Article by Barbara Grady.
Last updated at Wed, 12 May at 7:05am.

This is Part 7 of an eight-part, four-day Oakland Local investigative series on youth sex trafficking.


A 14-year-old from Southern California was kidnapped
near her father's home and brought to Mexico. There, her kidnapper forced her into commercial sex.

Police found and arrested the trafficker. However, the girl was far too traumatized to be released back to her father -- and to the tough neighborhood from where she was kidnapped.

Luckily, a faith community at Oakland's First Covenant Church recognizes that kids like this need special care and therapy before they can be expected to resume the lives they've led before...