When Pastors Are Sexual Abuse Survivors
Childhood trauma can sabotage ministry in sinister ways.
Joshua Pease
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It took me 20 years to acknowledge I’d been molested in sixth grade.
I’d always had a memory of the molestation, but it was fuzzy, distant, and I had no category to place it in. Thank God it wasn’t worse, I thought, or that could have really messed me up.
Eleven
years into ministry, I emotionally imploded. My newborn son wasn’t
sleeping or breastfeeding. My wife had postpartum anxiety, and we fought
constantly. My home felt like a scary, overwhelming place, where more
was demanded ...
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Thursday, September 27, 2018
When Pastors Are Sexual Abuse Survivors
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