Grooming: Manipulation, Isolation, and Shame

December 2, 2025 in Podcast

The word “grooming” has become a household term and is tossed around in common conversation about everything from politics to reading lists. But what does grooming really mean? What does it actually look like? And would you be able to recognize it?

This episode of the Stories from the Presbyterian Pew podcast is based roughly on this article of the same title.

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About the author 

Lynna Sutherland

Lynna has been in the PCA since 1982. Four generations of her family have participated in PCA church planting. Lynna has been around long enough to see the good, the bad, and the ugly and her particular calling is to equip the people in the pew to understand their church government and to advocate for victims of abuse in the PCA.

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