Being Preyed Upon at Church (with Sandy)
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Sandy Phillips Kirkham was just a teenager who loved church. It was a place she felt accepted and celebrated. When a new youth pastor was hired, he saw Sandy\\u2019s love for the church and used it against her. He started grooming her for a long-term abusive relationship before her sixteenth birthday. When the abuse was finally discovered, the church moved the pastor on to another congregation (after celebrating him with a big going away party) and they asked Sandy to worship elsewhere. Sandy\\u2019s story teaches us church is a place where victims are susceptible to predators because the institution is set-up for inherent trust\\u2014something predators know well.
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