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Perverted JusticeTrialIn this episode, Shielagh takes listeners into the courtroom that should have been, explaining how her case against Hyde Park Baptist Church was set to unfold before the church lied to avoid trial. She breaks down what “damages” mean in civil law, how a bifurcated trial works, and what evidence the jury would have heard: testimony from experts, witnesses, and even Jonathan Weaver himself, whose recorded statements revealed deep contradictions and years of deceit.
As the episode unfolds, Shielagh exposes the church’s efforts to suppress key testimony, Dan Ecker's attempt to twist her fear into blame, and th...
2025-10-1632 min
Perverted JusticeInsurance and ResponsibilityIn this episode of Perverted Justice, Shielagh Clark revisits the tension between truth and image that defined her litigation against Hyde Park Baptist Church. While the church and attorneys treated the case as a tug-of-war over money, (which is the language the law speaks) Shielagh emphasizes that for her, litigation was always about truth—forcing hidden realities into the light so the past could be redeemed.
The episode explores the complexities of the church’s insurance coverage. Shielagh explains how abuse claims spanned multiple policies, why her attorneys considered a bad-faith claim against Church Mutual, and how the...
2025-10-0226 min
Perverted JusticeLoose Ends and The Adult Survivors ActIn this episode, Shielagh Clark closes out the summer of 2022—a season marked by both courageous steps and devastating setbacks. She reflects on the fallout from her attempt to be heard by the church, including the scolding she endured from her own attorney, whose words echoed the very dynamics of control and silencing she thought she had escaped. What was framed as a “confrontation” became another weapon used against her, showing how institutions and even advocates can twist survival into liability.
The episode also explores how the deposition process unexpectedly unearthed proof of the very truth Shielagh had be...
2025-09-1829 min
Perverted JusticeThe Cost of Image-Based Sexual ViolenceTrigger Warning: This episode contains discussion of image-based sexual violence, including the non-consensual taking of photos, the spreading of rumors about “naked pictures” that never existed and the devastating emotional and psychological consequences of such violations. Listeners may encounter descriptions of trauma, victim-blaming, and institutional betrayal. Please care for yourself as you listen.
Summary:
In this episode, Shielagh confronts one of the most painful and misunderstood chapters in her story: the existence of degrading photographs taken against her will, the lies that followed, and the devastating way church leaders weaponized those images to discredit her.
Th...
2025-08-2835 min
Perverted JusticeFabrications and False Hope
Episode 17: Fabrications and False Hope
In this emotionally raw episode, Shielagh sits down with Dale and Alex, once trusted figures, in a vulnerable attempt to reach understanding, accountability, and shared pursuit of truth. She opens her heart about the deep harm their behavior during the lawsuit has caused, expressing a sincere desire for healing rooted in honesty and love.
But instead of meeting her in that place of courageous truth-telling, Dale and Alex respond with platitudes, evasions, and - most devastating of all - a complete fabrication of the conversation that follows. What was meant...
2025-08-0142 min
Beyond BJU: Exposing FundamentalismPerverted Justice w/ Shielagh ClarkIn this episode, host Andrew Pledger speaks with Shielagh Clark, a survivor of abuse tied to Bob Jones University and an affiliated church. Shielagh shares her harrowing journey of abuse beginning at age 15, and how she was failed by both the school and her church community. She details her involvement with the Grace Report, the challenges she faced in seeking justice through both criminal and civil courts, and the emotional toll it took on her. Despite numerous setbacks, she found healing and empowerment by speaking out, ultimately launching her own podcast, 'Perverted Justice,' to continue shedding light on...
2025-07-2146 min
Perverted JusticeWhen the Truth Breaks ThroughWhen the Truth Breaks Through
In this episode, Shielagh reflects on a powerful dream she had following a breakthrough therapy session. In the dream, her home began flooding as water poured through a failed patch in the roof - a vivid picture of what it feels like when truth can no longer be contained. The patch, she realized, symbolized the years of lies used to cover up her abuse.
She also recounts a tense visit to her abuser’s current church, where his pastor’s aggressive defensiveness and shocking admissions made her even more keenly awar...
2025-07-1728 min
Perverted JusticeThe Power of Trust and the Weight of DoubtIn this episode, Shielagh recounts one of the most pivotal therapy sessions of her journey, occurring just after the deeply unsettling meeting between Richard Murray and the Greens. Still reeling from the manipulation and disorientation that meeting produced, she brings raw honesty into the therapy room - and into this episode - wrestling with deep self-doubt, despair, and a lifetime of spiritual conditioning that taught her to question her own experiences before ever questioning authority.
