Aram Weibe
Old Colony Mennonite: A Survivor's Perspective
It is the result of not giving the young men the proper education. Fathers cannot educate their sons because they also have no concept
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The Misfit Amish LLC
- Oct 29
- 5 min
Update 6: CSA in Amish, Mennonite, Hutterite, Anabaptist & Other Religious Communities
To protect the privacy of participants, we summarized the responses to "How were you impacted by CSA?"
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Lauri Stoltzfus
- Oct 3
- 3 min
Open Letter to Goshen College & Bluffton University
My name is Lauri Stoltzfus, and I recently saw a packet of materials sent to social work professors and college academic leaders
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Kris
- Oct 1
- 4 min
The Truth of Being AFAB and Anabaptist
It doesn’t matter if the doctor said "it’s a girl" or "it’s a boy" neither is more valuable than the other. Both deserve equal rights.
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The Misfit Amish LLC
- Sep 30
- 4 min
Are Goshen College & Bluffton University Protecting an Abuse Enabler?
On Sept 2, 2022 the below packet was shipped from The Misfit Amish via UPS to people at Goshen College & Bluffton University
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The Misfit Amish LLC
- Sep 24
- 6 min
Update 5: CSA in Amish, Mennonite, Hutterite, Anabaptist & Other Religious Communities
We found that the highest rates of child sexual abuse were among those who were born Anabaptist (49%)
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The Misfit Amish LLC
- Sep 17
- 5 min
Update 4: CSA in Amish, Mennonite, Hutterite, Anabaptist & Other Religious Communities
What you teach your children can be vital to the prevention of sexual violence in childhood.
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The Misfit Amish LLC
- Sep 3
- 5 min
Update 3 : CSA in Amish, Mennonite, Hutterite, Anabaptist & Other Religious Communities
People provided responses indicating what they called child sexual abuse.
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The Misfit Amish LLC
- Aug 20
- 2 min
Update 2 : CSA in Amish, Mennonite, Hutterite, Anabaptist & Other Religious Communities
There is a significant difference in the child sexual abuse experiences of the people who are currently Anabaptist.
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The Misfit Amish LLC
- Aug 13
- 1 min
Update: Child Sexual Abuse in Amish, Mennonite, Hutterite, Anabaptist & Other Religious Communities
Update on the research study: CSA in Amish, Mennonite, Hutterite, Anabaptist & Other Religious Communities with the calculated percentages.
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The Misfit Amish LLC
- Jul 14
- 1 min
Reporting Amish Abuse
When I called and reported the suspected abuse case of an Amish families children to the local civil authorities. The local county's...
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The Misfit Amish LLC
- Jul 12
- 1 min
Amish Take Care of Their Own
" They often say if we were abused, we had a rebellious heart. Confessing will help us submit."
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Rosanna Brubacker
- Jun 5
- 2 min
The Truth, Undisguised
Luanne finally left her husband after years of abuse in front of the children.
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Mary Byler
- May 19
- 2 min
The Little Girl
The Little Girl
22 January 2006
By Mary Byler
I can’t breathe, let me go, let me go…
I screamed…
I can’t see, let me go, let me go…
…but no
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Rue
- Apr 2
- 2 min
After
Sometimes, when we connect with fellow trauma survivors, we find moments of clarity and solidarity in discussing trauma experiences
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The Misfit Amish LLC
- Mar 15
- 3 min
Amish Parental Love
“It’s often taught as a transactional type of love”.
What do I mean by this?
It’s conditional on the Amish person or child complying with
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Mary Byler
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Come as You Are
Start by being present with us as we walk through this journey of finding the will to live after the horror and terror.
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Mary Byler
- Jan 24
- 2 min
A Christmas Market
There's a card with an inspirational story behind the earrings. I was speechless.
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The Misfit Amish LLC
- Jan 15
- 3 min
Amish Child’s Prayer
I heard there is joy & smiles to be had, I’ve done nothing wrong, why do I feel so bad?
Who do I tell, where do I go? What do I reap
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Mary Byler
- Nov 24, 2021
- 1 min
Forgive?
"When you wrong someone and you ask for forgiveness, it is up to that person to choose whether to forgive you or not. "
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