So, here I was rejoicing that finally Pst Abedini had been released only to get this shocker. Yes, it's a shocker to me and rather sad.
His wife, Naghmeh Abedini, has taken a temporary legal action to ensure her children stay in Idaho until the situation with her husband has been resolved. She filed for legal separation.
Naghmeh Abedini previously said in a message to supporters that became public last fall that her husband had been abusive and suffered from a pornography addiction.
She also said he demanded three months ago that she do certain things
that she did not detail in order to promote him in the eyes of the
public or he would end the marriage.
Naghmeh said she had not filed for divorce and her goal for doing this was reconciliation, not divorce.
"In very difficult situations, sometimes you have to establish boundaries while you work toward healing," she said. "I have taken temporary legal action to make sure our children will stay in Idaho until this situation has been resolved. I love my husband, but as some might understand, there are times when love must stop enabling something that has become a growing cancer."
*This made me wonder if all those things about 'forcing him to denounce his faith in prison' etc is all part of promoting him in the eye of the public. Well, I pray God heals Saeed and their marriage. Only God knows everything really.
Naghmeh Abedini previously said in a message to supporters that became public last fall that her husband had been abusive and suffered from a pornography addiction.
Naghmeh said she had not filed for divorce and her goal for doing this was reconciliation, not divorce.
"In very difficult situations, sometimes you have to establish boundaries while you work toward healing," she said. "I have taken temporary legal action to make sure our children will stay in Idaho until this situation has been resolved. I love my husband, but as some might understand, there are times when love must stop enabling something that has become a growing cancer."
Naghmeh Abedini in her Facebook statement apologized to her followers for not disclosing the abuse sooner.
"I
sincerely had hoped that this horrible situation Saeed has had to go
through would bring about the spiritual change needed in both of us to
bring healing to our marriage," she said. "Tragically, the opposite has
occurred."
Humans and their 'hidden' life! A pastor? Pornography addiction? I dnt really understand it. I mean as a woman i was once addicted to this demon called masturbation and i also recall that it's only the times i start being spiritual that i find myself not doing it, so for a pastor that is meant to always be spiritual that is always praying and reading the word how come these demons still find their way in? How can be really spiritual as a pastor and still have the urge to watch porn?
ReplyDeleteIt will shock you to know how many Pastors that are addicted to porn. Sexual immorality is a real big spiritual challenge to the Church and I agree with someone who said that sexual immorality has weakened the Church. These pastors are not super-humans. They are as much flesh as we are. We ought to pray for them as much as we pray for ourselves too. God bless you.
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