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 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 Stephanie Krehbiel | Aug 15, 2016 | Our Stories Untold Blog
Teach and model mutuality between men and women and challenge the ongoing legacy of patriarchy in the church. – From “What we will do…As church institutions,” in “Churchwide Statement on Sexual Abuse.” Passed by Mennonite Church USA Delegate Assembly, Kansas...
by Our Stories Untold | Jul 25, 2016 | Our Stories Untold Blog, Stories
by M.G. This post has been a long time coming, not that I haven’t written about it or spoken about it before, but I’ve never written about it or spoken about it in this depth, to this wide of an audience. As more comes to light about Eastern Mennonite University’s...
