by Our Stories Untold | Dec 18, 2017 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Tim Wiens Tim Wiens, husband of survivor and Our Stories Untold contributor, Kathy Wiens, writes here about institutional betrayal in response to sexualized violence in the church. We recently published three posts by Kathy Weins that you can find here, here,...
by Our Stories Untold | Dec 13, 2017 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Tim Wiens Often, survivors of sexualized violence experience isolation even in their own families. It is far too infrequent that partners and parents and siblings find their way toward solidarity with loved ones who have experienced abuse. Which is why it is...
by Hilary Jerome Scarsella | Dec 11, 2017 | Our Stories Untold Blog
Hey team, we have a big announcement: Our Stories Untold and Into Account have officially joined forces. Into Account, which specializes in holding institutions, perpetrators, and enablers accountable for sexualized violence, harm, and cover-ups, is now the umbrella...
by Our Stories Untold | Nov 29, 2017 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Katherine B. Wiens This is part three in a series of posts by Kathy Wiens, a sexual violence survivor, and her husband, Tim, who has been her strong ally. The series focuses on her experience of advocating for people vulnerable to abuse in her Mennonite church...
by Our Stories Untold | Nov 15, 2017 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Katherine B. Wiens One of the hardest things about pushing a church for more accountability is the overwhelming pressure to “make nice.” Most of us feel this pressure, in one way or another. Women in particular are taught to do emotional caretaking, to accommodate...
by Our Stories Untold | Nov 6, 2017 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Katherine B. Wiens This is part one in what will be a series of posts published over the next few weeks by Kathy Wiens, a sexual violence survivor, and her husband, Tim, who has been her strong ally. Kathy has previously written and published a book that...
