Tag: colonies

  • Modern ghosts of a horse-drawn scandal, Part 3

    Modern ghosts of a horse-drawn scandal, Part 3

    Eight men went to prison, the media gaze moved on, and colony life resumed. But the saga of mass rape in the Bolivian corner of our family of faith is far from over. When word of a serial rape crisis on the Manitoba Colony in Bolivia emerged in 2005, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) faced pressure…

  • Modern ghosts of a horse-drawn scandal, Part 1

    Modern ghosts of a horse-drawn scandal, Part 1

    Eight men went to prison, the media gaze moved on and colony life resumed. But the saga of mass rape in the Bolivian corner of our family of faith is far from over. The crime could not have been more salacious, nor the scandal more sensational. And the truth of it all could not trace…