Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker) recently finally discovered the truth about Yolande Trueman's (Angela Wynter) ordeal at the hands of Reverend Clayton (Howard Saddler). EastEnders scenes, and made an emotional promise.
Pastor Clayton sexually abused Yolande a few weeks agoand she has suffered in silence ever since.
However, Patrick noticed something was wrong and desperately wanted to get to the bottom of her unusual behavior.
When Yolande couldn't find the words to tell Patrick what had happened to her, she asked Elaine Peacock (Harriet Thorpe) to tell him about the telephone.
After the initial shock of the revelation, Patrick vowed to take revengebut was soon stopped by Yolande who wanted to keep her affairs private.
Unfortunately, Patrick soon began to question Yolande's behavior towards the Pastor prior to the attack, although the brave Yolande gave a powerful speech explaining that she was not to blame for what happened to her.
Yolande's powerful speech
'He should have stayed the hell away from me! How dare you, Patrick? How dare you blame me?
“That man… He used his power and his position to manipulate and violate me. To make me think I was the one being unreasonable, and not him. He thought he had every right to do whatever he wanted to me, as if he were God himself.
'So often over the years men have thought it is their right to do what they want. And usually society tells them, “Yes, it is. It is their right.”
'For years I was told, 'It's a joke. It is nothing. It's innocent fun. It's flattering. Take it, enjoy it, laugh about it.” Because what was the alternative?
'We were never taught the word 'consent'. Women my age, we didn't say “#MeToo”.
“Clayton… He wouldn't do it to a young woman. And do you know why? Because he knows that a young woman is better educated and she would have discovered him sooner.
“Well, I may be old, but I know that what I was taught…was wrong. And I know now that no man has the right to do whatever he wants with my body. Not a man. Not a man at all.'
Once it was clear that Patrick understood, Yolande expressed her concerns that she might no longer be able to be intimate with him and worried about how that would affect their relationship.
However, Patrick promised her that she was the only woman for him, and whether they were intimate or not had no bearing on his love for her.
He even went so far as to insist that he would even reject Halle Berry for Yolande – high praise indeed.
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Determined to help Yolande through her ordeal, Patrick even suggested they move away from Albert Square, although Yolande insisted Walford was their home.
She went on to say that although she did not want to go to the police about her ordeal, she felt she had to speak out to the pastor, and explained her plan to talk to someone at the church.
Will Pastor Clayton be brought to justice?
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