Bøger af Misty Griffin

Surviving Severe Child Abuse, Sexual Assault and Leaving the Amish ChurchA gripping story that takes you on the journey of a child abuse and sexual assault survivor turned activist. Photo Gallery in the back of the book.True story of child abuse. When Misty Griffin was six years old, her family started to live and dress like the Amish. Misty and her sister were kept as slaves on a mountain ranch and subjected to almost complete isolation, sexual abuse, and extreme physical violence. Their step-father kept a loaded rifle by the door to make sure the young girls were too terrified to try to escape. No rescue would ever come since the few people who knew they existed did not care.Sexual abuse among the Amish. When Misty reached her teens, her parents feared she and her sister would escape and took them to an Amish community. Devastated to again find herself in a world of fear, cruelty, and abuse, Misty was sexually assaulted by the bishop. As Misty recalls, "e;Amish sexual abusers are only shunned by the church for six weeks, a punishment that never seems to work....I knew I had to get help, and one freezing morning in early March, I made a dash for a tiny police station in rural Minnesota. After reporting the bishop, I left the Amish and found myself plummeted into a strange modern world with only a second-grade education and no ID or social security card."e;Misty has a message for abuse survivors: "e;Please be encouraged, the cycle of abuse can be broken. This is my story of survival and moving past the abuse to embrace my dreams."e; In June 2019 Misty graduated nursing school. She continues to work to raise awareness about child abuse and sexual assault. Through Misty's story, discover:You are not aloneYour past does not define your futureThe abuse you endured was not your faultMoving forward is possibleIf you have read true crime books and child abuse true stories like Educated, A Child Called It or Etched In Sand, then Tears of the Silenced is a must-read.

Da Misty var seks år gammel, valgte hendes familie at skifte garderoben ud og leve efter amish-bevægelsens regler. Hendes mor og stedfar holdt Misty og hendes søster som slaver på en gård i bjergene, hvor de næsten helt isolerede fra omverdenen blev udsat for seksuelt misbrug og ekstrem fysisk vold.Da Misty blev teenager, frygtede forældrene, at hun og søsteren ville flygte, så familien flyttede til et amish-samfund, hvor de blev døbt og optaget. Få år efter blev Misty udsat for et seksuelt overgreb af samfundets biskop. I amish-bevægelsen er det yderst tabubelagt at henvende sig til politiet, og man foretrækker at komme overens og selv ordne tingene i sager om seksuelt misbrug inden for egne rækker. Som Misty selv beskriver det: ”Amish-overgrebsmænd bliver bare udelukket fra kirken i halvanden måned; en straf, der sjældent har nogen som helst effekt.”Men Misty var fast besluttet på at beskytte samfundets yngre medlemmer og fandt modet til at melde biskoppen til politiet. Fra det øjeblik havde hun ikke andre muligheder end at forlade amish-bevægelsen, og snart fandt hun sig selv i en fremmed og moderne verden, kun udrustet med skolegang til og med 2. klasse, uden hverken identitetspapirer eller CPR-nummer.I dag er Misty uddannet sygeplejerske og arbejder sideløbende med at oplyse offentligheden om misbrug af børn. Dette er hendes historie.