Through journal entries and introspection, listeners witness the inner conflict of someone who has spent years blaming herself for harm she didn’t...
2025-07-0328 min
Perverted JusticeInstitutional BetrayalIn this pivotal episode, we begin our deep dive into the summer of 2022 — a season marked by fresh wounds inflicted by an institution that continues to prioritize its reputation over its people. Shielagh walks listeners through a psychological evaluation prepared for trial, exposing how Hyde Park Baptist Church’s response to her abuse matched every known facet of institutional betrayal: failure to protect, cover-ups, misinformation, and punishing the victim.
Drawing from expert analysis and deeply personal reflections, Shielagh details the devastating impact of being retraumatized — not by the original abuse alone, but by the church's ongoing refusal to res...
2025-06-1935 min
Perverted JusticeNargi Speaks ... and a Rapid Fire Info DumpIn this episode, we pick up in April 2021, just after the criminal conviction of Weaver. Shielagh addresses a manipulative letter from Pete and Lori Nargi that was sent to her sister, analyzing the tactics they used to deflect accountability and distort the narrative of abuse into one of alleged mutuality. She explores how their self-protective rewriting of history reveals a deeper unwillingness to confront their own failures—and how that mindset sets the tone for how leadership often mishandles abuse.
Then, we move back into the civil case timeline. Shielagh walks through the early discovery process, the em...
2025-06-0534 min
Perverted JusticeMy Voice Mattered in Criminal CourtIn this episode, I pick up where we left off—with the crushing weight of what Hyde Park Baptist Church stole from me. I open by unpacking one of their most insidious tactics: willful ignorance. Church leaders kept themselves intentionally uninformed about the actions of their attorneys so they could later claim plausible deniability. It was strategic, manipulative, and deeply dishonest. They wanted the benefit of a ruthless legal strategy without the accountability for its cruelty. The lies were calculated, and the church community was manipulated by design.
Then, we return to the courtroom—Weaver’s sentencing. After...
2025-05-2233 min
Perverted JusticeThe Church Helped My Abuser Escape JusticeShow Notes:
In this episode of Perverted Justice, Shielagh takes you inside the most agonizing part of her legal battle — the moment justice slipped through her fingers, not because the system failed on its own, but because the church intervened to protect the man who abused her.
You’ll hear how the solicitor on my case believed me. She believed he deserved active prison time. We were close — terrifyingly close — to accountability. But then the church did the unthinkable: they added my abuser to the civil lawsuit I had filed against them. That single move gave him the leve...
2025-05-0852 min
Perverted JusticeThe Truth Slips Out: Murray's Most Disgusting LieIn this episode of Perverted Justice, Shielagh Clark dissects a troubling sermon delivered by Pastor Richard Murray—one that reveals far more than he intended. Hidden within his words is a chilling glimpse into how he truly views the abuse Shielagh suffered and the twisted narrative he’s been spinning for years to protect himself and the church.
As Shielagh breaks down Murray’s message, the patterns become undeniable: the same victim-blaming rhetoric, the same perverted sense of justice that has plagued this case from the beginning. But this time, he goes even further—telling the most repulsiv...
2025-03-2718 min
Perverted JusticeUnclean HandsIn this episode of Perverted Justice, Shielagh breaks down Hyde Park Baptist Church’s official answer to the lawsuit—and the lies, denials, and outright blame they cast in the process. From denying basic, verifiable facts to employing the doctrine of unclean hands—essentially arguing that I was at fault for my own abuse—their response was more than just a legal maneuver. It was a moral failure.
We explore what this answer reveals about the church’s priorities, their willingness to distort reality to protect themselves, and their responsibility to know what was being filed on their beha...
2025-03-1333 min
Perverted JusticeNargi's SilenceTo close the three-part series on reactions to the filing of the lawsuit, we examine the role of Peter Nargi, the youth pastor at Hyde Park Baptist Church, and his failure to report what he witnessed. As a leader responsible for the safety and spiritual guidance of the church’s youth, Nargi saw the warning signs—he witnessed Weaver alone with Shielagh in situations that should have raised alarm. And yet, he said nothing.
Why did he choose silence over action? Was it fear? We’ll explore how his inaction contributed to the perversion of justice and the cu...
2025-02-2749 min
Perverted JusticeThe Power of the BystanderIn this second installment of the three-part series on the initial responses to the lawsuit, Shielagh shifts the focus from leadership to the broader community’s reaction. From social media to the quiet, calculated silences, we examine how impression management played a key role these first few weeks.
Despite living 800 miles away, Shielagh still felt the weight of the narratives being spun—some dismissing the lawsuit as irrelevant, others distorting her motives. In this episode, she shares how she sought to make sense of the chaos, from creating a Venn diagram to discovering the groundbreaking research of Wade...
