Remember that your clergy partners need support during divorce

Broken Rites is an interdenominational group offering mutual support and information to divorced and separated spouses and partners of clergy and recognised ministers. Julie Robinson shares how the group helped her in her time of need.

Over the years we’ve branded Broken Rites as the group that none of would have chosen to join! As membership secretary I usually start welcome emails “We’re glad that you’ve found us but wish you hadn’t needed to.”

My own journey into qualifying for membership started, realistically, about a year into the marriage and took a painful 12 years or more to reach its conclusion. There was no big dramatic story – no adultery or violence unlike for some of my peers. Just years of toxicity which became untenable.