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The Marian Library Newsletter: Issue No. 52, University Of Dayton. Marian Library
The Marian Library Newsletter: Issue No. 52, University Of Dayton. Marian Library
Marian Library Newsletter
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Some Things Are Worth Dying For, Brad Kallenberg
Some Things Are Worth Dying For, Brad Kallenberg
Religious Studies Faculty Publications
In April of 1992, Kristen French, a 15 year-old girl was kidnapped and held as a sex slave in suburban Ontario. For two days she was raped and threatened with death. Surprisingly, on the third day she grew defiant, refusing to perform a particular sexual act even after she was shown pre-recorded videotape of her predecessor, Leslie, being strangled by her captors with an electrical cord. (Leslie's corpse was sawn into 10 pieces before disposal.) A record of Kristen's suffering was preserved on video tape too. Of interest is Kristen's dying claim: "Some things are worth dying for."
Kristen's story …