discusses sexual abuse behaviours perpetrated by clergy and domestic violence perpetrators. While it focuses heavily on faith-based abuse, the same patterns of coercion, control, and institutional failure are present across many settings. These insights can be applied more broadly to any system that responds inad...

Content warning: This conversation explores the patterns of coercive control within family and domestic relationships and cult like communities. If you need support, please check the links to support services in the show notes. The Architecture of Coercive Control I am excited to bring to you this conversation with Jess Hill, who has radically shifted the conversation on abuse and coercive control...

Content warning: This conversation explores the intersection of faith and LGBTQI+ identity, including the harm caused by rejection from faith communities. We mention suicidality and discuss the deep pain that can result. If you need support, please check the links to support services in the show notes. Don’t F*ck the Flock isn’t just about calling out sexual abuse in faith communities — it’s a cal...

Content warning: This conversation talks about sexual grooming and abuse by clergy and harms within faith communities. If you need support, please refer to the link to support services located at the bottom of the show notes. Baptistland & A Culture of Clergy Impunity With Christa Brown Even from the other side of the world, Christa is an incredible light to me. She’s a survivor of clergy sexual a...

Content warning: This podcast talks about harms within cults and fringe groups, including coercive control, suicidality, suppression practices, grooming and sexual coercion. If you need support, please refer to the link to support services located at the bottom of the show notes. The Victorian Inquiry: Cults & Fringe Groups In this episode, I speak with Clare Heath-McIvor about a critical inquiry...

Misuse of Power: Adult Clergy Sexual Abuse Content warning: This podcast talks about sexual grooming and harms within faith communities, including suicidality. If you need support, please refer to the link to support services located at the bottom of the show notes. If you have experienced abuse by another person in a position of power, such as an educator, a therapist, a medical professional, a c...

The Cost of Witnessing Content warning: This podcast talks about sexual grooming and harms within faith communities. If you need support, please see the link to support services at the bottom of the show notes. As I’m not tech-savvy enough… I will be releasing the audio-only version of my podcast! I may get around to updating the videos too, one day. However, you are currently limited to audio. Th...

I’m excited to share …. I’m launching a podcast (limited) series … The title Don’t F*ck the Flock - it’s shocking, because it should be. It’s uncomfortable, because the truth is. And if it dares to make you feel disgusted, then good. Because that’s the level of discomfort we should all feel when someone in a position of power perpetrates abuse. Don’t F*ck the Flock is a bold new space where surviv...