Editing Religious abuse (section)

===Background===
The term ''spiritual abuse'' was purportedly coined in the late twentieth century to refer to alleged abuse of authority by church leaders,<ref>{{Cite web |last=VanVonderen |first=Jeff |title=Recovery from Spiritual Abuse |url=http://www.spiritualabuse.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108062011/http://www.spiritualabuse.com/ |archive-date=2011-01-08 |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=Recovery from Spiritual Abuse |quote="Spiritual abuse occurs when someone in a position of spiritual authority, the purpose of which is to 'come underneath' and serve, build, equip and make a deity's or a god's people MORE free, misuses that authority placing themselves over a god's people to control, coerce or manipulate them for seemingly godly purposes which are really their own."}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=June 2023}} albeit some scholars and historians would dispute that claim, citing prior literary appearances of the term in literature on religion and psychology. Lambert defines spiritual abuse as "a type of psychological predomination that could be rightly termed—''religious enslavement''".{{Sfn|Lambert|1996|p=253}} He further identifies "religious enslavement" as being a product of what is termed in the [[Bible]] "[[witchcraft]]" or "[[Magic (paranormal)|sorcery]]".<ref>2 Chronicles 33:6; Galatians 5:20; Revelation 18:23; et al.</ref> A key element of the experience of spiritual abuse is the perceived 'divine position' of the abuser which leads to an environment of [[Infallibility of the Church|infallibility]].<ref name="Oakley & Kinmond">{{cite journal |last1=Ruth Oakley |first1=Lisa |last2=Susan Kinmond |first2=Kathryn |title=Developing safeguarding policy and practice for Spiritual Abuse |journal=The Journal of Adult Protection |date=1 January 2014 |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=87–95 |doi=10.1108/JAP-07-2013-0033 }}</ref>