‘The Lost Promise of Refuge Ranch:’ How Christian activists in Texas failed the sex-trafficking survivors they sought to help

In Texas, a self-described Christian sex trafficking abolitionist sought to create a “Mayo Clinic” for juvenile survivors and raised tens of millions to create a new nationwide model. But the Refuge Ranch, and other programs like it, fell far short, a MuckRock and Texas Observer investigation has found, leaving those it treated with more traumatic experiences than they came in with.