BREAKING THE SILENCE ON CHILD ABUSE
One man’s journey to whole-life transformation
By Robert Stevens
DayOne / CPR. 160 pages. £7
ISBN 978 1 846 256 066
‘Who knows how many survivors there may be in our congregations, unknown even to the leaders?’ said the Chair of CPR, the joint publisher of this book.
In a church known to this reviewer, 50% of the women had experienced incidents of abuse of varying kinds as children and young adults. Although a smaller percentage, men in the same congregation had also suffered trauma as children. It would be reasonable to suggest that Breaking the Silence should be made priority reading in our churches.
