“…Within religious communities, the offering of educational programs that address spirituality and divorce adjustment is complicated by the high value placed on marriage by religious insdtutions (Murray, 2002), Thus, some religious groups struggle with tension between advocating for accountability and responsibility to sustain marriages, on the one hand, and offering forgiveness and acceptance when marriages dissolve, on the other (Gonzalez, 1999), Perhaps as a result, relatively few religious groups systemadcally intervene with divorced individuals (Smith & Smith, 2000) or their children (Mahoney, Warner, & Krumrei, 2010), although a growing number of religious communides offer divorce recovery services and workshops, Addidonally, some divorcees seek counseling from clergy on an individual basis. Therefore, religious leaders may benefit from information about the potential negative consequences of experiences such as sacred loss or desecration and negative religious coping.…”