Florida woman allegedly booted from Christian rehab facility for kissing another girl
Kaylia Hevia, 29, was sentenced to 120 days in Seminole County Jail last month for violating her probation at Teen Challenge, a “Christ-centered” drug and addiction program she attended as part of a plea for her February 2021 arrest,“It’s just unfair that my sobriety should be compromised because of my sexuality,” Hevia told the newspaper from jail.
“Basically, the precedent that this case set was that Ms. Hevia willfully and substantially violated her probation by being gay,” Ghica told the newspaper. “Obviously, that’s problematic.” Pastor Rick Fernandez, executive director of the faith-based program run by Teen Challenge Southeast Region, also declined to comment, according to the report.
“When I got in there, I was like, ‘Wow, these people ae crazy, like this feels like a cult,’” she told the Sentinel from jail.Assistant Public Defender Natașa Ghica Ghica asked a judge to terminate Hevia’s probation due to the unfair discharge during an April 6 hearing, but Circuit Judge Melissa Souto was unmoved, saying drug treatment programs typically do not allow relationships among residents.
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