Part of a very strict Old Order Amish settlement where children are seen as inherently evil and corporal punishment is the cure, Luci often fantasized about a completely different life. Child labor was so intense, she broke her back and received no medical attention. Finally as a teenager she escaped to her brother’s home only to be taken right back. Her family was forcibly keeping her in her room until she hit her breaking point and ran as fast as she could with her older brother chasing her into a neighboring cornfield. How could she escape?

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Chapter Markers

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:26 Where Luci grew up and how roles in the church were seen as a burden

00:05:06 What it was like being unable to read the Bible but being expected to follow it

00:07:52 Church leaders who unintentionally perpetuated more ab*se

00:10:56 What the repentance process was like

00:12:59 What happens when someone does try to go to the police

00:13:25 How the community treated the victim and why

00:15:43 How the Amish community has created an environment where perpetrators thrive

00:19:26 Luci's childhood and life at home

00:21:33 Luci has a major injury while working on the family's dairy farm

00:24:42 What was life like for Luci's mother?

00:26:03 Parentification in Luci's childhood home

00:28:18 "Rebellious" acts Luci did as a child

00:29:36 Sneaking in a newspaper

00:30:40 Escaping shame and v*olence with an imaginary family

00:35:32 Shame leading to serious mental illness in children

00:39:36 How did reading the Bible lead Luci to leaving the Amish community?

00:42:04 How little interactions with people outside the community impacted Luci positively

00:44:30 How those in the Amish community can lack documentation of birth

00:46:14 Luci's plans for escape

00:51:34 Luci's family violently attempts to thwart her plans

00:59:38 Luci finally escapes for good

01:03:24 How Luci felt and started to cope after leaving everything she ever knew

01:04:47 Finding a job without having legal documentation

01:07:04 The difficulties Luci faced when people found out about her Amish past

01:09:14 How Luci met her husband and joined another cult

01:11:16 Linda, listen

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