Amish attacking dissenters.

[catsmate]

Five Amish men in Ohio were arrested this week for allegedly breaking into the homes of other Amish men and cutting off their hair and beards.

The men were charged with aggravated burglary and kidnapping, according to WKYC, related to allegations that they were responsible for a series of six break-in-and-hair-cutting incidents.

The men are from the Bergholz clan, a breakaway clan headed by bishop Sam Mullet, who is also the father of three of the five men. The Bergholz clan has around 120 people and is made up of eighteen families. Seventeen of those families are related to Mullet, WKYC reports.

According to the AP, Mullet became known for excommunicating members and generally being a harsh ruler of the clan, and has even been accused of running a cult. Authorities are trying to link all the incidents to him. Mullet has said he knew about the incidents, but denied that he orchestrated them.

But the incidents were reportedly a retaliation against mainstream Amish for the Bergholz clan's ostracism.

More here, here, here, here and here. With a slideshow of beards......

 

[TimCallahan]

This guy Mullet sounds like the Amish version of Fred Phelps.

 

[westprog]

This guy Mullet sounds like the Amish version of Fred Phelps.

This outrage certainly puts the Cultural Revolution in its place. The horror!

 

[GreyArea]

I already knew that irresponsible cutting of hair could lead to a mullet. But I didn't know the reverse could be true.

 

[catsmate]

I already knew that irresponsible cutting of hair could lead to a mullet. But I didn't know the reverse could be true.

I was waiting for the first mullet joke.

 

[Gord_in_Toronto]

Ah. But that's not true Amishism.

 

[The Norseman]

Y'all thought Sam Mullet was bad? I hear that preacher Jacob Bouffant is a real killer!

 

[Good Lt]

Five Amish men in Ohio were arrested this week for allegedly breaking into the homes of other Amish men and cutting off their hair and beards.

The men are from the Bergholz clan, a breakaway clan headed by bishop Sam Mullet

See?

The God of the Amish does have a sense of humor.

 

[Corsair 115]

I guess it's not an Amish Paradise after all.

Maybe we could send in John Book to investigate? He has some experience with the Amish community.

 

[sadhatter]

This guy Mullet sounds like the Amish version of Fred Phelps.

You know, i do have a red flag set off that this guy might be worse in the future, but atm....


He is a hell of a lot better than most cult leaders. No kool aid, no child rape, just hair cutting. If the jonestown massacre involved nothing more than everyone getting a Chelsea cut, the world may just be a nicer place.

 

[catsmate]

Bump. According to the BBC there have been further arrests and charges have been brought, including carrying out religiously motivated physical assaults, causing injury by use of a dangerous weapon and other offences.
There are also allegations of sexual impropriety on the part of Samuel Mullet, that he took married women into his home so that he could "cleanse them of the devil with acts of sexual intimacy".
BBC
N Y Times
Reuters
ABC

 

[Bikewer]

Sounds like typical cult-leader personality to me. Since so many of these people are textbook "types", I wonder if this couldn't be a diagnosable condition?

 

[Eddie Dane]

You know, i do have a red flag set off that this guy might be worse in the future, but atm....


He is a hell of a lot better than most cult leaders. No kool aid, no child rape, just hair cutting. If the jonestown massacre involved nothing more than everyone getting a Chelsea cut, the world may just be a nicer place.

Especially when you consider that Jonestown took place in the seventies, when many people really needed a haircut.

 

[AlaskaBushPilot]

There are also allegations of sexual impropriety on the part of Samuel Mullet, that he took married women into his home so that he could "cleanse them of the devil with acts of sexual intimacy".

Look, he explained he was screwing the devil out of these women. So what's improper about that?

 

[TubbaBlubba]

No kool aid, no child rape, just hair cutting.

On the other hand, if he cut their hair into a mullet... Shudders!

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324906004578292194271856364.html

Are these guys related to Larry, Darryl & Darryl?

 

[Puppycow]

Gang of ruffians are headed to the hoosegow.

I hope they don't beat up the other inmates.

Seriously, they look harmless, especially the women, but a crime is a crime.

 

[Doctor Plop]

No one expects the Bergholz Beard Burglars!

..I'll come back in.

 

[MarkCorrigan]

This is possibly simultaneously the least threatening and most awesome sectarian violence ever.

Also, kudos on us as a whole for waiting a full 3 posts before making a mullet joke. I'm impressed the OP didn't make one.

 

[catsmate]

This is possibly simultaneously the least threatening and most awesome sectarian violence ever.

Also, kudos on us as a whole for waiting a full 3 posts before making a mullet joke. I'm impressed the OP didn't make one.

I have *some* standards..........