Daniel McClain, the rector-elect of St. Paul’s Episcopal in Dayton, has yet again run the Jolly Roger up the mast, further revealing the depth and breadth of his manipulative and abusive conduct. Per ex parte filings with the Montgomery County OH Court of Common Pleas, Daniel McClain allegedly engaged in
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DARVO: key tactic of serial abusers and other low-lifes
As we cover abuse in the Episcopal Church and other denominations, there’s an almost universal element to every case. That element is DARVO, which is shorthand for “deny and reverse victim/offender.” Our first experience with DARVO Candidly, most here at Anglican Watch didn’t even know what the term meant until we saw perjuring priest
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Reprinted with permission. Stephen Parsons, a retired Anglican priest, publishes Survivingchurch.org, a blog dedicated to church abuse of every sort. After church on Sunday I took part in two conversations over coffee which indirectly touched on the church abuse issue. Neither mentioned in any way spiritual/sexual abuse, but each of
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