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107 - ๐ŸŽฅ Interview with Dom Benninger of Protestant Accountability - Part 1
Polar Life ConsultingSeptember 15, 202600:46:21

107 - ๐ŸŽฅ Interview with Dom Benninger of Protestant Accountability - Part 1

Dominique (Dom) Benninger is a technologist, researcher, and institutional accountability advocate based in Pennsylvania. A survivor of the high-control college group known as the Narrowgate Fellowship, Dom has spent years documenting how spiritual manipulation, psychological coercion, and authoritarian control operate within religious communities. After later blowing the whistle on a convicted predator in a Pennsylvania church, he channeled his tech background into systemic reform. Dom co-founded BaptistAccountability.org and serves as Vice President of ProtestantAccountability.org, an expansive survivor-led database that aggregates public records of clergy abuse and organizational concealment. His work bridges lived experience and data science to expose institutional abuse and help people identify manipulation tactics.

VIDEO ๐ŸŽฅ version: Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3wzBKXAdMpCAlJHZ2Gt8nE], Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/@PolarLifeConsulting], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/PolarLifeConsulting], & TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@polarlifeconsulting].
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๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐:
โ— BaptistAccountability.org [http://BaptistAccountability.org]
โ— ProtestantAccountability.org [http://ProtestantAccountability.org]
โ—‹ Listing: โ€œEdward (Jack) Powersโ€ [https://protestantaccountability.org/edward-jack-powers/]
โ—‹ โ€œMan gets closure 30 years after sexual assaultโ€ [https://www.polkio.com/news/man-gets-closure-30-years-after-sexual-assault/article_201298ce-eacc-11e9-a445-b71089ea1a35.html] (Polk Itemizer-Observer)
โ— โ€œBad Faith: The Narrowgate Cultโ€ by Logan M. Davis [https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/04/bad-faith-the-narrowgate-cult-2/69012/] (Colorado Times Recorder)
โ— โ€œโ€˜The tongue is a fireโ€™: Southern Baptist church fractures over secrets and spiritual abuseโ€ [https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2020/02/13/southern-baptist-sex-abuse-pastors-history-divided-church/4586698002/] (USA Today)
โ— โ€œEmergency hearing set in Pawleys Island church class-action lawsuitโ€ [https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/georgetown-county-news/emergency-hearing-set-in-pawleys-island-church-class-action-lawsuit/] (CountOn2.com/WCBD-TV)
โ— Wikipedia Links
โ—‹ DARVO [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO]

๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‡๐…๐Œ๐’๐ฐ๐Œ๐‚ ๐ฉ๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐:
โ— Episode 106 - Latest Survivor News (Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/episode/2OZZ2p1MwVH47LoZNJbBua?si=kDZUVX6QTPW0mKQn_E-4KA] | YouTube [https://youtu.be/Yf3dSCi1V6I])

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โ— Husband Material Ministries [https://bit.ly/4jcQFlj] (โ€œHMโ€/โ€HMMโ€; faith-based ministry helping men find freedom from pornography and other sexual brokenness issues) FREE
โ— Learn more about Husband Material's CSA Survivor Fellowship [https://www.polarlifeconsulting.com/live-chat] (led by Mike) and the PLC Chat on WhatsApp
โ— Mikeโ€™s Website [https://bit.ly/3DV8xRt]
โ— Schedule a free 30-minute Coaching Intro call with Mike [https://bit.ly/4fSoOnr]
โ— Mikeโ€™s Story [https://bit.ly/3We4YMI]

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**๐“๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ /๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ** - we will talk openly and frankly about sexual abuse from the victim's perspective. Sometimes cursing may be used, but kept at a minimum. Please practice self-care while listening to episodes and feel free to pause if you become triggered while listening.

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