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>> i was, you know, going to go and do something wonderful. >> reporter: but within days of arriving as a volunteer in bangladesh, idealism met reality when she says a group of young local men repeatedly tried to fondle her and the peace corps ignored her pleas for relocation. >> we wanted to be pulled out of there. they wouldn't pull us out. >> reporter: three months later, she says, the same group of young men dragged her down a side alley and repeatedly raped her. but that the peace corps told her not to let anyone know why she had to go home. >> i was told to tell volunteers that i was having my wisdom teeth taken out. >> reporter: keep this quiet? >> yeah. >> reporter: current peace corps officials maintain such incidents are rare and not covered up. >> 98% of all volunteers say they feel safe or extremely safe with the peace corps. >> reporter: but jess smochek and a number of other former peace corps volunteers who were raped or sexually assaulted told abc news the agency is in denial, often blaming the