{"id":1340,"date":"2025-02-25T23:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T23:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/survivors.org\/?p=1340"},"modified":"2025-04-17T10:27:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T17:27:46","slug":"sochil-martin-on-surviving-religious-sexual-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/survivors.org\/sochil-martin-on-surviving-religious-sexual-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Sochil Martin on Surviving Religious Sexual Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hear from Sochil Martin, an outspoken survivor of the megachurch La Luz Del Mundo. 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