Breaking Their Will: Shedding Light on Religious Child Maltreatment

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While physical abuse is shocking due to the marks it leaves, not all signs of child abuse are as obvious. A 1995 study examined surveys sent to mental health professionals asking about patients' allegations of childhood abuse involving ritualistic, ceremonial, supernatural, religious, or mystical practices.

Abusers sometimes distort scripture and use it as a rationale for abuse, as if God is on the side of abuse and the abuser but not, as scripture promises, in solidarity with the brokenhearted and oppressed. In Scotland, the definition of a child varies in different legal contexts, but statutory guidance which supports the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, includes all children and young people up to the age of 18. What is happening here is as bad as anything I’ve seen in the world,” commented one Senator at a subsequent Congressional hearing.We learn of women whose babies died in childbirth yet are trapped in the womb for days because no one has taken them to the hospital. Heimlich discusses the story of Abraham and Isaac, and asks us to consider what Isaac's POV might have been, when his father takes him to the top of a hill to sacrifice him to an unseen, metaphysical being, and how there is very little in the Bible itself concerning the place of children. Due to an increase in demand across our service, our voice Helpline is currently available 10am–8pm Monday to Friday. The more information you can provide, the better the chance of the child getting the help they deserve. I imagine there are thousands of children and adults who have and are currently suffering, whom can find healing and solidarity, as well as a plan for raising the next generation without religious maltreatment.

If you are open to learning about what it's like to be a child raised in an environment where your caregivers withhold medical treatment, inflict corporal punishment, or refuse to protect you against sexual abuse from those in authority, this book *is* for you. The Child Law Advice service is provided by Coram Children’s Legal Centre, the UK’s leading legal children’s charity, which is part of the Coram Group. A shy child, she was terrified at the prospect of carrying out her Pentecostal Christian parents' stern wishes that she "save the souls" of her classmates and teachers. Miller-McLemore states, "Mainstream congregations have not seemed too interested in current child-rearing dilemmas.One of the most disturbing parts of the book is a woman's testimony about how she has never felt sexual desire.

Sexual abuse and cover ups in the IFB (Tina Anderson) are dealt with, as well as scandals in the Jewish Orthodox, Presbyterian (USA), Catholics, Islam, and other faiths.Lydia is one of three children whose death has been linked to the teachings of Michael and Debi Pearl. When telephones were turned off and no one drove vehicles, her family had lots of uninterrupted time to visit with relatives and friends. When Russell was ten, he was placed in a Church of Christ orphanage after his alcoholic mother was no longer fit to take care of him. Religious authorities the world over, enabled by beliefs that they could do no wrong, have sexually abused children. Just as many adults have discussed with me how much they adored their religious upbringings, many others have contrasting stories.