TENNESSE
The Tennessean
Andy Humbles , USA Today Network – Tennessee
April 11, 2017
A Lebanon college student sexually abused as a teenager by her youth pastor has progressed from victim to survivor, but there is another step.
Courtney Greene, 21, told her story last year to The Tennessean just after Christopher D. Ross pleaded guilty to two counts of statutory rape by an authority figure in March 2016. Ross was sentenced to six years in prison.
Just over a year after her case was closed legally, Greene will speak publicly for the first time April 22, at a kickoff event for a new Wilson County organization whose mission includes helping women who have experienced tragedy.
“You aren’t magically healed when the plea is entered or the verdict is given,” Greene said. “The immediate danger has subsided, but the residual damage is very much still in place. That’s what I’m fighting now.”
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