PENNSYLVANIA
PennLive.com
September 11, 2017
By Wesley Robinson, wrobinson@pennlive.com
Six years after failing to report sexual abuse in the Amish community, a local bishop admitted to covering up the allegations.
Christ Stoltzfus was mandated to report the sex abuse allegations under Child Protective Services law but failed to report the abuse in 2011. Stoltzfus, 69, of Roller Road in Mifflin Township, told investigators that he was informed one of the incidents “wasn’t really that bad” during an interview in February 2017, according to state police.
A month prior to Stoltzfus’ interview with police, a member of Stoltzfus’ church told troopers he informed the bishop of the cases of child sexual abuse that occurred in 2011. Both cases involved Daniel Ray Fisher, 44, of Weaver Road in Mifflin Township, records state.
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