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Chellee Taylor @inhisgrip.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

4yrs ago I went to work Knowing my pastor/boss was waiting, I avoided him as long as I could After small talk he wanted a hug. "Just a hug" he said. The hug ended in a violent sexual assault The police did nothing The church leaders blamed me 4yrs free and 4yrs wounded #SBCtoo

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Chellee Taylor @inhisgrip.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I have become a much better, kinder, and more loving Christian since I left the church where I was taught to judge and hate others who weren’t like me. #SBCtoo

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Chellee Taylor @inhisgrip.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

My old lead pastor preached Matt 7 at me in attempt to keep me from filing a police report about the pastor who SA’d me. He said it wasn’t my responsibility to call out another man’s sin— I should be focusing on my own (implying I was at fault). I went to the PD immediately afterward.

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Chellee Taylor @inhisgrip.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

“If the charismatic pastor brings in the numbers it’s okay if he chooses to sexually abuse a few here and there. More will come to replace those hurt. We’ll just look the other way when that happens-again and again and again.” -Toxic churches

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Chellee Taylor @inhisgrip.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

I had a heart attack two weeks ago. Of all those who showed concern and offered care not one of them came from my old church nor one from my new. I guess they're all too busy preparing for their Christmas shows, err, I mean sermons. Church going "Christians" know not the meaning. #SBCtoo

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Chellee Taylor @inhisgrip.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

My husband kept me alive through the aftermath of ACSA. Last week he kept me alive through a heart attack. @thankful4her.bsky.social is a hero. I've spent 26 years trying to convince him that I love him more, but his actions and care make my attempts seem frivolous. He is the reason I live.

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Chellee Taylor @inhisgrip.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I fully believe that pastors who cover up abuse that another pastor commits, do so because they, themselves, are guilty of the same acts.

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Chellee Taylor @inhisgrip.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

A women from my abusive church greeted us just as we sat down to dinner last night. This is the same woman who told me to be silent, to never talk to anyone about the abuse, to find a new church and not speak against the cover up. 1/3

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Chellee Taylor @inhisgrip.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

When I started working at my church I quickly realized that the pastors (and their wives) thoughtlessly took advantage of everyone. They were so used to manipulating congregants into offering to do everything for them for free it became an expectation. #SBCtoo

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Chellee Taylor @inhisgrip.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Thankful to be free from the toxic church that tried to destroy me after Clergy Sexual Abuse. Thankful for the genuine friendships I've found since my liberation and the ability to recognized how abusive my past "Christian friendships" were. May we all be safe and loved. #SBCtoo

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Chellee Taylor @inhisgrip.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Watching others heal helps me heal too.

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Chellee Taylor @inhisgrip.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I had the paperwork prepared to inform my abuser of my intent to sue when I found out–through back channels–that his wife served him divorce papers. I immediately told my attorney that I changed my mind. I never wanted anything from my abuser, I only ever wanted for his wife to be free. #SBCtoo

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Chellee Taylor @inhisgrip.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I have never experienced the absence of love as deeply as I did when my former church told me I was no longer welcome because I refused to stay silent about the abuse their pastor put me through. #SBCtoo

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Chellee Taylor @inhisgrip.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Sometimes the only thing I can do is cry. and that's okay

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Christa Brown @christabrown.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

The House Ethics Committee will meet this afternoon. It should release the report of its investigation into Matt Gaetz's alleged sexual misconduct & illicit drug use. The public deserves to know. #ReleasetheReport Please repost. baptistnews.com/article/matt...

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Matt Gaetz: Another Southern Baptist impunity story

Lo and behold, Matt Gaetz is a Southern Baptist. So too is Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, who is trying to deep-six the House Ethics Committee report on Gaetz — a report that is said to include ev...

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Chellee Taylor @inhisgrip.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

They gave him praises from stage and they gave me the need for life-long trauma-counseling, which they refused to pay for. #SBCtoo

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Chellee Taylor @inhisgrip.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

It is courageous to come forward with truth that could help protect others by forcing abusers to be held accountable. It is just as courageous to step back and give yourself room when you need that space for your own healing.

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Chellee Taylor @inhisgrip.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

If churches hate dealing with survivors, they should stop hiring the type of pastors who create them.

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Chellee Taylor @inhisgrip.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

It’s very disorienting when you’ve caught the church in their lies, but they deny it while continuing to declare they speak for God and do his work. Deception is never the work of God. #SBCtoo

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Chellee Taylor @inhisgrip.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Force yourself to survive long enough and you may eventually find that you want to.

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Chellee Taylor @inhisgrip.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I didn’t want to change I liked who I was But the abuse broke me and healing rebuilt the pieces differently It hurt For a long time Still does But wings grew out of scars Slowly spreading to take me somewhere better The abusers in my shadow now They never cared for light anyhow #SBCtoo

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