Welcome to The Lionhearted, a podcast featuring stories by the brave and badass people who spend their lives fighting the one thing absolutely no one wants to talk about - child sexual abuse.

In this second of a special two-part interview spotlighting Jim Clemente, you'll hear how Jim went undercover with the FBI to make a case against the man who abused him and countless other young boys. You'll also hear how he overcame cancer that he got from helping at the World Trade Center after the September 11th attacks, among other truly movie-like experiences he's been through. The most inspiring people are those that have been through enormous hardships and not only survived, but have turned their stories into something bigger than themselves. No one exemplifies this better than Jim Clemente. And in typical Clemente-fashion, Jim tells his stories with equal parts passion and optimism.

We hope you will appreciate his engrossing storytelling and his deep knowledge and wisdom.

Trigger Warning:

Please note that this episode covers difficult topics and contains depictions of child sexual violence that some people may find disturbing. Please take care listening, and of any of the content in this podcast has brought anything up for you, please reach out or speak to someone you trust. Darkness to Light also provides links to resources for support.

Email us your thoughts!

lionheartedpod@gmail.com

Host: Andrea Harner

Guest: Jim Clemente

Producer: Andrea Harner and Amanda Kelso

Editing: Kevin Tosi

Show resources:

• Lionhearted Podcast S1 E9: Jim’s Story—From FBI Profiler to Hollywood Creative | PART 1 of 2
• Darkness to Light
• Criminal Minds TV Show
  • S2 E12 “Profiler, Profiled”
  • S7 E18 “Foundation”
  • S8 E19 “Restoration”
• Real Crime Profile Podcast
• Best Case, Worst Case Podcast
• XG Productions
• Without Consent, a novel by Jim Clemente
• Chosen: A Memoir of a Stolen Boyhood, by Stephen Mills
• Safe 4 Athletes
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• The Well-Armored Child: A Parent’s Guide to Prevent Sexual Abuse by Joelle Casteix
• Orny Adams: Comedian and friend of Jim Clemente

Welcome to The Lionhearted, a podcast featuring stories by the brave and badass people who spend their lives fighting the one thing absolutely no one wants to talk about - child sexual abuse.

How many people do you know who host a massively popular true crime podcast called Real Crime Profile, have been writing and producing for the TV show Criminal Minds for all 16 seasons and counting, formerly was an FBI profiler & an FBI agent investigating child sex crimes and child abduction cases? Well, I'm pretty sure there is only one that fits this description and his name is Jim Clemente.

This episode is the first of two episodes and it takes you through Jim's childhood, his transition out of the FBI and into Hollywood as a writer and producer. Jim Clemente then details the whole spectrum of child sex offenders by getting into their mind and motivations. And thanks to his decades of studying the inner workings of child sex offenders, we can better understand the nuances and complexities in order to prevent child sexual abuse. He is an excellent storyteller and I have no doubt you will be wowed by this episode and eager to hear the next.

Trigger Warning:

Please note that this episode contains depictions of sexual violence that some people may find disturbing. If any of the content in this podcast has brought anything up for you, please reach out or speak to someone you trust. Darkness to Light also provides links to resources for support.

Email us your thoughts!
lionheartedpod@gmail.com

Host: Andrea Harner

Guest: Jim Clemente

Producer: Andrea Harner and Amanda Kelso

Editing: Kevin Tosi

Show resources:

• Darkness to Light
• Criminal Minds TV Show
  • S8 E19 “Restoration”
  • S.9 E16 “Gabby”
  • S10 E23 “The Hunt”
• Real Crime Profile Podcast
• Best Case, Worst Case Podcast
• XG Productions
• Without Consent, a novel by Jim Clemente
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• Child Molesters, a Behavioral Analysis by Ken Lanning
• Stop it Now: https://www.stopitnow.org/
• Dr. Fred Berlin : https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/details/frederick-berlin
• The Well-Armored Child: A Parent’s Guide to Prevent Sexual Abuse by Joelle Casteix

Welcome to The Lionhearted, a podcast featuring stories by the brave and badass people who spend their lives fighting the one thing absolutely no one wants to talk about - child sexual abuse.

The story we are talking about today requires a longer than usual intro and a trigger warning right at the outset because of the shocking details of the crime. We will cover the case of the largest single payout that any school district in the country has ever paid to date: 139 million.

It involves the Miramonte Elementary School which is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Our guest today, Michael Carrillo, was one of the civil attorneys for the dozens of victims and their families who won this monumental civil case. The offender is a guy named Mark Berndt, who was a long time beloved teacher at the school who, among other things, exposed himself to students, fondled students, and fed his semen to these elementary school kids.

This is an important story, as there are lessons to be learned, and we are so grateful for this frontline look into this.

Trigger Warning:

Please note that this episode contains depictions of sexual violence that some people may find disturbing. If any of the content in this podcast has brought anything up for you, please reach out or speak to someone you trust.

Darkness to Light also provides links to resources for support.

Show resources:

• Michael Carrillo’s Bio
• LAist Article about the Miramonte Civil Lawsuit

Additional resources:

• Trauma Stewardship by Laura van Dermoot Lipsky
• Trauma Proofing Your Kids by Peter Levine, Maggie Kline
• Trauma and Childhood Development resources by Darkness to Light
• Darkness to Light National and State Resources