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Sins of the Amish

A two-part series that examines the plague of sex abuse in the Amish community and the broken criminal justice system that has failed to protect the victims.

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documentary, crime

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Bavaria Film

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They have generally little
to no voice in the church. - Sins of the Amish

They have generally little to no voice in the church.

As to what had just happened, - Sins of the Amish

As to what had just happened,

Jasper: You’re there
to provide meals - Sins of the Amish

Jasper: You’re there to provide meals

It’s even ingrained into the theology
that women are to be submissive - Sins of the Amish

It’s even ingrained into the theology that women are to be s...

In Plain communities, we teach
that men are almost animalistic - Sins of the Amish

In Plain communities, we teach that men are almost animalist...

I don’t even think
it really sank in. - Sins of the Amish

I don’t even think it really sank in.

And it’s a need, right? It’s
described as men need sex. - Sins of the Amish

And it’s a need, right? It’s described as men need sex.

You hear how normalized that is - Sins of the Amish

You hear how normalized that is

He should’ve been sent to
prison for a number of years. - Sins of the Amish

He should’ve been sent to prison for a number of years.

They’re told, "Well, he needed
to have sex with somebody." - Sins of the Amish

They’re told, "Well, he needed to have sex with somebod...

There’s no justification for
a year in the county jail - Sins of the Amish

There’s no justification for a year in the county jail

Man: It’s something
that has been tolerated - Sins of the Amish

Man: It’s something that has been tolerated

He was also given
Huber privileges - Sins of the Amish

He was also given Huber privileges

Mary: How is it justice to
allow an Amish perpetrator - Sins of the Amish

Mary: How is it justice to allow an Amish perpetrator

So this is "The Girl..."
"To a Girl of Eleven." - Sins of the Amish

So this is "The Girl..." "To a Girl of Eleven...

How do you get perpetrator
saying in court to a judge, - Sins of the Amish

How do you get perpetrator saying in court to a judge,

Once it is awakened and
active in a young boy - Sins of the Amish

Once it is awakened and active in a young boy

I still don’t see - Sins of the Amish

I still don’t see

Every decent girl
will do her best - Sins of the Amish

Every decent girl will do her best

Even in your own home, if you
have brothers in their teens, - Sins of the Amish

Even in your own home, if you have brothers in their teens,

Do not appear in their presence - Sins of the Amish

Do not appear in their presence

And when you sleep, either
be sure your door is closed - Sins of the Amish

And when you sleep, either be sure your door is closed

We’ll be coming up to where
Mary Byler’s place was. - Sins of the Amish

We’ll be coming up to where Mary Byler’s place was.

Your brother, innocently coming upon you
and seeing your partly uncovered body, - Sins of the Amish

Your brother, innocently coming upon you and seeing your par...

Mary told me
yesterday on the phone - Sins of the Amish

Mary told me yesterday on the phone

His intentions were not bad, - Sins of the Amish

His intentions were not bad,

Cherish your purity, - Sins of the Amish

Cherish your purity,

He’s gonna come and beat
us with his fishing pole. - Sins of the Amish

He’s gonna come and beat us with his fishing pole.

God will bless you and
help you as you do so." - Sins of the Amish

God will bless you and help you as you do so."

- Driving along.
- Take that camera and shove it - Sins of the Amish

- Driving along. - Take that camera and shove it

They didn’t even use battery
lights on the buggies. - Sins of the Amish

They didn’t even use battery lights on the buggies.

They used oil lanterns
on the buggies. - Sins of the Amish

They used oil lanterns on the buggies.

Jasper: There’s
a lot of evilness - Sins of the Amish

Jasper: There’s a lot of evilness

When you get to
be a certain age, - Sins of the Amish

When you get to be a certain age,

From then on you’re
expected to work, - Sins of the Amish

From then on you’re expected to work,

And if they catch
you not working, - Sins of the Amish

And if they catch you not working,

You might get spankings
because you’re required - Sins of the Amish

You might get spankings because you’re required

When you go down the road and
it’s quilts and they have hotels, - Sins of the Amish

When you go down the road and it’s quilts and they have hote...

And even on Sundays, - Sins of the Amish

And even on Sundays,

In each community that I lived in
there was child sexual assaults. - Sins of the Amish

In each community that I lived in there was child sexual ass...

My first perpetrator was
my biological father. - Sins of the Amish

My first perpetrator was my biological father.

They are just
pretty much angelic. - Sins of the Amish

They are just pretty much angelic.

I’ve been doing
forensic interviews - Sins of the Amish

I’ve been doing forensic interviews

Why are people so fascinated - Sins of the Amish

Why are people so fascinated

It’s not ever easy - Sins of the Amish

It’s not ever easy

Someone you know, love,
and trust your entire life - Sins of the Amish

Someone you know, love, and trust your entire life

Misty: This lie just
keeps perpetuating, - Sins of the Amish

Misty: This lie just keeps perpetuating,

Being willing to
trust another person, - Sins of the Amish

Being willing to trust another person,

Because what they knew was
sacred to them was violated. - Sins of the Amish

Because what they knew was sacred to them was violated.

