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When religious community blames you for protecting yourself

I finally left my abusive marriage but my church family thinks I should have tried harder and I'm questioning everything I believed about forgiveness.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Spiritual teachings about endurance and forgiveness can become weapons that trap people in harmful situations.

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