When the victim's children blame the victim for breaking up the family, it's doubly painful. And really tricky to navigate because the survivor has to try to speak the truth without unduly denigrating the abuser, and remain a good parent who loves, nurtures, educates and appropriately disciplines the kids — all things that the abuser… Continue reading When the kids blame the victim too
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A pastor who told an imprisoned woman not to call the police
When your Religious Leader Falls Off the Pedestal is Cindy Kunsman's account of how she came to realise that her pastor was a spiritual abuser. In the post she tells how her pastor failed to help a woman who had been locked in the basement by her abusive husband. Here is the excerpt: Trigger Warning:… Continue reading A pastor who told an imprisoned woman not to call the police
