As porn epidemic worsens, these Catholic women say healing is possible

[Michie]

Rachael Killackey, a 25-year-old wife and new mother, was raised in a devout Catholic household by parents who reared her with what she calls “a strong moral code and beautiful faith life.”

As a child, Killackey experienced a few unwanted incidents with men outside of her family, which “crossed my boundaries and gave me a confusing lens about sexuality.”

On the cusp of puberty, Killackey stumbled upon pornographic literature on Pinterest. “I was looking at innocent content and it just popped up in a tab as ‘related content.’ It turned out to be erotica. I was instantly hooked.”

Looking back, she thinks that viewing pornography gave her a sense of control over a part of her life that others had breached.


Eventually, Killackey developed an addiction that would plague her for a decade. While she was attending youth group meetings at her parish, applying to Catholic colleges, and “sincerely striving for a friendship with Jesus,” she felt both “duplicitous and confused.”

“Growing up, at home and in church activities, pornography was talked about as a guy’s problem,” she recalled. “The whole time I kept thinking, ‘Can women even be addicted to this stuff?’ ”

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Women and porn: The health crisis we're not talking enough about

Thousands of women are directly affected by pornography addiction, yet their stories rarely receive attention.

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[narnia59]

Rachael Killackey, a 25-year-old wife and new mother, was raised in a devout Catholic household by parents who reared her with what she calls “a strong moral code and beautiful faith life.”

As a child, Killackey experienced a few unwanted incidents with men outside of her family, which “crossed my boundaries and gave me a confusing lens about sexuality.”

On the cusp of puberty, Killackey stumbled upon inappropriate contentographic literature on Pinterest. “I was looking at innocent content and it just popped up in a tab as ‘related content.’ It turned out to be erotica. I was instantly hooked.”

Looking back, she thinks that viewing inappropriate contentography gave her a sense of control over a part of her life that others had breached.


Eventually, Killackey developed an addiction that would plague her for a decade. While she was attending youth group meetings at her parish, applying to Catholic colleges, and “sincerely striving for a friendship with Jesus,” she felt both “duplicitous and confused.”

“Growing up, at home and in church activities, inappropriate contentography was talked about as a guy’s problem,” she recalled. “The whole time I kept thinking, ‘Can women even be addicted to this stuff?’ ”

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https://angelusnews.com/news/nation/inappropriate contentography-addiction-women-catholic-god/

The link doesn't work.

And yes, absolutely women can be addicted.

 

[Wolseley]

The link doesn't work.

None of them work. The automatic censor for Christian Forums automatically kills any article with the word "p o r n" anywhere in it, in any form, whether it's a Christian article helping people with addictions, or a triple-x website. Kind of a silly overkill, frankly, but I didn't design it.

Instead, go to any good search engine, type in "rachel killackey p o r n addiction", and you'll plenty of articles about her and her ministry.

 

[narnia59]

Try these:

https://angelusnews.com/news/nation/inappropriate contentography-addiction-women-catholic-god/

https://webinars.covenanteyes.com/women-struggle-with-inappropriate contentography-too

A Letter to the Woman Battling Pornography and Masturbation // Rachael Killackey — Letters to Women

If you’re a woman who has struggled with pornography, mastrubation, lustful thoughts, sexual daydreaming, or any other disordered desire, sister, this episode of the Letters to Women Podcast with Rachael Killackey is for you.

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Thank you.

Unfortunately the culture tries to tell us it's not an issue at all but completely normal.