From the moment a 19-year-old Chris Burkholder bolted from his Amish lifestyle his bishop grand<\/s>father and family members have shunned him. Now in his thirties, he’s authoured and self-published an autobiography about his experiences growing up in three different Amish communities in the Midwest. He relates that members of his closed-society regularly engaged in incest, bestiality and domestic abuse and did little to address these behaviours. <\/p>\n
I don’t know Chris personally. A workmate who does vouches for his integrity and good intentions. Two weeks ago his non-Amish wife was fired from her job at a local hospital despite an impeccable work history, according to my co-worker, who feels the dismissal is due to gossip spreading about the book and its content. <\/p>\n
Chris is not the first<\/a> ex-member to report of these goings on amongst the Amish. Every now<\/a> and then<\/a> a victim breaks out and comes forth only to be described as an anomaly by seemingly incredulous community members. If you’d like to contact Chris about his book, Amish Confidential<\/em>, Updated 26 February 2006<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the moment a 19-year-old Chris Burkholder bolted from his Amish lifestyle his bishop grandfather and family members have shunned him. Now in his thirties, he’s authoured and self-published an autobiography about his experiences growing up in three different Amish … Continue reading either to purchase it or help him with circulation, I could arrange it. No strings attached.<\/s> visit this website<\/a>.<\/p>\n