Sexual Harassment Speaker Tells Army Crowd They Can Only Overcome the Horrors of Rape with Jesus
The only way victims may overcome the horrors of rape and sex trafficking is to accept Jesus Christ as their savior and king.
That is what soldiers and civilian employees of the Army's Redstone Arsenal were told by guest speaker Tajuan McCarty on April 27 at a command-hosted event in observance of Sexual Harassment/Awareness Response and Prevention (SHARP) Month, according to one of those in attendance.
The civilian employee said McCarty told the roughly 300 people who attended the SHARP event that "the only way to truly overcome the horrors of rape and sex trafficking is to have Jesus as your 'King."
"They sent out an email stating they were going to have a special guest speaking about her experience as a sex-trafficking victim. It didn't say anything about Christian beliefs" being discussed, the attendee told Military.com on Thursday.
McCarty is director of The Wellhouse in Birmingham, Alabama, often described as "a Christian home" for women rescued from the sex industry. McCarty, who has told her story numerous times in various forums, from Good Housekeeping magazine to the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club," related her story of running away from home as a teenager and ending up in a world of drugs and prostitution, traded from one pimp to another for years.
An Army.mil story published five days before McCarty's presentation described her background and noted that she had become a Christian after escaping her life on the streets.
Military.com reached out to McCarty for comment but she did not respond.
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