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Creator of Safe House, where sexual and domestic abuse victims can find their voices, speaks volumes

CHICAGO - Letesha Renee sat in front of friends, advocates and those affected by sexual abuse at Healthy Hood Chicago recently to share a part of her past that she is still dealing with through an essay titled "Loss of Innocence," which describes the sexual abuse she endured from her father from age 7 to 17.

Now 30, the Logan Square resident reads her truth in a darkened space - the only illumination from the glare of her iPad and the twinkle lights interspersed around the space. The essay is her second in a series and the first she's read aloud to

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