Content Warning: This episode includes mentions of sexually predatory behavior and the retelling of a racial, anti-fatness comment
Emily Dukes joins The Life After to tell how her love for Christian fiction put her on the path to be groomed (use of privileged relationships to normalize exploiting a young person's body) by novelist Ted Dekker, what she's discovered about herself, and how she's pushing back.
This episode begins with Brady retelling his experience of being groped by a trusted church friend during the beginning of his deconstruction.
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