Governments that are charged with protecting and succouring their citizens treat some of those same citizens as enemies and make war on them. Our own government is not immune from this disease. Corporations demand loyalty from their employees and even have programs designed to encourage that loyalty. They then discard their loyal employees at will. Finally we come to the church.
Many persons are the victims of church generated betrayal.
Whether it is because of personal issues like sexuality or divorce, whether it is because of disagreements about doctrinal or other issues. Churches are efficient means of delivering betrayal. They also take refuge too easily in such teachings of Jesus as seem to endorse their behaviour. I have sat through many discussions in synod or the diocesan Standing Committee in which someone has said how much it pains them to take a step that would hurt others. I have heard such statements in debates about the ordination of women, about sexuality and in elections.