I admire a minister for coming foward with valuable information. I place little value on minister's integrity who advise women to remain with husbands who abuse them. Most of this wisdom comes from a minister;s raising and is from a personal standpoint. Personal convictions and enforcement of Victorain practices from the pulpit or the counselor's office has no place in advising on an issue where lives are at stake.
Conservative ministers tend to treat the subject of abuse and domestic violence on the same plane with divorce. There is no comparison. We are not talking about divorce over disagreeing over the check book, purchasing too many shoes, excessive snoring, or bad breath. We are talking about facial cuts from scissors, ears chewed up with pliers, torture with barbed wire, bruised ribs and ruptured spleens from belt buckles. To advise a woman to remain in these conditions is criminal even on the part of ministers. A true minister will assist the woman in getting out of this hell on earth. To come forward with info after the fact that she is dead is not noble. I've just completed a case as a minister where info was given to me during a confession where I was legally advised that in the case of criminal activity there is no minister/client priviledge and if I did not come forward I could be viewed by the court as an accessory.
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