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Passengers on a Bus or a Surrey
It's an absolute honor to walk with people who are taking back their power.

Mary Byler
Nov 5, 20243 min read
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Gay Man Marries Straight Woman
It feels like we drain each other like a shorted out battery. Fantasizing about leaving is what gives strength for each day. I loath myself

Joe Kramer
Oct 12, 20246 min read
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Mennonite Church Support and Therapy
Then, both the ladies stopped talking, and both seemed to realize that they were saying opposite things

Lily Rebecca
Sep 14, 20234 min read
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The Aftermath
Lydia Miller is an Amish child sexual abuse survivor who has been walking the path of living with the aftermath for years.

Lydia Miller
Jul 1, 20231 min read
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What does Support look like?
Let’s work with survivors and support them in finding their voice.

Mary Byler
Feb 23, 20233 min read
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Hijack Hell
(The conversation about the arrest of an Anabaptist person for sexual abuse of a child being hijacked to say child sexual abuse is no...
The Misfit Amish LLC
Feb 15, 20233 min read
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Update 7: CSA in Amish, Mennonite, Hutterite, Anabaptist & Other Religious Communities
As our final update on the results of the study, we would like to thank every one of our participants for being willing to share
The Misfit Amish LLC
Dec 10, 20225 min read
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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

Aram Weibe
Nov 6, 20222 min read
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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?"
The Misfit Amish LLC
Oct 29, 20225 min read
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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

Lauri Stoltzfus
Oct 3, 20223 min read
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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.

Kris
Oct 1, 20224 min read
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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
The Misfit Amish LLC
Sep 30, 20224 min read
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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%)
The Misfit Amish LLC
Sep 24, 20226 min read
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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.
The Misfit Amish LLC
Aug 20, 20222 min read
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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.
The Misfit Amish LLC
Aug 13, 20221 min read
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Amish Take Care of Their Own
" They often say if we were abused, we had a rebellious heart. Confessing will help us submit."
The Misfit Amish LLC
Jul 12, 20221 min read
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The Truth, Undisguised
Luanne finally left her husband after years of abuse in front of the children.
Rosanna Brubacker
Jun 5, 20222 min read
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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

Mary Byler
May 19, 20222 min read
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After
Sometimes, when we connect with fellow trauma survivors, we find moments of clarity and solidarity in discussing trauma experiences

Rue
Apr 2, 20222 min read
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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
The Misfit Amish LLC
Mar 15, 20223 min read
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