One of the greatest gift one can give to a victim of abuse is to allow us give words to our trauma. To allow us…
Breaking Free From A Minister's Sexual Abuse
Sandy Phillips Kirkham, Author Posts
Soon after I began my own journey of healing from clergy abuse, came a need and a passion to speak out on the issue. Through…
Hello My Fellow Book Dragons. I hope you are doing well. As promised, I am delivering my new weekly Gem. This week’s Gem is quite…
We often hear the words manipulation, grooming, false trust and control, techniques used by the abusive clergy on his victims. However, these same techniques are…
Doubting a woman’s story based upon one’s own personal experience with the accused, is not a defense. Of course they are going to be the nice guy when they need to be, but act out on those vulnerable or those who they know will not fight back.
We know trauma effects the brain both at the time of the abuse and even years later. Trigger factors, our ability to trust our own…
My abuser tainted my church life but I would not allow him to taint my relationship with God. I have learned to accept that God is big enough to understand my doubts and anger.