Angela Williams, her husband, Phillip, and Amy Drummond sat in a pew near the altar at Victory World Church, surrounded as if in executive solidarity with other victims, believing the words of 2 Chronicles 7:14.

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

This year was the fifth Voice Today, the Marietta non-profit Williams founded, has hosted the vigil followed by a breakfast and conference to raise awareness about child sexual abuse

Williams believes the innocence of our children is under attack, that there’s little compassion for the victims of child sexual abuse.

“It’s a silent pandemic,” she said in the moments before the vigil began.

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