June 20, 2019

Coverings: Sexual abuse among the Amish and Mennonite people

"Let's go back to 1994, to the devastation I felt when I walked in on my husband abusing my baby girl. My tiny, helpless 1-month-old baby. He apologized and promised it would never happen again, and I believed him." | Kay, a former conservative Mennonite woman, in Central Pennsylvania. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

“Let’s go back to 1994, to the devastation I felt when I walked in on my husband abusing my baby girl. My tiny, helpless 1-month-old baby. He apologized and promised it would never happen again, and I believed him.” | Kay, a former conservative Mennonite woman, in Central Pennsylvania. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)

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