Predators use many of the tactics of coercive control to ensnare their targets, and pedophiles are some of the most adept predatory coercive controllers on the planet. They are masters of abuse in plain sight. They have to be in order to fool the people around their targets into seeing them as harmless and loving.
Jimmy Hinton, pastor, author, speaker and trainer on the hidden abuse of predators (especially pedophiles) released his new memoir today "The Devil Inside". Jimmy and his mother Clara have lived experience in the coercive control tactics used by predators to hide their abuse because they lived with a predatory pedophile in their own home. Their pastor, Jimmy's father and Clara's husband, turned out to have been sexually assaulting children in their own home and church, and neither of them were aware of what was happening. As a matter of fact, no one other than the predator and his targets seemed to know.
"The Devil Inside" tells the story of how Jimmy's father abused and molested countless children for decades with no accountability or even awareness of this wolf in sheep's clothing within his church, family and community. Jimmy made the excruciating decision to turn his father the predator in to the police, and he now trains, teaches, consults and speaks out against abuse in plain sight. Jimmy's mission is to help faith communities to understand the tactics of coercive control and sleight of mind that predatory coercive controllers use to deceive entire congregations and communities. Jimmy and Clara's "Speaking out on Sex Abuse Podcast" offers insight into not only the coercive control tactics that predators use, but also into the ways in which churches and faith communities collude with abusers to allow abuse to continue unabated.
"The Devil Inside" is a riveting must read for anyone dealing with a wolf in sheep's clothing!
