She was raped by a man claiming to be a pastor. He was newly arrived in her village, so when that she felt she needed help with her husband and his refusal to provide for her, she went to see the “pastor” to pray. Instead, he robbed her and raped her and then fled the village soon after. When her husband found out about the rape, he left her disgraced and alone with five children to care for. She sat at home afraid for two days in her torn clothes until a volunteer with the Gender-Based Sexual Violence Program found her and brought her for services at the Rape and Crisis Center in Chambucha, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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