Tears of the Silenced

Posted on 10 June 2018 by Misty Griffin

Misty Griffin s story Surviving child abuse, parental betrayal, sexual assault, and Amish cruelty A true crime memoir When Misty 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 where they were subjected to almost complete isolation, sexual abuse and extreme physical violence Their step father kept a loaded rifle by the door at all times to make sure the young girls were too terrified to try to escape They also knew that no rescue would ever come because only a couple of people even knew they existed and did not know them well enough to care.Amish Sexual abuse When Misty reached her teens, her parents feared she and her sister would escape and took them to an Amish community where they were adopted and became baptized members Misty was devastated to once again find herself in a world of fear, animal cruelty and sexual abuse Going to the police was severely frowned upon A few years later, Misty was sexually assaulted by the bishop As Misty recalls, Amish sexual abusers are only shunned by the church for six weeks, a punishment that never seems to work After I was assaulted by the bishop 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 the strange modern world with only a second grade education and no ID or social security card To all abuse survivors out there, please be encouraged, the cycle of abuse can be broken Today, I am a nursing student working towards my master s degree and a child abuse awareness activist This is my storyIf you have read Scared Selfless, A Child Called It, The Sound of Gravel, or Etched In Sand, then Tears of the Silenced is a must read Read Tears of the Silenced author Misty Griffin – kino-fada.fr I am not sure whether to consider this a novel based on several actual abuse cases, or if its an autobiographical account with lavishly embellished events created in the authors mind to demonize and project her past abuse onto the Amish with impunity because the Amish are not very likely to dispute her story The public is not very likely to actually demand facts but far too many will read it and take it at face value with out questionI tend to lean towards the latter I was born and raised Swar I am not sure whether to consider this a novel based on several actual abuse cases, or if its an autobiographical account with lavishly embellished events created in the authors mind to demonize and project her past abuse onto the Amish with impunity because the Amish are not very likely to dispute her story The public is not very likely to actually demand facts but far too many will read it and take it at face value with out questionI tend to lean towards the latter I was ...Breaking the silence on Amish sexual abuse My memoir about leaving the AmishI give up If this author had an horrific childhood, she has my deepest sympathies However, this book is not only dreadful, but completely unbelievable Let me count the ways 1 Her family was not Amish That she would blame that community for her trauma s is ridiculous and unsupported by any kind of fact I m sure there are cases of child abuse in Amish communities just as there are vile cases in every strata of society How...Dammit It did not save my review That s so annoying I ll have to write it all over again I swear if I have to write onething over again I will turn into something.Anyway, this book is painful to read It s like trying to watch Slumdog Millionaire which I could not even handle because the child abuse would not end I was like if onechild gets beaten and molested in this book It made me want to jump into the book and just shoot her so called parents who beat her endless and her Dammit It did not save my review That s so annoying I ll have to write it all over again I swear if I have to write onething over again I will turn into something.Anyway, th...I wish I could give ZERO stars What a crock of shite For someone who doesn t remember things well because they fell head first into the mouth of a Dane at 4 and had suffered severe head injuries don t even get me started on that flat out lie she sure remembers a lot, and in minute and graphic detail And the claims of the FBI coming in and taking her from her mom and dad because they had a warrant for kidnapping, yet the parents weren t arrested Lady, I want what ever it is that you ve be I wish I could give ZERO stars What a crock of shite For someone who doesn t remember things well because they fell head first into the mouth of a Dane at 4 and had suffered severe head injuries don t even get me started on that flat out lie she sure remembers a lot, and in minute and ...A fabricated tabloid like story passing as a biography Yes, child abuse does happen in Amish communities like it does in the world at large, trust me HOWEVER using a sad aspect of humanity to sell books for your own gain not only takes away the attention and support for those who are abused but only make people less likely to believe those in Amish communities who come forward looking for help.From her claims to have a GED but yet failed the math section Trust me, GED testing doesn t allow fo A fabr...I wanted to cry but I couldn t This is a powerful book about child abuse and how abusers get away with their crimes I m glad the author escaped her misery but my heart aches for all of those who cannot escape their tormentors A few Summers back, I attended a demonstration against a Satmar male therapist who molested a young girl under his professional care Amish and Hasidic communities are insular and nobody talks about abuse The government can t interfere allegedly but all these fundamenta I wanted to cry but I couldn t This is a powerful book about child abuse and how abusers get away with their crimes I m glad the author escaped her misery but my heart aches for all of those who cannot escape their tormentors A few Summers back, I attended a demonstration against a Satmar male therapist who molested a young girl under his professional care Amish and Hasidic communities are insular and nobody talks about abuse The government can t interfere allegedly but all...Horrifying For years now we have romanticized the Amish as a group of people who have gone back to the basics in the most complete sense That view almost precludes us from taking an in depth look at what they are truly like, and some of the novels about Amish life hints at the dark side but fail to reveal what may be the actual truth Over the last few years, differing views have been shown on television, and they caused me to choose Misty s book.It is almost implausible that not one of the gov Horrifying For years now we have romanticized the Amish as a group of people who have gone back to the basics in the most complete sense That view almost precludes us from taking an in depth look at what they are truly like, and some of the novels about Amish life hints at the dark side but fail to reveal what may be the actual truth Over the last few years, differing views have been shown on television, and they caused me to choose Misty s book.It is almost impla...Probably not fair to rate this book, but I stopped after reading only the very beginning Something does not feel right in the telling I am not at all discounting the author s experience it is her own That said, I acknowledge my own discomfort while reading it, and that, along with the unrelenting narrative of abuse has made me decide to put it down I have read other books of survivors I.e Glass Castle that were muchreadable, better edited, and rang truer to the writer s experience Probably not fair to rate this book, but I stopped after reading only the very beginning Something does not feel right in the telling I am not at all discounting the author s experience it is her own That said, I acknowledge my own discomfort while reading it, and that, along with the unrelenting narrative of abuse has made me decide to put it down I have read other books of survivors I.e Glass Castle that were muchreadable, better edited, and rang truer to the wr...Tears of the SilencedI read your book, my heart goes out to you and your Sister.You are a true example of taking your tragedies and making them into stepping stones I am so glad you wrote your book, the outsiders need to know being Amish is not all...

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10 June 2018

Misty Griffin