Swartzentruber Amish — PT2: "Promoted to Wearer of Jeans"

Was I In A Cult? by PodcastOne

May 18, 202659:06Society & Culture

CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses sexual assault. Not in graphic detail, but please listen accordingly. For 19 years, Lizzie Ens lived in one of the most conservative Amish sects in America: the Swartzentruber Amis...

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