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Disgusting cult!

This sucks they don't know theynare abuse

This is typical ... where there is maniacal religion and too many rules, THERE IS ABUSE!!!!

That is an awesome informational flyer- Simple and easy to understand! It is hard when something is happening that you feel is wrong, but no one ever talks about it.

Absolute , force obedience really an abuse. God teaches obediece by love " If you love me keep my commandments"

It doesn't matter how their culture works it matters how the law works and as soon as you guys start implementing that they will start to follow the laws this is the same thing as the lgbtq community demanding that we follow their will,ways, culture Wrong is wrong period I don't think so we have a set of laws in this country and they apply to everybody and if they don't follow them they will go to jail tough shit doesn't matter what your religion is

I took a group of leaders to one of these places for trouble Amish. It was very secret

I'm a social work student in Pennsylvania, and this is so very informative, thank you so much for this video!

I knew it, I fuckin knew it, I was thinking about it and I thought to myself, I bet that living in isolation, in that kind of religious extremist culture, and often homeschooling their kids, I bet there's significant levels of child abuse. I looked it up hoping to be wrong, and take no pleasure in being right.

Let's be honest everyone. Anywhere where there is a power situation, someone, not all of them takes the next step. Every religion makes it go away & the kid is shunned.

Child abusers have been victims of abuse and they need help. The problem is pride and denial of a problem. A good counselor.

sick cult

Not to mention the Piousness, they think they are morally and spirtually superior to you and I. They look down upon you they pity you cause you are in the world. I dont care how you wanna live but dont act or think you are better than any other person. They are arrogant not humble its a fake humble for image sake. Image and the idea if Amish must be protected at all costs. Its commodified. The idol of money addiciton to work. It takes alot of money to be a full time Larper and cosplay. Dont vote. Never spilled blood for this Nation yet wants all her freedoms. Did not help build or shape our Republic. Entitled and think they can get away with what ever they want. Questionable business practices, No Osha standards, child labor, copy right and trade mark infringement. Will steal any idea and make it their own if it makes money. Sexual abuse. A man made religion. The positve is they have good food and never owned slaves.

They think they are perfect. 350k USA population roughly of Amish. I can find 350k American " English" or "Yankees" that never touched or abused a child. Smh Its 2 things the need for power in control in a oppressive legalistic society ( similar to Japans quirky sex fetishes) And the fact they are all related genetically. The same feelings you have for your wife or girlfriend is hard to differentiate between cousin or sister or brother.

7:05, To me the punishment don't fit the crime

How do they even get victims to come forward?

The Amish are NOT followers of Jesus. They are followers of "the church."

I grew up in central New York with Mennonites, Amish, and other religious groups, in our communities. I learned then, that like all groups of people, they are not unlike the rest of society. There are good people, and bad, and those that are meek and courageous. I learned that evil people will wear whatever trappings available to them, if it gets them to their ultimate goal. And if these unrighteous people rise to positions of power and influence within a group, their misdeeds are usually hushed up through a variety of methods, so their slate appears clean. And usually escape any lasting punishment that changes their bad behavior. Their victims however are left with very little choices in how to repair the damage to their spirits, or heal their lives. It breaks my heart to know that this is still going on within our communities. No one should be abused. Especially not the children. I pray that your mission is successful. That those that are abused, neglected, and downtrodden are able to gain access to the truth, and know that good people are here to help victims break the silence. That these good people will help them on their journey to find hope, trust, and healing. My hope is that they live a full life of peace, love, and joy. May God bless you and your mission.

And yet we praise these people and their way of living as if they are saints...., thanks for what you do!

it should be illegal to be amish

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing-Edmund Burke.

That amish religion sounds very much like Gloriavale here in New Zealand. The whole lot should be shut down and the abusers should be locked up for life.

I'm glad the police officer talks about them acting innocent and as if they're just dumb naive folk who doesn't know any better and will rip you off in a heart beat. If you call them out "how dare you don't you know I'm a simple kind Amish"

I guess they don’t believe in state or federal law.

I worked with some Mennonites and they always seemed to be hiding something

Wie bischt, Eli. Denke.

No religion is correct! We can pick whichever we want but it wouldn't be 100% correct and the amish aren't innocent! I don't buy into their nonsensical rules😂 No technology =no life saved

Much love Eli! I didn’t know you were in this vid.

