Nashville Escorts: Survivor to speak on violence, abuse

30 09 2010

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Survivor to speak on violence, abuse
Published: Thursday, September 30, 2010 10:03 AM CDT
Abused by a church leader at a young age, the Rev. Becca Stevens has used that experience as an incentive to help women turn their lives around.
In 1997, Stevens founded Magdalene house, which provides shelter, housing, food, therapy and more to women who have survived violence, prostitution, and addiction. An Episcopalian chaplain for St. Augustine’s Chapel at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., Stevens will speak Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. in Neumann Auditorium at Wartburg College.
“I didn’t understand it for decades,” Stevens said, “but that was my first connection to the women (who lived) on the streets. Most of the women I serve at Magdalene were first sexually abused between the ages of seven and 11.”

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