By Daily Mail Reporter UPDATED: 22:52 EST, 1 November 2011 Years before a breakaway sect grabbed headlines for a string of beard-cutting attacks in Ohio, an Amish community was living in fear of what they now call a 'cult.' Aden Troyer says he and his family were brought into the sect by his wife's father Sam Mullet, who’s believed by many to be the mastermind of the beard attacks. Now, years later, Mr Troyer still does not know what to tell his young daughters when they ask about their mother. Iron fist: Amish bishop Sam Mullet, 66, is accused of stealing the wives of men in the community and forcing them to live in chicken coops or in outside barns
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Sam Mullet accused of beating and brainwashing members of his community
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Accused of having sex with a number of different women on  visit to the chiropractor
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Former member says it may end in mas suicide or some other tragedy
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