It always affects me deeply when I hear of a girl being abused and/or raped.  I heard of one such situation today with a niece of mine and it's terrible.  What a person goes through after an experience like that changes the course of their life.  She will never be the same person she was.  I've often thought it's worse than a death sentence because, at least, when you're dead, there's not the suffering.  She will suffer and suffer with this.  The perpetrator of the crime has no idea what he's just done to this beautiful person.  He's killed a part of her that will never be again.  It's not that she can't triumph over the situation but it'll take a lot of work and awful experience before that happens.  I feel for her.. and hope she's getting the information, support, and love she needs.