Michael Davidson: “people chose to break covenant with us”

Not much to write about here which is of course great for the CEC.  But, this caught my eye on CEChome.com…

Bishop Michael Davidson, diocesan for the Central Province, mentioned there has been a lot of pain in the CEC: “When people chose to break covenant with us, there were a lot of broken hearts–especially the hearts of the women and the children.” Both bishops agreed that the Holy Spirit was leading them to pray for the women. A large number received prayer.

I doubt that the leavers (myself included) / covenant breakers / vow breakers … whatever you want to call us … did this to wound women and children. Hardly. Most of us left to maintain some semblance of spiritual health because most I’ve come across on this here blog were dealing with spiritual abuse (namely: power and control) to keep us in the CEC.  Now, Michael Davidson breaks out the violins for the women and children of the CEC who have been hurt by the leavers / covenant breakers / vow breakers, etc., etc. …

Are +++Bates and +Davidson trying to keep this pain front and center for women and children to give them a reason to minister to them? Clearly, the Patriarch and the Bishop don’t quite understand why most of us left for good reason.  I don’t seem to understand why they would seem to inflict pain on those who might be trying to move on and remain in the CEC.