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The Silenced Truth

Carolyn McCulley | Citygate Communications

Released: 2026-03-03

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Released: 2026-03-03

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The Survivor Who Didn't (Jennifer's Story)

We love listener feedback. We may not be able to respond to everything we receive, but we do want to hear from you. Jennifer Lyell is dead. But the battle over her story is not. In this second episode of The Silenced Truth, host Carolyn McCulley trace

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Jennifer Lyell is dead. But the battle over her story is not.

In this second episode of The Silenced Truth, host Carolyn McCulley traces the devastating arc of Jennifer’s life—from a vulnerable childhood in southern Illinois to rising as one of the highest-ranking female executives in the Southern Baptist Convention—and the price she paid for telling the truth about sexual abuse inside the denomination she once loved.

This episode examines how disclosing sexual abuse can actually be more harmful than the physical violation itself. Jennifer's story follows the six most explosive years of the reckoning within the Southern Baptist Convention and includes interviews with Rachael Denhollander and Dr. Albert Mohler.

Our executive producer is Rachael Berglund.

The Silenced Truth is a project of the Safe to Speak Initiative. Join our Patreon community to advocate for the legal protections that survivors need to safely disclose their experiences. To support the production of this show, you can make a tax-deductible gift to the Southern Documentary Fund. FOR FURTHER CONTEXT

The Wrath of God Poured Out — The Humiliation of the Southern Baptist Convention

Al Mohler says he was wrong about C.J. Mahaney

Statement from R. Albert Mohler Jr. on Sovereign Grace Churches

ERLC panel on sexual abuse at the SBC19 convention in Birmingham

Ex-SBTS prof. accused of 'grooming' former student in decade-long abusive relationship

The web archive of Jennifer Lyell’s public statements website

A statement from Baptist Press

By What Standard trailer

Motion to Investigate the SBC Executive Committee: Full Text

Southern Baptists’ #MeToo Moment

https://x.com/megbasham/status/1998922448184782854

https://heidelblog.net/2020/01/the-smear-was-intentional

Hunt v. Southern Baptist Convention et al summary judgment

Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force Updates

The Silenced Truth is a project of the Safe to Speak Initiative and is a production of Citygate Communications. It is fiscally sponsored by the Southern Documentary Fund.

Episode ID: 1000752826520

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Release Date: 03/03/2026, 04:00:00

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When survivors of sexual abuse within the Southern Baptist Convention refused to stay silent, they exposed decades of institutional cover-up and sparked a reckoning that once had the promise to reshape one of America's most powerful faith communities. But as people who experience sexual abuse know all too well, they are frequently victimized twice—first in the physical violation, and then a second time when they seek justice by disclosing what happened to them. The Silenced Truth goes beyond the headlines to offer a roadmap for confronting abuse in institutions everywhere.

New shows dropping monthly. Visit safetospeak.info for more information and join the Patreon community (https://www.patreon.com/cw/SafeToSpeak) for ways to help between shows!

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