Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
Today's post is an anonymous, personal reflection on the experience of sexual exploitation in childhood. The reflection also draws on the biblical story of Amnon’s rape of Tamar (2 Samuel 13). On the one hand this is a declaration reminiscent of #MeToo, but it is also an expression of defiant and articulate silence and a… Continue reading Silence As Defiance: Tamar’s Desolation — a reblog from The Shiloh Project
In her sentencing remarks to Larry Nassar, Judge Aquilina quoted statistics about child sexual assault from US Dept of Justice. Before their 18th birthday– 1 in 10 kids in the USA will be sexually assaulted 1 in 7 girls will be sexually assaulted 1 in 25 boys will be sexually assaulted There is no reason… Continue reading Sexual violation of children is epidemic. And it’s probably increasing.
