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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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