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Four Amish cited for not reporting abuse

MARSHFIELD, Mo. (UPI) -- Four Missouri Amish community bishops have been charged with failing to report child sex abuse allegedly perpetrated by a member, prosecutors say.

Webster County, Mo., Prosecuting Attorney Danette Padgett told reporters Tuesday that the four community leaders had been charged with failing to report a sexual crime against a child under 17 years of age in the case of Johnny Schwartz, who has been charged with abusing two young female relatives, the Marshfield (Mo.) Mail reported.

The bishops were identified as Christian Schwartz, 40; Jacob Schwartz, 79; Emmanuel Eicher, 44; and Peter Eicher, 59. Court records indicated each was charged with one count of the misdemeanor.

Webster County Sheriff Roye Cole told the Mail that each of the men admitted knowing about Johnny Schwartz's alleged sexual relations with the two juvenile girls, and that they met as a group about punishing the suspect, who is reportedly being "shunned" by his fellow Amish.

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This news arrived on: 11/04/2009

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11-05-2009 15:21

bj wrote:

Sex abuse of minors.

As always, lets keep it in the family, outsiders don't need to know. . like mushrooms, incest grows in the dark and the victim is left feeling like a trouble maker. . . dirt bag.