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There are not a large number of incidents, But there are some. Perhaps, about the same frequency as the general population. For an example of some religious groups attitude towards women, we should examine the attitude of the Methodist Church about women and rape. The Methodist Church took the official position that a woman has the duty to submit to rape, instead of doing something that might harm her assailant.

For an example of a minister that has engaged in habitual domestic abuse Go here

There is a lot of reading, but it does mention how Phelps knocked his wife down the stairs, breaking her arm. It also mentions how Phelps beat his children with a mattock handle (I consider that Asault Wth a Deadly Weapon). There is radiographic evidence of the injuries suffered by the boys, which supports the allegation that Phelps beat them.

Ever heard of Blanche Moore? This lovely lady, currently sitting on death row, poisoned two men to death, one a husband the other a boyfriend. She was found out when she tried to poison her second husband the Rev. Dwight Moore. He lived to testify against her at her trial.

Guess all those men in her life, including her own father, that she is believed to have also poisoned to death, were all evil men, responsible for their own deaths. After all, there must have been a reason these horrible men forced her into murdering them.

http://crime.about.com/od/female_offenders/p/deathrowwomen3.htm