Sherry was just nine-years-old when she was raped by a man she should have been able to trust - the deacon of her local church.
He was 18 and targeted Sherry when she was still and young child. Her mother and sisters were out at church and the youngster was home alone.
Sherry's attacker let himself into her home, the one place she should have felt safe, and sexually abused her. It was a harrowing experience for the nine-year-old and one she will never forget.
Sherry explained: "All you had to do was walk down the steps from the church and you'd walk into our kitchen. "And that's where he raped me.
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