I had a lovely couple of days with friends in Suffolk this week. I have known this person now much longer than I realised but spending proper time together, bought unexpected revelations. We both shared examples of having unwanted sexual touching/ attention. Her from a doctory, ghastly. But then we also sat and watched some of the inaugeration of the first ever female Archbishop of Canterbury, which was moving and powerful and life affirming. Although we hear some African churches might leave the Anglican Church now as a result, it was good to see female bishops from Kenya for example at the service. Apparently they had female bishops before we did.
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I mentioned in passing on my school What's app about watching it and somehow Sarah Mullally's comment safeguarding resulted in a most painful but open revelation about how many of school mates had been abused by neighbours and uncles when they reached the age of 10 and none of them had told anyone. Sad and very sobering. most of these women I have not seen since we were at school. I now know them better then I did back then. Luckily a tea at our old school has been arranged, so it will be lovely to meet them again.
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