Broken Rites

@brokenrites

Divorced/separated ex spouses/partners of clergy, supporting each other & calling for better support of ministers' families, before, during & after breakdown. UK based, international & interdenominational. Est. 1983 brokenrites.org

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Broken Rites@brokenrites· May 9

Our 43rd Annual General Meeting today. Best speakers ever (no offence to previous, but they were all Broken Rites members & all thoroughly inspiring on the subject "This is me, now!") We are growing in numbers 🤔 but also in confidence. Who do you need to tell about us?

A green houseplant in a large dining hall full of people eating lunch and chatting

Broken Rites@brokenrites· May 9

Innovative Tech Solutions #453 Broke the phone holder, so today's Broken Rites AGM will be depending on that great invention The Rubber Band

Top of tripod with rubber band around it, sticking out of blue rucksack

Broken Rites@brokenrites· Dec 11

Cheers to @andrewgraystone.bsky.social @cathynewman.bsky.social & all involved in @channel4tv.bsky.social's #SeeNoEvil, especially victims & survivors. So good to see the abuser's family given airtime, & using it so well. Grateful that such complex predicaments are seen & known. We salute you all 🫡

Anne Smyth on tv with caption "But I think that most of us feel that you were Dad's first victim"

Broken Rites@brokenrites· Aug 25

Our annual opportunity for some of us to meet up with old friends & new members. It was a festival with all the feelings, as ever. The challenge now is to grow hope in some very difficult situations #HopeIsAVerb #GB25 #greenbelt

A pop-up banner "What happens when my marriage to a church leader is in trouble?" in a field of tents

Broken Rites@brokenrites· Aug 24

Question: #Greenbelt #GB25 people, what's the best way to communicate with spouses and partners of #clergy who may be struggling in unhappy marriages, to let them know they are not alone? And to offer the opportunity of meeting, to those who may need to be incognito?

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Broken Rites@brokenrites· May 9

Great excitement all over the nation, as Broken Rites members prepare to descend on Westminster tomorrow for our AGM. Sounds deathly dull, but it'll be a joy to gather together again with new friends & old. Especially when isolation is such a challenge for many. Ain't no support like #PeerSupport.

Broken Rites@brokenrites· Mar 25

Sign above old doorway "please mind your head"

Broken Rites@brokenrites· Mar 8

Hope their tax work is better than their proof reading

Home page of website reading "Get you tax affairs in order"

Broken Rites@brokenrites· Feb 9

Can we swap please?!

Empty wooden bench looking out into a thick fog

Broken Rites@brokenrites· Feb 9

www.brokenrites.org/2024/11/11/r... 3 months ago this summarised report from the University of Chester was published on our website brokenrites.org : "Experiences & Recommendations of Pastoral Support for Divorced & Separated Clergy Spouses" Hands up who's read it? ✝️⚓ @uochesterpress.bsky.social

Blue cover design with title "Experiences and Recommendations of pastoral support for divorced and separated clergy spouses: key findings" and University of Chester and Broken Rites logos

Broken Rites@brokenrites· Jan 17

Our spies over on The Other Place have shared this, which may be of interest to some of you #DA #ChurchToo people. Link in comments

Survivors Trust appeal for female Domestic Abuse victims who have had their case completed by the Criminal Justice system to share their experiences

Broken Rites@brokenrites· Dec 29

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Broken Rites@brokenrites· Dec 28

Without downloading any pictures, what energy are you bringing into 2025?

A squawking seagull and a juvenile seagull looking hunched and tentative, next to each other on a sandy beach

Broken Rites@brokenrites· Nov 29

A culture that isn't safe for kids isn't safe for any of us. Former #BrokenRites chair @maggie-w.bsky.social reminds the #CofE that these issues run deeper than a few 'bad apples' #deference #SpiritualAbuse #DomesticAbuse #ChurchToo #clergy #safeguarding

Screenshot of letter from Church Times letter page. From Dr Margaret Wilkinson. Madam- While our thoughts are quite rightly with those who have experienced church-related abuse as children, we must also acknowledge the problems faced by adults who do not meet the criteria for vulnerability but who, nevertheless, experience church-related abuse. This may have been domestic abuse, spiritual abuse, sexual abuse, or other forms of abuse.
Those who have suffered encounter the now well-documented problems faced by survivors of church-related child abuse, including reluctance to accept that such abuse occurs, obfuscation, failure to act, and lack of accountability.
The church as an institution appers reluctant to recognise the need to respond to such situations, despite the well understood problems that arise from the abuse of power and of deference. MARGARET WILKINSON

Broken Rites@brokenrites· Oct 10