You look around, and kids are
playing and they look happy. - Sins of the Amish

You look around, and kids are playing and they look happy.

They have their cute little horse
and buggies that go down the road, - Sins of the Amish

They have their cute little horse and buggies that go down t...

Mary: I was five when he died. - Sins of the Amish

Mary: I was five when he died.

I don’t remember him
ever apologizing. - Sins of the Amish

I don’t remember him ever apologizing.

That’s our view. That’s our perception
of people in the Plain community. - Sins of the Amish

That’s our view. That’s our perception of people in the Plai...

What I do remember is they
had a huge, huge funeral. - Sins of the Amish

What I do remember is they had a huge, huge funeral.

You can’t begin
to reconcile that - Sins of the Amish

You can’t begin to reconcile that

Jasper: They even
sold this idea that - Sins of the Amish

Jasper: They even sold this idea that

But I had told my mom about it. - Sins of the Amish

But I had told my mom about it.

And that’s when she told me the
first time what forgiveness is, - Sins of the Amish

And that’s when she told me the first time what forgiveness ...

They silence victims,
they protect perpetrators, - Sins of the Amish

They silence victims, they protect perpetrators,

He’s sorry and you
have to forgive him. - Sins of the Amish

He’s sorry and you have to forgive him.

And when you have a religion that also is a brand,

That burden of forgiving
and turning a blind eye, - Sins of the Amish

That burden of forgiving and turning a blind eye,

And that’s what’s happening
in the Plain communities, - Sins of the Amish

And that’s what’s happening in the Plain communities,

If you meet an Amish buggy
and you see a little girl - Sins of the Amish

If you meet an Amish buggy and you see a little girl

It’s about saying, "Hey, evil
can live and breathe among us. - Sins of the Amish

It’s about saying, "Hey, evil can live and breathe amon...

It can rape our children, and
forgiveness will just wipe it all out." - Sins of the Amish

It can rape our children, and forgiveness will just wipe it ...

Is she going to be abused?" - Sins of the Amish

Is she going to be abused?"

This is where I learned
about corn husking by hand. - Sins of the Amish

This is where I learned about corn husking by hand.

I mean, there’s not just the
Mary Byler case out there. - Sins of the Amish

I mean, there’s not just the Mary Byler case out there.

I also learned that I
wasn’t safe anywhere. - Sins of the Amish

I also learned that I wasn’t safe anywhere.

I was afraid to go to
the outhouse in school - Sins of the Amish

I was afraid to go to the outhouse in school

And at that point in time, my
cousin began sexually assaulting me. - Sins of the Amish

And at that point in time, my cousin began sexually assaulti...

And then his brother
also began assaulting me, - Sins of the Amish

And then his brother also began assaulting me,

I was born in
Lafayette, Indiana, - Sins of the Amish

I was born in Lafayette, Indiana,

My parents started
migrating through churches - Sins of the Amish

My parents started migrating through churches

Part of me has to ask, like, - Sins of the Amish

Part of me has to ask, like,

I wanted a beautiful home.
I wanted a peaceful home. - Sins of the Amish

I wanted a beautiful home. I wanted a peaceful home.

I thought staying Amish
was the way to do that, - Sins of the Amish

I thought staying Amish was the way to do that,

Misty: For me, I was
not born into the Amish. - Sins of the Amish

Misty: For me, I was not born into the Amish.

My mom and my stepdad, they
ordered several books on the Amish. - Sins of the Amish

My mom and my stepdad, they ordered several books on the Ami...

You know, the Amish dress like this, they
talk like this. They believe this and that. - Sins of the Amish

You know, the Amish dress like this, they talk like this. Th...

In communities that I was in, - Sins of the Amish

In communities that I was in,

All of a sudden, one day we
just started dressing Amish, - Sins of the Amish

All of a sudden, one day we just started dressing Amish,

You always have to be under
a male figure of some kind. - Sins of the Amish

You always have to be under a male figure of some kind.

We threw away any modern
appliances that we had. - Sins of the Amish

We threw away any modern appliances that we had.

We moved to Northern Washington - Sins of the Amish

We moved to Northern Washington

And that’s pretty much how I grew
up from the age of 11 to almost 19, - Sins of the Amish

And that’s pretty much how I grew up from the age of 11 to a...

You want to marry up. - Sins of the Amish

You want to marry up.

Among the Amish,
it’s very common - Sins of the Amish

Among the Amish, it’s very common

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A two-part series that examines the plague of sex abuse in the Amish community and the broken criminal justice system that has failed to protect the victims.

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Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Production: Bavaria Film

Genre: documentary, crime

Year: 2022

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ImdbRating: 7.5

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Released: 24 May 2022

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