Teen who converted to Christianity, fearing for her life, ordered to DCF custody
Amy L. Edwards
Sentinel Staff Writer
5:12 PM EDT, August 10, 2009
An Ohio teen runaway, fearing for her life after her Muslim family learned about her conversion to Christianity, was ordered to state custody this afternoon in Orlando.
The girl, who turned 17 today, had been staying with Blake and Beverly Lorenz, pastors of Global Revolution Church in Orlando.
The girl met the Orlando family through a prayer group on Facebook. The Orlando Sentinel has not named the girl because of her age.
Earlier today, Beverly Lorenz told the Sentinel the teen hitchhiked to a Greyhound station in Ohio, where she took a bus to Orlando.
The girl borrowed someone's phone and called Lorenz, whom she had only spoken with one other time on the telephone.
The girl asked Lorenz if she could come to her house. Even though the girl was essentially a stranger, Lorenz said it was OK.
The teen, who is not a U.S. citizen, told Lorenz she was fearful of her family -- scared they would hurt or kill her, or send her to native Sri Lanka.
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