Pete Singer, executive director of GRACE, shares about grooming, hidden trauma, being “overly” sensitive to abuse, and the importance of third-party investigations.<\/p>\n
\u201cPerpetrators put a lot of effort into being the kind of person who would never do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
“Being more sensitive may be the product of having more knowledge.”<\/p>\n
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Pete Singer is the Executive Director of GRACE: Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment and an expert on third-party investigations, trauma, and trauma-informed practice.<\/p>\n
GRACE: Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment is a nonprofit organization that specializes in safeguarding initiatives to guard against church abuse, and sexual abuse in the church.<\/p>\n
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