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Posted: 8:53 PM Oct 11, 2011
Ohio Amish Leader: Beard-Cutting Religious Matter
Scissor beard-cutting was intended to send a message that other Amish should be ashamed of themselves
Reporter: Associated Press |
Sam Mullet, father of two of the three men arrested for allegedly going into the home of another Amish man and cutting his hair and beard, talks outside his home in Bergholz, Ohio Monday, Oct. 10, 2011.
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BERGHOLZ, Ohio (AP) -- The leader of an Ohio Amish group whose
members are accused of going into the home of another Amish man and cutting his hair and beard says it's a religious matter and police
shouldn't be involved.
Sam Mullet says he didn't order the attack but didn't stop two of his sons and another man from carrying it out on a 74-year-old man in his Holmes County home last week.
The 66-year-old Mullet told The Associated Press on Monday that the hair-cutting with scissors was intended to send a message that other Amish should be ashamed of themselves.
Mullet says other Amish are upset with him for excommunicating
people from his community.
The three men are being held in Jefferson County jail on Holmes County warrants charging them with kidnapping and burglary.
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