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Amish Sexual Abuse Survivor Shares Story in PBS Documentary

Lizzie Hershberger, who grew up in the Amish community in southeast Minnesota, has spoken publicly about the sexual abuse she endured as a young teenager. Her story was first told in a book “Behind Blue Curtains,” which she authored, and is now the focus of a PBS Independent Lens documentary, “Keep Quiet and Forgive.” 

Her story will move you, and she hopes that it will provide strength for others who have been or are currently being sexually abused to come forward instead of keeping quiet and forgiving their abusers.

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