It seems Bill was not a good person, despite so many hero worshipping, clamoring over him and elevating him to God like status. It seems that he was pressuring, coercing and manipulating her to date and agree to marry him. In the photos he never looks at her or even seems to acknowledge that she is even there at all. Even when she is laying a big smooch on his cheek, it is still about him looking at the camera.

Being with a partner that is cold, harsh and unavailable is like a life sentence and solitary confinement. It is difficult to survive. Who wouldn't want a friend like Cornwell? It must have felt good to have someone acknowledge your existence and even that you have "features". In this case, having someone care, be attentive and notice her, I would think would be refreshing.

To me, the life Ruth lived is a tragedy. Yes, she raised children, but also, she lost herself. How much did she ever matter? How much did she feel freedom? She was captive to a public pretense marriage. And it seems she didn't have attentiveness, warmth, caring or love from her husband.

Yet in Christianity, they still try to keep polishing the God like created image.

There springs hope from the Graham family: Boz Tchividjian is Ruth and Bill's grandson. He is an attorney that helps victims of sexual abuse within institutions that failed to protect them, including religious ones. He appeared in a "60 Minutes Australia" segment about the Australian Hillsong sexual assaults.