by Our Stories Untold | Jan 7, 2020 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Crystal Seymore Crystal Seymore’s story of abuse is a tangle of oppressive and violent threads. It’s hard to say which of those threads most deserves to be highlighted in this introduction to her narrative. Is it the spiritual abuse by Church of Christ clergy...
by Our Stories Untold | Dec 1, 2019 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Reverend Teresa K. Pecinovsky Kintsugi pottery by Miyo Heki. Image shared with permission from the artist. [Updated on 1/5/2020: This version of Teresa Pecinovsky’s interview contains additional details about Dr. Love’s behavior in response to the...
by Our Stories Untold | Jun 12, 2019 | Our Stories Untold Blog
Nine days ago, I stood in Elkhart, Indiana, on the campus of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS). The campus apartment building where I was sexually assaulted is gone now. When I learned that it would be demolished, I remember wishing that I could be the one...
by Our Stories Untold | Jun 11, 2019 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by HJS Let me catch you up to speed. When I was a student at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS), I was sexually assaulted by a classmate. I tried to get help from the seminary and the results were devastating. The assault happened ten years ago, my...
by Our Stories Untold | Dec 10, 2018 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Suzanne I was sexually assaulted by my father, paternal uncles and paternal grandfather as a child. My mother was aware of the abuse by my father and participated on one occasion. It started when I was a toddler, before the core of who I was had fully coalesced. I...