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Children in This Church Were Sexually Abused. Then They Began Abusing Other Kids. Some Continued as Adults. (www.propublica.org)

submitted 2 days ago by velma@sh.itjust.works to c/seattle@lemmy.world

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For two sisters raised in a family of 11 children that moved back and forth between Washington state and South Dakota, danger didn’t come from outsiders like they’d been warned by their church.

It came from their brothers in the next bedroom.

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[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah, that's how the cycle continues. Trauma breeds trauma. Abused kids tend to abuse other kids.

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