‘I ESCAPED AN EVIL SECT’

With their horse-drawn buggies, bonnets and long dresses, the Amish appear charmingly quaint.

They live in closed communities, guarding themselves from the sins of the world outside. But Lizzy Hershberger knows better.

In 2019, she had her Amish rapist jailed. And now she’s speaking out, exposing a culture where abuse is hidden and victims blamed.

“People see those – life from a more innocent time,” says Lizzy, 46. “But I know hundreds of Amish women who’ve been abused.”