by intoaccount | Aug 24, 2023 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Church focus, misogyny, spiritual abuse, Title IX, trauma, Uncategorized
by Susannah Griffith, PhD I knew telling my story would be costly. I didn’t know that it would be this costly. I published my story in Anabaptist World because I saw institutions related to the Mennonite Church USA ignore and minimize abusive behavior again and again....
by intoaccount | May 8, 2023 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, child sexual abuse, Church focus, online child sexual abuse, Survivors speak, trauma
by Alyssa On April 2, 2021, Into Account put out a statement of outreach to survivors of sexual abuse by Kent Peters, a church camp counselor, employee of Mennonite Mission Network, and a ubiquitous face at girls’ and women’s athletic events at various...
by intoaccount | Jan 19, 2023 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, Believing survivors, Church focus, College & university focus, misogyny, Uncategorized
Hesston College Leaders Still Ignoring Student Safety On January 9, 2023, a member of the Hesston College administration, Vice President of Student Life Deb Roth, sent out an email to the entire campus community, announcing that Athletic Director Bryan Kehr would be...
by intoaccount | Sep 26, 2022 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, Believing survivors, Church focus, Clery Act, College & university focus, Title IX
UPDATE: Since posting this on Monday, Into Account has received eight reports about violence and abuse at Hesston College from individual survivors. Every person who reports to us has the right to confidentiality and control over their story. All we will say is that...
by intoaccount | Jul 29, 2022 | Catholicism, Church focus, spiritual abuse, Survivors speak, trauma, Workplace/Religious Nonprofit focus
by Keara Parciak “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.” –John 16:12 He was right. I wasn’t ready. I wasn’t expecting to hear from David Haas when I did. I had just started a new job; I had just moved out of state and away from home;...
by intoaccount | Feb 18, 2022 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, child sexual abuse, Church focus, Plain people, social work, Survivors speak, trauma
Into Account is honored to have as colleagues, and to advocate for, a number of Plain and Amish people. And we’re especially honored to publish a Plain survivor’s story. Plain survivors face many barriers, including people from outside their context...