Toni Newman grew up in a strict, southern Christian household. When Toni came to realize she was really a transgender woman, she says "Not only did I lose my natural family, my church family, I lost my gay family."

In our new special series, we hear the personal stories of transgender people of faith and where they are finding spiritual homes among America's religious traditions.

Although it seemed that #MeToo has spread to every corner of America, some women who have suffered abuse within religious communities struggle to receive acknowledgement and justice.

Alyssa, a young Mormon woman, was pressured by her church leaders to forgive her abuser after he sexually assaulted her. It made her feel as if her pain did not matter and that she wasn’t worthy of being believed.

Karin Bleeg felt violated when she discovered that her former rabbi had been secretly videotaping women preparing for their mikvah, or ritual bath. Still, she says she one day wants to forgive him, for her own sake.

Many faith traditions emphasize the importance of forgiveness. But in the context of the #MeToo movement, can forgiveness silence women who have been abused?

Asylum has come to the forefront of this latest flashpoint in the immigration debate because of the thousands fleeing violence in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.

We learn the context of the passage Romans 13, how Christian views differ on its application to the family separation policy, and how it has been used in American history.

In a country where the number of people unaffiliated with religious traditions is rising, what role did America's faith communities have in reversing the policy of separating children from families at the border?

Much of the outcry over the separation of families illegally crossing the U.S. border came from people of faith. What nerve did that now-former policy hit?