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January 5, 2006, 5:14 pm PST
Spiritual Child Abuse
What happened to the woman who underwent "exorcism" at the hands of her father was a victim of child abuse pure and simple. This man was able to derive temporal power and status within a small community of similarly deluded people because of his "ability" to perform "exorcisms". So he did a lot of them. Some apparently were done on people who either didn't want them or were not in a position to consent to them. Like this unfortunate woman. What was done to her was a kind of spiritual rape. This should have been explained to her. Also, I find it curious how the Dr.'s "neutrality" on the subject of spirituality evaporates when the practicioner is a "psychic" for hire. The possessed woman's father took a lot more from his followers than a measly ten bucks. And just as a sex abuse survivor is robbed of the chance for normal development, so was this woman robbed of the chance for normal spiritual development.
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