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Minnesota Amish Man Serves Jail Time for Rape
Published: September 12, 2019
The sexual abuse survivor I wrote about in my last blog post has given me permission to use her name. Lizzie Hershberger was[...]
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Sexual Abuse Case in Southern Minnesota
Published: September 8, 2019
There is a story in the Southern Minnesota News about another case of sexual abuse in an Amish community. I have heard through[...]
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Amish Horse and Buggy Matters
Published: September 3, 2019
Photo by Saloma Furlong Of late, there have been many stories in the news about conflicts between the Amish and the surrounding culture[...]
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Sexual Abuse in Amish Country
Published: August 23, 2019
Photo by Saloma Furlong There have been a series of stories about incidences of sexual abuse in Amish communities in the past months.[...]
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How a Former Amish Woman Helped Win a Court Case
Published: July 26, 2019
Photo by Saloma Furlong In a controversial case in southeastern Minnesota, four Amish men sued the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Fillmore County,[...]
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Update on the Case of Jeriah Mast
Published: July 15, 2019
In my last blog post, I posed this question on the case of Jeriah Mast: Will he be prosecuted in the full extent[...]
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In the Case of Jeriah Mast
Published: June 29, 2019
If the Amish and Mennonite communities are not willing to protect their weakest and most vulnerable members, then they deserve to be dismantled[...]
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Article About Amish Life in Argentinian Newspaper, La Nacion
Published: June 24, 2019
Several weeks ago, just before I attended the Amish Conference in Elizabethtown, I was approached by a reporter named Domitila Dellacha who writes for[...]
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From the Inside Out: Reflections of Amish Traditions and Patterns, Part 2
Published: June 17, 2019
Photo by Saloma Miller Furlong Continued from Amish Conference 2019: Health and Well-Being in Amish Society… Perpetrators who are found out within[...]
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Amish Conference 2019: Health and Well-Being in Amish Society
Published: June 13, 2019
Photo by Saloma Furlong: Swartzentruber Amish farmstead near Ethridge, Tennessee It has been ever so long since I’ve written here, and ever so[...]
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Creating Art from Chaos
Published: April 1, 2019
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning. ~ Maya[...]
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Why Couldn't It Have Been Something Useful?
Published: February 17, 2019
In my childhood home, there needed to be a utilitarian reason for everything I did. When I walked two, three, or five miles[...]
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