01-11-2019 05:15 via ctvnews.ca

'I do forgive him as a human': Rape victim confronts her attacker in restorative justice process

TORONTO -- Marlee Liss sat face-to-face with her rapist to get the closure she says she needed to move past the assault. "He said, 'I sexually assaulted you Marlee,' and he said it while looking right at me, and he said 'I'm so sorry'… I didn't even know I needed that healing, but the moment he said it and took accountability, I just burst into tears," said Liss in a telephone interview with CTVNews.ca. "I wish that moment for all survivors because that ownership is so meaningful." Liss,
Read more »