Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault (SA)
I just read about the case where a Pennsylvania groom was arrested after *SA* a wedding guest on the night of his own wedding.
I can’t stop thinking about it.
What keeps bothering me isn’t just the crime itself - it’s everything surrounding it.
According to the reporting, police were contacted the next day, the victim underwent a SA exam, and the groom was questioned. Investigators later said DNA from the exam matched his DNA, and he has since been charged.
The questions I can’t get out of my head are:
How did the bride experience that day? Did she know something had happened before the wedding or did she learn later?
If police were reportedly involved that day, what did the wedding party and family know at the time?
How did the celebration continue while something so serious was unfolding?
What was it like for the guests?
If you’re the bride, how did the wedding still happen with this going on?
I’m asking because I genuinely cannot wrap my head around how a wedding day and a violent crime could intersect?
Has anyone else been following this case? Am I the only one who finds the circumstances almost impossible to comprehend?
My heart is with the victim and wife - neither deserve this.