DFV Not in My Church? Online Seminar - Spiritual Abuse 1
The latest in the online series of Domestic Family Violence online seminars
Spiritual Abuse - 1
Wednesday June 18th at 5pm
Registration: https://www.trybooking.com/DBSBA
JCDVPP will be presenting their latest online seminar on Wednesday 18th June at 5pm.
It will be the first of two seminars looking at Spiritual Abuse
What is Spiritual Abuse
The Australian Institute of Family Studies defines spiritual and religious abuse abuse as when a person uses spiritual or religious belief to hurt, scare or control someone.
Spiritual Abuse is complex and takes many forms including:
Misuse of the bible to excuse or minimise abuse; force someone to stay in a relationship; impose gender roles that are abusive or corecive.
Denying seomeone access to their faith
Ridiculing someones beliefs to undermine their identity
Using faith as a weapon