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Abuse
These are books that deal with abuse, not just child abuse, but abuse in all its forms.
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Betrayal is too kind a word to describe a situation in which a father says he loves his daughter but claims he must teach her about the horrors of the world in order to make her a stronger person; a situation in which he watches or participates in rituals that make her feel like she is going to die. She experiences pain that is so intense that she cannot think; her head spins so fast she can't remember who she is or how she got there. All she knows is pain. All she feels is desperation. She trie
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― Margaret Smith, Ritual Abuse: What it is, Why it Happens, and How to Help
― Margaret Smith, Ritual Abuse: What it is, Why it Happens, and How to Help
![John Adams](http://web.archive.org./web/20170316220928im_/http://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1436663908p2/1480.jpg)
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I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved - the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced! With the rational respect that is due to it, knavish priests have added prostitutions of it, that fill or might fill the blackest and bloodiest pages of human history. {Letter to Thomas Jefferson, September 3, 1816]
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― John Adams, The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams
― John Adams, The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams
![St. Gonzaga's Reform School](http://web.archive.org./web/20170316220928im_/http://images.gr-assets.com/groups/1383779742p2/118140.jpg)
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![Human Trafficking](http://web.archive.org./web/20170316220928im_/http://images.gr-assets.com/groups/1298935684p2/44775.jpg)
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![Q&A with Tiffini Johnson](http://web.archive.org./web/20170316220928im_/http://images.gr-assets.com/groups/1323229736p2/59418.jpg)
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![Dark Erotica](http://web.archive.org./web/20170316220928im_/http://images.gr-assets.com/groups/1421193446p2/35981.jpg)
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