PENNSYLVANIA
York Daily Record
January 16, 2020
By Shelly Stallsmith
Amish men in communities around the U.S. have helped to continue a culture of sexually assaulting their daughters, sisters and employees, according to an investigative report by Cosmopolitan magazine and Type Investigations.
More than three dozen Amish people were interviewed for the story that was posted this week. Reporters also talked to members of law enforcement, judges, attorneys, outreach workers and scholars in seven states, including Pennsylvania, that have Amish populations.
Read the entire Cosmopolitan story here.
The stories were similar.
Girls as young as nine were being inappropriately touched and raped by family members, neighbors and church leaders. When confronted, the men confessed and were punished by the church.
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