ELDER ABUSE
"My God, J put my hope in you: I have trusted in you since I was young. I have relied on you all my life; you have protected me since the day I was born. Do not reject me now that I am old; do not abandon me now that I am feeble. You have taught me ever since I was young and I still tell of your wonderful acts. Now that I am old and my hair is grey, do not abandon me, O God' Be with me while I proclaim your power and might to all generations to come" Psalm 71:5-6, 9, 17-18.
A pastor receives a phone call from Sarah*, a distraught 74-year-old woman, telling him that her son Bob* (names are pseudonyms) has been beating her for years - since he took her into his …
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