In addition, he has been banned from presenting himself as a priest or wearing clerical garb.
Duru who is still a student at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh was however not charged criminally for the alleged rape in December 2016.
Coll in a legal suit details her account of how Duru — whom she agreed to tutor in English and occasionally transported to Pittsburgh — began taking frequent walks through her neighbourhood that fall. On Dec. 11, 2016, Coll said Duru stopped by her home on the pretence of giving her a Christmas card. She said when she offered him a cold drink, he followed her to her family room, overpowered her and assaulted her as she screamed for him to stop.
Since then, Coll has been trying to seek healing from the trauma of rape.
Triblive.com, a Pittsburgh newspaper said Coll, as part of the healing process, is planning to embark on a 250-mile trek on the Camino de Santiago, in the Spanish countryside on June 21. The trail is an ancient route pilgrims have endured for hundreds of years seeking wisdom and enlightenment.
The Spanish trip is the most recent leg of a pilgrimage that Coll, a lifelong Catholic, began as she worked to recover from a rape 2½ years ago she alleges at the hands of a priest from Nigeria who was assisting in her North Hills parish while studying at Duquesne University.
Coll said the shame, anxiety and depression were daunting.
“The hardest part was telling my pastor, who sat and cried with me and then notified the diocese,” Coll recalled.
Prayer, faith, family and friends helped her survive.
Coll was disappointed that District Attorney Stephen Zappala’s office said prosecutors lacked sufficient evidence to pursue charges. But the retired high school English teacher said her biggest disappointment was learning that a church she continues to love and turned to for help had scant resources for abused women.
“There were visits by the (Pittsburgh) Diocese Trauma Team to my house offering prayer and help to find a therapist. But I found out they really don’t have anything for women who have been abused,” Coll said.
Coll said a therapist the diocese recommended within minutes of meeting her declared that she was depressed, anxious and suffering from PTSD.
“He said, ‘We’ll get you on medication and four or five sessions here, and you’ll be on your way.’ I walked out of there after 20 minutes and never went back,” she said.
Eventually, she found a therapist who helped her marshal her strength.
As she regained her footing in the world, the widowed mother of two adult sons resolved to do something to help others.
Last week, she went public with her story and asked others to share it.
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