David Samarzia

Sometimes the legal process to pursue justice is more traumatic than the original sins committed against you.

When David Samarzia informed leaders of Redeemer Church their minister had molested him in boyhood, he didn’t ask for a dime, or even an apology for the problems the abuse caused in his life. He wanted one thing only— that they call off a mission trip for kids who’d be staying with the pedophile pastor. That’s all. He fully expected them to take care of their own problem. But in a bewildering turn of events that would make national headlines, church officials chose to defend a self-admitted child abuser and use the courts against David.

Both heartbreaking and profoundly edifying, Blindsided exposes an often-unjust legal system that can blindside survivors who find the courage to speak out. Yet at its core

is a father and son story of love, grit, and perseverance to change something in the social order that needed changing, even when it cost them everything.