The true story of the ‘Mennonite Madoff’ who took $65 million… from his own community
John M. Sensenig was an Old Order (‘Horse & Buggy) Mennonite from northern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. A modest harness-maker’s son, John Sensenig had ambitions beyond the harness shop.
Sensenig trained himself as a public accountant and established himself doing the books within the Plain community.
Soon, John Sensenig raised more that $65 million from his own community for what turned out to be a reckless “Ponzi” scheme.
John Sensenig spent all the money.
A Thief in the Church is the true story of Sensenig’s scheme, and the people victimized by him.
Authored by Columbia-trained journalist, Christiaan A. Hart Nibbrig, with investigation by Lancaster-based, Archangel Investigations, A Thief in the Church includes documents, photographs, and handwritten letters from Sensenig and the Plain themselves, urging one of them not to prosecute John Sensenig.
A Thief in the Church is a rare opportunity to open a window and see inside the normally closed Plain community.
The book is available at www.athiefinthechurch.com
EDITOR: Christiaan Hart-Nibbrig is the author.