From my experience, I hated it but did not have the power to stop it until it was found out. That’s when I knew it wasn’t okay/normal and was given the power to stop it.

Wow. My ex husband's family is from Adams County, Ohio. We visited an Amish bakery and furniture store down there. At the bakery, a group of adults (there were children too) was talking in the back of the store, visible through a glass window. As soon as they noticed me they switched from English to Pennsylvania Dutch. At the furniture store, my ex asked a teenage boy behind the counter a question. He looked at his father (who nodded) before answering. I had no idea that these could be (possible) signs of abuse. These videos are a real eye opener.

Any community where there is an inequality between men and women runs the risk of abuse. I am so happy I never believed in a god since I was a little child. I found it like fairytales, made up stories. My mother tried, but luckily I am more like my father, man of science. I have heard too many abuse stories in religious environments that the whole religious thing is so bad. Religious groups had a bad reputation for excluding people if you do not behave a certain way or you disagree. That is with all religious groups, some worse than others, the stricter, the worse, like ultra orthodox jews in eg New York, jehovah witness, strict muslims etc etc, you can loose all your family and friends. They are not accepting different beliefs or way of live. You will be excluded and pushed to the side. Thats what I dislike about religion

The bible tells you that kind of stuff is sin so how do they not know I guess they dont follow the bible or read it .

I have a question. If the perpetrator is raised in this community without the good touch bad touch education. How can they know what they are doing is wrong? Aren't the abusers victims too ? Doomed to repeat the abuse. I'm not in anyway condoning the behavior.

Good work Eli

No better than the RCC ......and any other authoritarian religion, culture, society....

So, what is it with MALES.....everywhere? Everywhere.

Any closed community can be a breeding ground for all kinds of abuse.

This sounds like JW'S 😢

Sworn to secrecy as a child. I am now elderly, and all the people involved have passed; it's long time I had a talk with a therapist ABOUT my childhood; a subject I refused to speak on for many decades. Everything was because they thought it was the RIGHT way; time does not change ANYTHING. The attitude has outlived too many generations out of the order. I was told everything was normal and common, that was the way everyone lived, but I wasn't long out of the home before I realized It was 180 degrees from normal. I was told to forget and forgive anything at all. They were INCENSED if you brought up anything they did that YOU disapproved of, as you have no right, as a possession, to speak, or to have an opinion. The total number of lies I was told and demanded to repeat. The things I was taught to feel about myself as a person. There is so much under that rug that is impossible to ignore. The fact that I was expected to swallow it and FOLLOW it is absolutely mind-bending.

I am upstate NY, my sister and bil work closely with the Amish community. Incest is incredibly pervasive. I don't even know how to address the problem when most of the victims not only don't tell but don't know what they are experiencing is wrong.

Silly question but do Amish eat at fast food? Seen a young couple with kids pull up in a car and go to McDonald's. Didn't think much of it but thought I'd ask.

Women and children don’t mean shit to patriarchy

I’ve been watching Eli’s for a while but I just stumbled onto this.

Doesn’t matter, Amish, LDS, Catholic, Protestant, Hasidic Jew, Scientology, you name it. The abuse cover ups are just more prevalent, organized, condoned, and denied.

I grew up Mormon, and it's the same thing: anything sexual is handled 'in house' by the old pervs, lack of basic information about sex/withholding 'dirty facts' for the sake of soul (or appearances), greater punishment for the victim who mentions it than for the 'priesthood holder' who can't maintain control of his own d*ck because the child was 'leading him on' or 'trying to trick him into sin'... We need to get Amish Chris Hansen on the case.

Amish do use cell phones. The Yoders in middle Tennessee are called “Modern day Amish” still use horse and buggy but use cell phones for communication

For all who abuses kids….all I got to say is… it’s going to be mighty hot in hell !!

The Amish are a cult in my opinion. I see them on Amtrak all the time and I think why don’t they take their horse and buggies to their destinations. After all, they are not fans of “technology.”

Paedophilia is common amongst ALL organised religious groups, and they always try to cover it up. I detest organised religion, they're a bunch of hypocritical criminals

KNOW THIS FOR YEARS AND YEARS DIDN'T DO ANY THING ABOUT IT !!