The betrayal between them, therefore, is not a simple lie. It is an act of psychological jaggedness. It is the priest who uses confession to manipulate. It is the mother who envies her daughter's youth. It is the best friend who sleeps with the spouse and records it. It is the act that makes the witness feel physically ill, because it violates the laws of relational physics.
We cannot discuss this topic without addressing the most extreme form: sexual betrayal between those bound by a pure taboo relationship—parent-child, sibling-sibling, or between a trusted authority figure and a dependent. the betrayal between them pure taboo