Get A Life - Ex-Cult Conversations

An introduction to the PBCC community and the trail of trauma it has left behind. We begin to dive into the fears of leaving and how the world outside is not what we were told it was.

Richard Marsh takes us through his role in the Klondike Papers and leads us into a heated discussion on politics and the PBCC. The PBCC will not allow its members to vote, and claim to have no interest in politics. Indeed, as a registered charity, they cannot legally engage in political campaigns...

Pam Danylchuk dives in on what it was like to leave the cult and their misogynistic policies of the PBCC. She describes the painful memories of how the cult publicly made fun of her father for a serious medical condition. We talk about religious trauma and the abuse that happens, their lack of sexual education and how much its needed to correct their issues. Cheryl gives us more insight into what happened to her as we bond over shared traumas...

We dive in with Carman Drever to discuss the abuse she witnessed inside the PBCC at Maple Creek. After being driven out of town Carman began to see how horifying the abuse in Maple Creek really was. She takes us inside the journey of exposing the abuse inflicted by the cult and the aknowledgement she received. John Hales' response will shock you. What did he do for Maple Creek?

***This podcast contains discussions about sexual abuse. Viewer and listener discretion is advised.***

Lara invites us into her harrowing story while inside the PBCC. She recounts how she tried to get help regarding her abuse and how she was even sent to Maple Creek! At the time Lara’s abuse was happening there were 23 members and of those there are potentially 10 children as victims of sexual abuse...

***This episode contains discussions about suicide. Viewer and listener discretion is advised.*** Walk with us as our special guest Christine describes her experience working for a multitude of different PBCC companies. Her astute observation of the disgusting treatment of women- often treated as second class citizens, or as lesser humans is so spot-on with what so many of us who have left the PBCC have described...

This week we respond to a viewers request to explain how we got out and what it was like in the real world for each of us. We reminisce on what it was like when we first left and how we created our new social circles. We take a peek inside Lane's documentary from 2015 as he tries to join one of their meetings and is denied access. Listeners get to hear how the elders talk to those of us that leave...

We sit down with another PBCC sexual abuse survivor who takes us along her horrific abuse. At age 8, Beth was placed with another family when her parents were confined. What she witnessed and endured left us speechless. She dives into the mistreatment of woman and how it keeps being accepted generation after generation...

Embark on an "encouragement trip" with our special guest, Craig Hoyle to the land down under as they try to fix him being gay! They eventually prescribe him a medication that is used for pedophiles. Craig gives us a firsthand account of a meal table experience sitting wedged between the PBCC leader Bruce D Hales and Tony McCorkell, a former PR manager for the church. Before the meal begins Craig counts 5 double Scotch Whiskeys consumed by Bruce and when the food arrives he switches to wine...

Imagine the strength of character instilled in this gentleman when at the age of 22 after being told he was of a reprobate mind our guest left the only life, family, and church he had ever known. Jim Clarkson described being ostracized, and isolated after priest’s lips failed to keep knowledge and he was condemned for the feelings he had and life choices he was about to make...