Amanda details Bill Gothard's pattern of sexual harassment and assault of teenage girls and young women that went unhindered for decades.
Edit: Toward the end of the episode, Amanda says Bill resigned in 2004, but she meant to say 2014.
This episode contains some explicit language. Y'all, there are always gonna be some cuss words when we talk about Bill and IBLP.
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