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It's an absolute honor to walk with people who are taking back their power.
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Joe Kramer
Oct 126 min read
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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Lauri Stoltzfus
Oct 3, 20223 min read
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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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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The Misfit Amish LLC
Aug 13, 20221 min read
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 12, 20221 min read
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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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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Rue
Apr 2, 20222 min read
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, 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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Mary Byler
Mar 1, 20221 min read
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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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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The Misfit Amish LLC
Nov 7, 20212 min read
An Open Letter to Religion
Laying in bed, with my hood over my head, hugging my teddy bear wishing I was dead.
That’s what it does to me.
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