Survivor Daniel Barban Levin spoke to Newsweek about his hopes of helping other cult victims after Larry Ray's abuse and why he'd meet his daughter Talia again.
He reflected:"I gave victim impact statement at the sentencing, and that was something I sat with and thought about for a long time, and to give that inquiry in front of him was really scary but really an experience that made me hopeful in some ways, so I hesitate to try to rehash that statement because I feel like it was very well crafted.
"I'm just excited to get to do normal things, it's as granular as just the joy of getting to go outside and enjoy a nice day because I want to go to talk to a friend [and] not having to be afraid of saying the wrong thing and being hurt for it," he said. Reconnecting with his friends from his days at Sarah Lawrence College has also been a fulfilling experience for Levin.
"And so that feels so good, and I think that because I have been out of it for longer than them, I feel like I'm able to talk to them a little bit about what that journey was like for me in the beginning and what to expect, and how the twists and turns of recovery can be complicated road."
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