As we cover abuse in the Episcopal Church and other denominations, there’s an almost universal element to every case. That element is DARVO, which is shorthand for “deny and reverse victim/offender.” Our first experience with DARVO Candidly, most here at Anglican Watch didn’t even know what the term meant until we saw perjuring priest
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Long-term effects of church abuse
Reprinted with permission. Stephen Parsons, a retired Anglican priest, publishes Survivingchurch.org, a blog dedicated to church abuse of every sort. After church on Sunday I took part in two conversations over coffee which indirectly touched on the church abuse issue. Neither mentioned in any way spiritual/sexual abuse, but each of
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