How Bill Gothard and his Institute in Basic Life Principles built a culture of obedience, silence, and sexual confusion that protects predators and puts children at risk.
Appreciate this episode, but it does not seem well researched? Specifically confused by two things:
- Why one of the hosts says in regards to the legal case and formal allegations that they’re not sure what actually happened. The three formally filed legal complaints make it explicit. They come up in the first page of Google results when searching for “legal complaints bill gothard”
- Why one of the hosts says that the women plaintiffs settled the case out of court. This is entirely inaccurate. The women dropped the legal case, in part due to statue of limitations, but formally said they do not recant the allegations. And then Bill Gothard countered sued them. There was no settlement. There was a counter suit. The front page of Recovering Grace details the outcome of Gothard’s counter suit.
Might be worth clarifying or retracting in a future episode.
Appreciate this episode, but it does not seem well researched? Specifically confused by two things:
- Why one of the hosts says in regards to the legal case and formal allegations that they’re not sure what actually happened. The three formally filed legal complaints make it explicit. They come up in the first page of Google results when searching for “legal complaints bill gothard”
- Why one of the hosts says that the women plaintiffs settled the case out of court. This is entirely inaccurate. The women dropped the legal case, in part due to statue of limitations, but formally said they do not recant the allegations. And then Bill Gothard countered sued them. There was no settlement. There was a counter suit. The front page of Recovering Grace details the outcome of Gothard’s counter suit.
Might be worth clarifying or retracting in a future episode.