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Podcast: shunned
Episode: Episode Fifty Eight - Derek is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Description: People get baptized as Jehovah's Witnesses for a myriad of reasons. Peer pressure, parental pressure, sometimes people feel like it will fix something in their lives. For Derek there was the hope that this 11 year old boy could erase the damage and shame he felt from the abuse he suffered at the hands of some of the girls in his life. The hope that somehow baptism would make him whole and feel safe. Derek has been through a lot in his life but he's now got a life of his own that he can be proud of and he...