**Maybe I have had the urge once or twice but I never actually DID.**
Now that is self control, LOL! I would guess this case has more to it than the normal stress of being a ministers' wife. She is mentally ill or he was abusing her, is my guess.
I'm leaning toward mental illness. I would guess (which I freely admit I'm doing) that she was beyond her ability to cope with her life but did not consider divorce an option. At some point people snap.