Read Part One HERE
In this post I will focus on Emilie Page (Dye), who was a student at Logos School, a Christian High school attached to Christ Church, Moscow, Idaho, pastored by Doug Wilson.
While in high school Emilie suffered sexual abuse at the hands of one of the teachers named Jim B. Nance, an elder at Christ Church for many years. In the years that he abused her he would beg forgiveness and then assault her over and over again. He would lure her by asking her to pray for him and he would then assault her. He convinced her that he was the only person who could love her and he forgave her for making him sin, for being a stumbling block!! He only stopped because she finally had the courage to stand up to him and say "No." He begged her to come back to him and even threatened suicide if she didn't.....The school decided to deal with the issue internally instead of immediately bringing the situation to the police. Because of this choice she suffered additional years of abuse.
The nightmares from that time still keep her up at night. She cried out to God over and over again begging Him to end it or just to let her die. The shame she bore from what was happening to her was multiplied by feelings of guilt over her apparent sin. Jim fostered this notion by using it to further torture and shame her into silence. It took years before she was able to share what was going on with another human being. Jim Nance's name was only removed from the church's website in 2016.
P.S. In my next post I will focus on a young woman named Natalie Greenfield.
In this post I will focus on Emilie Page (Dye), who was a student at Logos School, a Christian High school attached to Christ Church, Moscow, Idaho, pastored by Doug Wilson.
While in high school Emilie suffered sexual abuse at the hands of one of the teachers named Jim B. Nance, an elder at Christ Church for many years. In the years that he abused her he would beg forgiveness and then assault her over and over again. He would lure her by asking her to pray for him and he would then assault her. He convinced her that he was the only person who could love her and he forgave her for making him sin, for being a stumbling block!! He only stopped because she finally had the courage to stand up to him and say "No." He begged her to come back to him and even threatened suicide if she didn't.....The school decided to deal with the issue internally instead of immediately bringing the situation to the police. Because of this choice she suffered additional years of abuse.
The nightmares from that time still keep her up at night. She cried out to God over and over again begging Him to end it or just to let her die. The shame she bore from what was happening to her was multiplied by feelings of guilt over her apparent sin. Jim fostered this notion by using it to further torture and shame her into silence. It took years before she was able to share what was going on with another human being. Jim Nance's name was only removed from the church's website in 2016.
P.S. In my next post I will focus on a young woman named Natalie Greenfield.
Read Part Five HERE
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