Samuel Mullet and followers found guilty of federal hate crimes. Sept. 20, 2012— -- The leader of an Amish splinter sect and his followers were found guilty today of violating federal hate crime ...

PEQUEA TOWNSHIP, Pa. — An Amish bishop was charged this week by Pennsylvania authorities with failing to report sexual abuse allegedly committed by one of his congregants. Levi Esh Sr., 63, of Pequea ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Each one of the hair- and-beard-cutting attacks against Amish men and women last fall was connected to one person, an Amish bishop who thought he was above the law and free to hand ...

CLEVELAND An Amish bishop accused of orchestrating hair-cutting attacks in Ohio forced women at his settlement to have sex with him so he could turn them into better wives, one of the women testified ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — The sheriff in a county with one of the nation’s biggest Amish settlements testified Wednesday that residents were upset and screaming after a community leader had his beard and hair ...

Jury deliberations started Thursday in the trial of an Amish leader and 15 followers who are accused of forcibly cutting the hair and beards of religious rivals. Samuel J. Mullet Sr., a 66-year-old ...

In Amish tradition, men’s beards and women’s hair carry religious significance — and once they’re married, men stop shaving and women stop trimming their hair. In fact, religious beliefs around hair ...

Iowa Writers 'Collaborative. Linking Iowa readers and writers. Buggyland will never be Buggyland again. The New Order Amish bishop has lifted the ban on bicycles and a wave of motion has washed over ...

METAMORA — The Illinois Mennonite Historical and Genealogical Society will offer an illustrated presentation on Bishop Joseph Stuckey and the Stuckey Amish in Central Illinois at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s replacement of the entire membership on the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee was extremely concerning not just because of the loss of valuable expertise, but ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Each one of the hair- and-beard-cutting attacks against Amish men and women last fall was connected to one person, an Amish bishop who thought he was above the law and free to hand ...