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Former Amish woman criticizes Columbia County's handling of sexual assault cases
Torah Bontrager visited Columbia County at the beginning of February to see her uncle, Enos Bontrager, formerly of Friesland, sentenced for sexually assaulting a girl in the 1990s. He entered a plea deal and was sent to jail for nine months for the attacks that began when the girl was 9 and continued until she was 16 or 17. Torah, who founded an organization dedicated to helping victims of abuse in Amish and religious extremists groups, said Enos also attacked her more than once when she was young and that she wants to hold him accountable. It hasn't been easy, she said.
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Woman criticizes Columbia County law officials, speaks out after childhood abuser released from jail
The now adult woman who Enos Bontrager of Fond du Lac, formerly of Friesland, admitted to sexually assaulting from when she was 9 years old un…
