by intoaccount | Jul 29, 2022 | Catholicism, Church focus, spiritual abuse, Survivors speak, theology, 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 | Jul 8, 2022 | Anabaptism/Mennonites, Believing survivors, Survivors speak, Workplace/Religious Nonprofit focus
(For readers new to Miya’s story, begin here with Part One.) How To Make Sense of This? At the time, I felt like nothing good had come out of it. It felt like all the advocating I had done on my own behalf had been useless. It all felt so unfair and I felt so...
by intoaccount | Jun 24, 2022 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, Believing survivors, Ethics, Survivors speak, Workplace/Religious Nonprofit focus
The Contents of My Story May Disturb You Hi, my name is *Miya, and I am a survivor of Kent Peters. This is my story. Before I begin, I want to give a content/trigger warning to readers. The following post will include the following topics: grooming boundary crossing...
by intoaccount | Feb 18, 2022 | advocacy, Anabaptism/Mennonites, Church focus, Plain people, social work, Survivors speak
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...
by intoaccount | Nov 4, 2021 | Believing survivors, Church focus, spiritual abuse, Survivors speak
by Stephanie Krehbiel, Executive Director This past summer, I went to Minneapolis and Chicago to be present at filming locations for Into Account’s public service announcement video about Catholic composer David Haas. As aware as I thought I was of the scope of...
by intoaccount | Nov 3, 2021 | Believing survivors, Church focus, spiritual abuse, Survivors speak, theology
By Elizabeth K. I grew up with David Haas. As a member of my congregation, he has always been a part of my church family. My first memory of David was after the Christmas Eve Mass when I was in 3rd grade (8 years old). As we were leaving the church, I remember my mom...
