Pregnant Amish woman attacked by husband; Bishops convicted of coercing victim to take back abuser
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🗓️ 7 April 2023
⏱️ 94 minutes
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This Week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: In an exclusive story of survival, a pregnant Amish woman escapes an abusive husband and saves her seven children, but she’s shunned by the church and her community turns against her, siding with her abuser. Plus, in another case, three Amish bishops are convicted of intimidation after trying to force an abused Amish wife to take back her alleged attacker in the name of God.
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| 0:00.0 | Award of warning. This podcast explores graphic and disturbing stories and includes some |
| 0:05.3 | strong language. It therefore may not be suitable for our young listeners or other folks who |
| 0:10.9 | may find it disturbing. |
| 0:12.8 | Hello and welcome to True Crime Daily, The Podcast, covering high profile and under the |
| 0:16.9 | radar cases from across the country every week. I'm your host Anna Garcia. We're doing a special |
| 0:22.4 | episode today on the horrific sexual crimes and the abuse against women and children in |
| 0:28.4 | the Amish community. Because the Amish are so secretive and private, these crimes are rarely |
| 0:34.5 | reported to police and if they are reported, some police departments will let the Amish church |
| 0:41.2 | leaders handle the justice themselves. Today we will tell you the story of an Indiana mother |
| 0:47.7 | who has been ostracized and shunned by her own family and friends for calling the police |
| 0:53.7 | on her abusive husband. They blame her for the abuse, not him. This young mother stood strong, |
| 1:01.0 | fought back and got her abusive husband convicted and sent to prison. It is an unbelievable story. |
| 1:08.0 | We are recording this on April 5th of 2023. This podcast is a follow-up to one of our most |
| 1:14.9 | downloaded and viewed episodes ever. You may recall that two and a half years ago we uncovered a |
| 1:20.0 | series of horrific sexual assaults against a 12-year-old girl in Missouri who was repeatedly |
| 1:25.5 | attacked by her four brothers. She became pregnant and she gave birth at the age of 13. It was the |
| 1:32.3 | doctor who called police. The two brothers, PD and Aaron Schwartz were charged, but about to walk |
| 1:38.6 | away with no prison time as part of a sweet plea deal. Because the prosecutor actually said |
| 1:46.1 | they had been punished enough by the Amish themselves. Are you kidding me? That podcast outraged |
| 1:52.6 | all of you. It is our most downloaded and viewed episode ever with nearly two and a half million |
| 1:58.4 | views on YouTube. So today, we're back with an update on what is really going on inside some |
| 2:05.2 | Amish groups that will shock you. After that podcast, former homicide detective Lewis Bologna |
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