2025-02-1333 min
Perverted JusticeWhat'd Murray Say?Hyde Park Baptist Church (Romans Road Bible Church) had a beautiful opportunity to right the past and be an example for the local community and neighboring churches - but instead of rising to the challenge, they crumbled.
In this episode, Shielagh lays out the steps the new pastor took to warp perceptions and sidestep his duty to care. Was it incompetence? A calculated strategy? Or something worse?
When institutions protect themselves, who pays the price? And what happens when the truth refuses to stay buried?
Books: A Church Called TOV by Scott McKnight a...
2025-01-3042 min
Perverted JusticeMisconception by DesignIn this pivotal episode of Perverted Justice, Shielagh Clark dives deeper into the complexities of civil litigation, sharing her personal journey through the legal system and its intersection with her fight for justice against Hyde Park Baptist Church.
Shielagh begins with a detailed yet accessible breakdown of legal procedures, including the Child Victims Act (CVA) and the distinctions between civil and criminal law. From pleadings to discovery and beyond, listeners are guided through the mechanics of her case, offering clarity on the challenges survivors face when seeking justice.
The episode then shifts to personal reflections...
2025-01-1640 min
Perverted JusticeApologiesTRIGGER WARNING: Sexual assault, rape
In this episode, Shielagh Clark offers insight into why accountability is key to building trust and restoring relationships.
We start by analyzing a resignation letter that is full of dishonesty and from there, we explore the elements of effective apologies, why it's so hard to admit our wrongdoings, and then detail missed opportunities.
To download the cheat sheet for remembering who is who: CHEAT SHEET.
To read the Greenville News article posted following Weaver's arrest: ARTICLE.
Time period covered: Winter 2020
2025-01-0234 min
Perverted JusticeWhen Leaders are LiarsTRIGGER WARNING: Rape, Sexual Abuse, Spiritual Abuse, Miscarriage
Beware unchecked power within the church!
In this episode of Perverted Justice, I reveal the dark underbelly of religious authority and the spiritual abuse that accompanies clergy sexual abuse. I lay out false claims made by pastors which damaged my reputation, and steps I took to have my abuser arrested.
Listen to the long-lasting damage caused by those who should have been trusted but instead betrayed their calling. Are you equipped to recognize a hard truth - even when it might shatter your perceptions?
Disc...
2024-12-1944 min
Perverted JusticeThe Way Out, Is InThis conversation explores the journey of healing from abuse, the impact of church dynamics on victims, and the quest for justice and accountability. Shielagh Clark shares her personal experiences, the emotional toll of confronting her past, and the challenges faced in seeking support and navigating relationships. The discussion emphasizes the importance of truth in healing and the courage required to speak out against abuse.
Time Frame Covered: Fall 2019
NAMES CHEAT SHEET: https://bit.ly/pj-cheatsheet
2024-12-0543 min
Perverted JusticeA Quick SummaryTRIGGER WARNING: sexual assault.
In this conversation, Shielagh Clark shares her deeply personal journey of confronting her past abuse, navigating the complexities of her identity, and seeking justice against her abuser. She reflects on her experiences within the church, the impact of trauma on her life, and the challenges she faced during her legal battle. Through her story, she emphasizes the importance of truth-seeking, empowerment, and the need for accountability within religious institutions.
NAMES CHEAT SHEET: https://bit.ly/pj-cheatsheet
2024-11-1441 min
Real Talk with Mike BurkeEp. 31 - Precision Pro | Real Talk with Mike BurkePat and Shielagh Clark join me on Episode 31 of Real Talk with Mike Burke! Pat and Shielagh founded Precision Pro Wash in Greenville, SC. Precision Pro Wash now has locally owned and operated branches in Charleston, SC, Endicott, NY and two more on the horizon in Virginia and Georgia! ➤ Precision Pro Wash: https://precisionprowash.com/➤ Subscribe to Real Talk With Mike Burke to watch full episodes of the podcast.➤ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/real-talk-with-mike-burke/id1611409375➤ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6palwGfEfUIFG8sIIJPc1T?si=67c809d6c05b44f1
2023-03-201h 43
Fight Club 4 BusinessE:61 Pat And Shielagh ClarkToday’s Guest's are Shielagh and Pat the owner's of a successful business called Precision Pro Wash, and now there ready to share some of the behind the scene on how they got to where they are now...And now let's take a look and see what else we have planned for this week's episode...-The systems that run there amazing family and business...-How to make a seemingly impossible dream come to life... -Funny stories of their hiring process and first employees... In today's episode we talk about so...
2021-07-121h 00