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Not much is really known about the Amish. Other than the fact that they immigrated to the United States from Switzerland and are reluctant to adapt to modern technology, they seem more like a secret society than anything else. But as it turns out, there is way more to this sect than refusing electricity and automobiles. In fact, some things about the Amish are just downright scary. Here are the dark secrets we uncovered.


The Amish Keep to Themselves. And They’re Hiding a Horrifying Secret




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The memories come to her in fragments. The bed creaking late at night after one of her brothers snuck into her room and pulled her to the edge of her mattress. Her underwear shoved to the side as his body hovered over hers, one of his feet still on the floor. Her ripped dresses, the clothespins that bent apart on her apron as another brother grabbed her at dusk by the hogpen after they finished feeding the pigs. They usually got what they wanted. Instead, she attended a one-room Amish schoolhouse and rode a horse and buggy to church—a life designed to be humble and disciplined and godly.



Witness Describes Domination of Amish Leader
Mullet had repeatedly called her into his bedroom for sex in , at one point sending his wife to fetch her. The testimony of the daughter-in-law, Nancy Mullet, provided some of the most dramatic moments yet in a trial filled with accounts of violent attacks and bitter feuds among the normally peaceful Amish. It also provided the strongest evidence yet of what prosecutors and his Amish critics describe as Mr.





However, this does not mean that all Amish abstain from using birth control, including natural methods of family planning as well as barrier methods. Amish feel strongly that homosexual relations are sinful. Homosexual individuals within the community may seek counseling or otherwise keep their preferences secret.
