Tears of the Silenced: An Amish True Crime Memoir of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Brutal Betrayal, and Ultimate Survival Audiobook (Free)
- Cassandra Campbell
- 11 h 39 min
- Tantor Media
- 2019-01-17
Summary:
A true crime memoir: When Misty was six years old her family began to live and outfit like the Amish. Misty and her sister had been kept as slaves on the mountain ranch where they were subjected to nearly complete isolation, intimate abuse and intense physical violence. Their step-father held a packed rifle by the entranceway at all times to be sure the young girls had been too terrified to attempt to escape. They also knew that no recovery would ever come because a couple of people actually knew they been around and about Tears from the Silenced: An Amish True Crime Memoir of Years as a child Sexual Misuse, Brutal Betrayal, and Best Survival did not know them well enough to care.
Amish intimate abuse: When Misty reached her teens, her parents feared she and her sister would escape and took these to an Amish community where they were used and became baptized associates. Misty was devastated to once more find herself in a world of fear, animal cruelty and intimate abuse. Likely to the authorities was seriously frowned upon. A couple of years later, Misty was sexually assaulted by the bishop. As Misty recalls, ‘Amish sexual abusers are just shunned from the church for six weeks, a punishment that never appears to work. WHEN I was assaulted with the bishop I knew I needed to obtain help and one freezing morning hours in early March I produced a dash for a tiny police place in rural Minnesota. After confirming the bishop I left the Amish and found myself plummeted in to the strange modern world with only a second-grade education no Identification or social security card. To all mistreatment survivors out there, make sure you be urged, the routine of abuse can be damaged. Today, I am a medical student working towards my master’s level and a child abuse recognition activist. That is my tale.’
Contains mature themes.
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