I was told that by the Director of the local historical society and museum village, who'd lived in the area all of his life (except for going away to college and the Army). He wasn't one to stretch the truth even a little bit (although he was known to deflate the pompous).

Because the Amish tend to deal with problems themselves and don't like officialdom, they rarely call the police. This leads to some awful stuff -- in Indiana, Amish men were beaten and robbed; in Ohio, Amish girls would be raped; and VERY recently a 67-year-old Amish widower in Ohio was blackmailed for his life's savings by two people who said they had evidence that he'd tried to solicit a prostitute.