![]() ![]() ![]() Before I give a brief sketch of each, I need to make one vital distinction. This practice, this terrible crime, consists of charismatic men luring in Christian women for the sake of turning them into vessels of sexual pleasure.Īlthough there are other examples of men utilizing their spiritual gifts and authority to damage women, two of the most astounding examples of late have been the Roman Catholic lay minister, Jean Vanier, and the celebrated Evangelical apologist, Ravi Zacharias. I will then examine Irenaeus of Lyon’s account of spiritual and sexual abuse that was being practiced in 2rd-century Gaul by a supposed Christian leader. While it is true that not all spiritual and sexual abuse by men in authority has been focused on women, in this post I will highlight two contemporary examples of what is, at heart, a very ancient evil, one that existed in the early church. Recently, there have been some very public revelations about horrible spiritual and sexual abuse of women by powerful Christian leaders. ![]()
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