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A Salt Lake City, Utah woman, Felicia McClure, took sexually suggestive pictures of her own 13 year old daughter and sent them over her cell phone to a man she was trying to sell her daughter’s virginity to for $10, 000. She also took her daughter to a Victoria’s Secret shop and had her model thong panties and bras for the man. She has pleaded guilty and now faces 30 years to life in prison. (I believe Victoria’s Secret should be held liable as an accomplice, since they had to know the young girl was modeling for the much older man.) McClure’s boyfriend is the unsung hero of this story, who found the text messages and turned her in to police.
This woman is just another example of the horrendous sexual trafficking of young girls all over the world, by adults who should care for them. One father sold his five-year-old daughter for sex, as well. She has now been rescued out of that lifestyle. These kinds of things happen right here in the states, but we rarely hear about them unless they hit the major media.
I personally knew of a woman from another country who was sold into sexual slavery and prostitution by her own parents when she was twelve years old. She lived this lifestyle for several years before she met and married a U.S. serviceman and came to the states when she was 18. This kind of lifestyle was typical for young girls from poor families, where she came from.
I don’t know what these parents are thinking, but selling your daughters into prostitution is just wrong any way you look at it. I fight tooth and nail to let people know and understand the devastating effects childhood sexual abuse has on victims, especially those who are victimized by those they love. The horrors these children face everyday in the name of “love” is too much! Please pray for these young girls, wherever they may be, here in the U.S. or in other countries. Often they are lost and forgotten by the world, and need to be shown the “true love of Christ” so that they may find hope in this evil world.
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I am a mother of eight wonderfully challenging children and fourteen grandkids, of whom I am very proud. I am also a bi-vocational ordained evangelical minister, and a Christian Counselor. I received my B.S. degree in 2004, studying primarily in the areas of Psychology, with minors in Religion and English. I received my Masters Degree in 2009 in Psychological Counseling with an emphasis in Christian Counseling. I have endeavored to paraphrase the Bible, both Old and New Testaments. It is my hope that it will be of some use in the great commission of Christ. My ministry is primarily geared toward victims of sexual and domestic violence, including victims of childhood sexual abuse, whether currently or in the past. Since I have personally experienced the healing hand of God in overcoming many of the life issues that Christians may face, I feel qualified and compelled to discuss them in a truthful and open manner, as God’s word tells us that “We shall know the truth and the truth shall set us free.” God has brought me through such diverse tribulations as sexual, physical, and mental abuse, being a victim of a drunk driving accident, spousal pornography addiction, adultery, divorce, remarriage, a very brief, though unjust, incarceration, and having experienced multiple miscarriages and various other trials. I have been asked to leave two Southern Baptist Churches, due to my being a female, ordained as a minister, and fired from a SBC sponsored Christian School (mostly white) for speaking out against racial prejudice in the Family of God. Through God’s merciful forgiveness of my own sins and inadequacies and God’s grace given to me to forgive those who have been a stumbling block to me, I have overcome many of these adversities. God’s word tells us that “All things work together for good to those who love the Lord and are called according to the purposes of God." Since I have this hope, I believe that God has blessed me with the ability to confront and relate these issues to the Christian community around the world. I hope to be able to use my personal experiences as a ministry of God’s grace and in the comforting of the people of God with the truth of God's mercy. I claim II Corinthians 1: 3 & 4 as my calling, which states: “Blessed be God, the Origin of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Origin of mercies, and the God of comfort; who comforts us in all our troubles, that we may be able to comfort those who are in trouble, by the comfort we ourselves have been given by God.” As I have received the gift of God’s healing, I hope to be able to bring the peace beyond understanding to others with the message of God’s mercy and grace. My love for the Sovereign Lord of my life, Jesus Christ, along with my passion for writing has drawn me to explore these commonly experienced crisis issues from the perspective of my own experience in the hope that I may bring an empathetic and compassionate insight to God’s people. I am now a published author and have several books in publication, including my autobiography, "A Little Redneck Theology." The views expressed in my writings are strictly my own insights, acquired from personal experience and diligent study of the related topics and God’s word concerning them. Though I am an ordained minister, my views should not be considered authoritative. I believe that the Christian community’s ultimate authority is the guidance of the human heart by the Holy Spirit and the Word of God.
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How does Victoria’s Secret get away with the fact that a 13 yr old girl and an older man ( even with her mother) were together in a dressing room ? Where was the staff?
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This is absolutely crazy. I am a lawyer in Salt Lake City that practices family law and I thought I had seen it all. This is wrong in so many ways. I hope the little girl will be able to get counseling and be able to not have this affect her life. What happened to the man trying to “buy” her virginity?
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I understand that there were two men involved and they are both under investigation. They had their first names and were trying to track them down by cell phone records. If I learn anything else, I update.
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