Who might I be now if, during my religious upbringing, I had never heard the word “sin”?
We were encouraged to have “accountability partners” to whom we would confess our “darkest” acts and desires.
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Pippa Bailey
Pippa Bailey is managing editor, production, of the New Statesman.
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