Typical patterns emerge in all abuse cases.
However the Orthodox Church supplies certain characteristics and teachings that can be manipulated to silence victims and enable abusers. These include the taking of multiple names, jurisdictional divisions, orthodox piety, the use of confession and obedience and the concepts of forgiveness and refraining from judgement. The Orthodox practice of taking a saint's name at baptism is a beautiful tradition. In one situation, a defrocked priest moved to a different state and changed his name to another very Orthodox name. In yet another situation, a clergy member apparently took the name of St. Innocent in a similarly sickening joke.