Amish beard-cutting trial

16 Amish found guilty of hate crimes in beard-cutting attacks

By James F. McCarty / The Plain Dealer — September 21, 2012

CLEVELAND (RNS) Amish bishop Samuel Mullet was convicted Thursday of federal hate crimes and conspiracy for exhorting followers to forcibly shear the hair and beards of those who opposed his breakaway Ohio sect. By James F. McCarty.

Amish bishop describes beard-cutting attack

By James F. McCarty / The Plain Dealer — September 6, 2012

CLEVELAND (RNS) Law officers testified Wednesday about the chaotic and bizarre scene they discovered when they arrived at the Holmes County home of Raymond Hershberger, a 79-year-old Amish bishop. By James F. McCarty.

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