Coercive Control Explained: Lindsay Clancy and Death of a Pastor's Wife

What does coercive control look like when there are no visible bruises? How can power, religion, sexuality, mental health, isolation, and public perception become part of an abusive dynamic? And what happens when highly publicized cases are tried not only in courtrooms, but online?

In this episode of LoveLustLaw, Attorney Michele Locke is joined by the Dirty Laundry Podcast Hosts Amanda Silver and Alex Howard, for a candid and wide-ranging conversation about coercive control, domestic abuse, mental health, faith, and the challenges of judging complicated cases from the outside.

Using Netflix’s Death of a Pastor’s Wife and the Lindsay Clancy case as starting points, the conversation explores what these cases can – and cannot – tell us about the hidden dynamics that can exist behind closed doors.