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When sacred spaces become sources of trauma

I was sexually assaulted at a religious retreat and now I can't enter a sanctuary without panic attacks but I miss God so much it hurts.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Spiritual violation creates a heartbreaking paradox where the very places meant for healing become impossible to inhabit.

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