Churches encourage domestic abuse victims to “submit to their husbands”

Mari Colham
Sep 2, 2018 · 3 min read

For an entire year, ABC News interviewed multiple domestic violence survivors, researchers, priests, and counselors from a range of Christian denominations, and traumatic results followed.

They discovered that when most abused women seek counsel from a Christian church that condemns divorce, women feel trapped, guilty, and judged. Domestic…

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Mari Colham

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Published freelance reporter, domestic abuse advocate, and mommy of spoiled Shih Tzu and cat.

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