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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
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Lily Rebecca
Sep 14, 20234 min read
Mennonite Church Support and Therapy
Then, both the ladies stopped talking, and both seemed to realize that they were saying opposite things
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Lily Rebecca
Aug 9, 20233 min read
Plain Mennonite and Mental Health
Lily Rebecca an active Plain Mennonite woman who sought both professional and church support for mental health resources
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The Misfit Amish LLC
Feb 15, 20233 min read
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...
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The Misfit Amish LLC
Dec 10, 20225 min read
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
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The Misfit Amish LLC
Oct 29, 20225 min read
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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The Misfit Amish LLC
Sep 30, 20224 min read
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, 20226 min read
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
Aug 20, 20222 min read
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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Mary Byler
May 19, 20222 min read
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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The Misfit Amish LLC
Mar 15, 20223 min read
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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The Misfit Amish LLC
Jan 15, 20223 min read
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, 20211 min read
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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Hope Anne Dueck
Nov 11, 20213 min read
Is it Verbal Porn?
Advocates are repeatedly having survivors get in touch with us after they have reached out to people who they thought were safe, only to be
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Tammy Dannemiller
Sep 30, 20217 min read
Amish Abuse Awareness Conference #2
Child abuse knows no barriers and no community can be free from protecting the children from perpetrators.
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Mary Byler
Jul 27, 20212 min read
I Challenge You! Part 7 Amish Abuse Awareness Conference
Silence helps the perpetrators of crimes, never the victim.
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Tara L Mitchell
Jun 27, 20218 min read
Do the Amish Really Sexually Abuse Children?
the Amish are people, just like the rest of us. So, there is child sexual abuse among the Amish. Full. Stop. Period.
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Rosemarie Miller
May 29, 20215 min read
The Case for a Trauma Trained Therapist
The Case for a Trauma Trained Therapist I sat across the table from my pastor and his wife, my trembling hands jammed deep into my jacket...
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