| Author | : Julia Villegas Phelps |
| File Size | : 55,7 Mb |
| Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 01 December 2011 |
| ISBN | : 9781465361370 |
| Pages | : 177 pages |
Forgive Me Father for I Have Sinned by Julia Villegas Phelps Book PDF Summary
Although there is a great deal of attention given – quite rightly so – to pedophile priests, my experience with clergy sexual abuse was also a nightmare. It started out by my being raped as a teenager by a priest who I thought I could trust and then being coerced into having an affair with him for fear of losing my children. A skilled manipulator, especially of vulnerable teenagers and young women who had challenges in their lives, we all thought a priest could help us overcome our particular situations. Once he gained my trust and pretended to be a friend, he set about a path to manipulate me toward a path to a living hell that put my spiritual health and soul in danger. I saw him as a man of the cloth, a man of God who would help me and my children without expecting anything in return. Little did I know I was not his fi rst victim, nor would I be his last, lured by his promises to leave the church for me, and by his word that God himself had sent him to save us.