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Barry and District News
by Dominic Jones
A WOMAN who was raped by a Jehovah’s Witness elder in Barry has spoken out about her ordeal and her hopes for bringing legal action against the church.
The victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is pursuing legal action against the Jehovah’s Witness church alongside fellow victim and campaigner Karen Morgan in regards to their treatment in the aftermath of being abused by Mark Sewell, 53, who was jailed for 14 years in July for one count of rape and seven counts of sexual assault.
The pair are being represented by Kathleen Hallisey, the lawyer who represented American Candice Conti in a legal action against the Witnesses following years of childhood sexual abuse in California.
The woman, now in her 50s, was raped by Sewell at his home in the early 1990s having become friends with him and his family through the church.
Following the attack, she became pregnant but subsequently miscarried.
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