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My Pastor Called It An “Emotional Affair,” But It Was Abuse

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The Importance of Texting Communication

"I've always had healthy state relationships with my pastor, so I didn't think anything about it. It fairly quickly turned into joking now," she says. "He described it like very silly kind of teenagery, just joking." The more they communicated, the more he sought out her opinion on church issues and asked if she could proofread his emails for him. He would say how overwhelming his work is and he's so far behind in writing sermons or doing all these things. She thought: Oh my gosh, I have the skills that I can help you out. 'It clearly escalated into much worse'

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