Chellee Taylor
@inhisgrip.bsky.social
Adult Clergy Sexual Abuse survivor. Posts are related to recovering from SA and spiritual abuse from the church, all while trying to figure out what a relationship with God looks like after being freed from the patriarchy.
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
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
February 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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
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
Reposted by Chellee Taylor
Dear @sbcexeccomm.bsky.social: Why in the world would we as survivors place any trust in anything you might say about abuse reform? Your credibility is kaput.
Letter from @davidclohessy.bsky.social @davidpittman.bsky.social @inhisgrip.bsky.social & me. #ThisistheSBC
baptistnews.com/article/plea...
Letter from @davidclohessy.bsky.social @davidpittman.bsky.social @inhisgrip.bsky.social & me. #ThisistheSBC
baptistnews.com/article/plea...
Please, no more hollow words on sexual abuse reform
Dear Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee: Please stop with all the talk-talk-talk about abuse reform. All the promises. All the posturing. All the platitudes. Just stop. Until you have at ...
baptistnews.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Dear @sbcexeccomm.bsky.social: Why in the world would we as survivors place any trust in anything you might say about abuse reform? Your credibility is kaput.
Letter from @davidclohessy.bsky.social @davidpittman.bsky.social @inhisgrip.bsky.social & me. #ThisistheSBC
baptistnews.com/article/plea...
Letter from @davidclohessy.bsky.social @davidpittman.bsky.social @inhisgrip.bsky.social & me. #ThisistheSBC
baptistnews.com/article/plea...
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
#SBCtoo
February 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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
#SBCtoo
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.
I went to the PD immediately afterward.
January 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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.
I went to the PD immediately afterward.
“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
January 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“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
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
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
December 24, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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
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
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.
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.
December 18, 2024 at 2:28 PM
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.
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.
I fully believe that pastors who cover up abuse that another pastor commits, do so because they, themselves, are guilty of the same acts.
December 9, 2024 at 2:12 PM
I fully believe that pastors who cover up abuse that another pastor commits, do so because they, themselves, are guilty of the same acts.
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
1/3
December 5, 2024 at 7:10 PM
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
1/3
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
#SBCtoo
December 4, 2024 at 2:34 PM
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
#SBCtoo
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
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
November 28, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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
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
Watching others heal helps me heal too.
November 26, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Watching others heal helps me heal too.
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
I never wanted anything from my abuser, I only ever wanted for his wife to be free.
#SBCtoo
November 23, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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
I never wanted anything from my abuser, I only ever wanted for his wife to be free.
#SBCtoo
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
#SBCtoo
November 22, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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
#SBCtoo
Sometimes the only thing I can do is cry.
and that's okay
and that's okay
November 21, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Sometimes the only thing I can do is cry.
and that's okay
and that's okay
Reposted by Chellee Taylor
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...
#ReleasetheReport
Please repost. baptistnews.com/article/matt...
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...
baptistnews.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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...
#ReleasetheReport
Please repost. baptistnews.com/article/matt...
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.
It is just as courageous to step back and give yourself room when you need that space for your own healing.
November 19, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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.
It is just as courageous to step back and give yourself room when you need that space for your own healing.
If churches hate dealing with survivors, they should stop hiring the type of pastors who create them.
November 18, 2024 at 1:47 PM
If churches hate dealing with survivors, they should stop hiring the type of pastors who create them.
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
Deception is never the work of God.
#SBCtoo
November 17, 2024 at 3:17 PM
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
Deception is never the work of God.
#SBCtoo
Force yourself to survive long enough and you may eventually find that you want to.
November 16, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Force yourself to survive long enough and you may eventually find that you want to.
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
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
November 15, 2024 at 2:28 PM
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
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