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{{Short description|Swiss writer and artist}}
{{Infobox writer
| image = Christina Krusi Speaker 2014 wiki.jpg
| caption = Krüsi - speaking engagement
| birth_date = 1968<ref name=Bio>[http://www.christina-kruesi.com/christina-kruesi-privat-presse-videos/privat Christina Krüsi biography] (in German)</ref>
| birth_place = [[Switzerland]]<ref name=Migros2014/>
| education =
| occupation = Author, Artist
| spouse = Roland Weber (2nd marriage)
| children = 2
| website = {{URL|http://www.christina-kruesi.com/}} & (Artist website: {{URL|http://www.ckruesi.ch/}})
}}
{{Commons category|Christina Krusi}}
'''Christina Krüsi''' (born 1968<ref name=Bio/>) is a Swiss author, artist, consultant on mediation and conflict resolution, and advocate for preventing child abuse. She was a [[missionary kid]] who was sexually abused for five years as a child while her parents worked in Bolivia, translating the Bible into local languages. She told her story in a 2013 memoir called "Das Paradies war meine Hölle" ("Paradise Was My Hell"), and a documentary of her experiences was created by Swiss public television and was broadcast in 2014. She lives and works in Switzerland.

== Life ==
[[File:Tumi Chucua 2013 small.jpg|framed|left|Sunset Tumi Chucua (taken by Krüsi 2013)]]
Christina Krüsi's parents were linguists who travelled to Bolivia in 1966 with the Swiss division of [[Wycliffe Global Alliance]] to translate the Bible into the language of the [[Bolivia#Ethnic and racial classifications|Chiquitano]] people, as well as others.<ref name=Migros2014>{{cite news|title=Der Weg zurück aus der Hölle |url=http://www.migrosmagazin.ch/menschen/portraet/artikel/der-weg-zurueck-aus-der-hoelle|newspaper=Migros Magazin|language=German|author= Ralf Kaminski|date=April 22, 2014}} English via Google Translate [https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.migrosmagazin.ch%2Fmenschen%2Fportraet%2Fartikel%2Fder-weg-zurueck-aus-der-hoelle&edit-text= here]</ref> The Wycliffe group worked in conjunction with [[SIL International]] which ran the site in Tumi Chucua, in the northeast corner of Bolivia.<ref name=WycliffeFAQ>Wycliffe Schweiz website (in German). [http://de.wycliffe.ch/wycliffe-schweiz/aktuell/stellungnahme-zum-buch-christina-kruesi/antworten-auf-ihre-fragen/ Aktuelle Stellungnahmen zum SRF-DOK-Film vom 24.4.14] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017214857/http://de.wycliffe.ch/wycliffe-schweiz/aktuell/stellungnahme-zum-buch-christina-kruesi/antworten-auf-ihre-fragen/ |date=2014-10-17 }} Page accessed January 23, 2016. English via Google Translate [https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fde.wycliffe.ch%2Fwycliffe-schweiz%2Faktuell%2Fstellungnahme-zum-buch-christina-kruesi%2Fantworten-auf-ihre-fragen%2F&edit-text= here]</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tumi+Chucua,+Bolivia/@-9.0282719,-74.7354409,6z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x93d6a167f1a4e6e9:0xa2cf3780373c5f43 Tumi Chucua at Google Maps]</ref><ref>[http://www.tumi-chucua.mknet.org/ Tumi Chucua Missionary Kids site]. Page accessed January 23, 2016</ref> Her parents travelled back to Switzerland in 1968 so that Krüsi would be born there, and returned to Bolivia shortly thereafter.<ref name=Migros2014/>
[[File:Christina Krusi 1978 TUmi Chucua small2.jpg|framed|left|Krüsi 1978 Tumi Chucua, Bolivia]]

From 1974, when Krüsi was six years old, until the family left Bolivia in 1979, she was raped repeatedly by five members of the missionary group.<ref name=Migros2014/> 16 other children, girls and boys, were also regularly raped by a wider circle of men.<ref name=Landbote>{{cite news|last1=Söldi|first1=Andrea|title=Auf Mission gegen Kindsmissbrauch|url=http://www.landbote.ch/news/standard/Auf-Mission-gegen-Kindsmissbrauch-/story/16344525|newspaper=der Landbote|language=GErman|date=October 29, 2013}} English version via Google Translate [https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.landbote.ch%2Fnews%2Fstandard%2FAuf-Mission-gegen-Kindsmissbrauch-%2Fstory%2F16344525&edit-text= here]</ref> The rapists coerced the children to keep the abuse quiet by threatening that the mission would close and the indigenous people they were to help would go to hell if they told anyone.<ref name=Basler2013>{{cite news|author=Hugo Stamm|title=Martyrium im Urwald|url=http://bazonline.ch/leben/gesellschaft/Martyrium-im-Urwald/story/25691743|newspaper=Basler Zeitung|language=German|date=July 17, 2013}} English via Google Translate [https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fbazonline.ch%2Fleben%2Fgesellschaft%2FMartyrium-im-Urwald%2Fstory%2F25691743&edit-text= here]</ref> Krüsi's parents were not aware of the abuse, despite changes in her behavior and a suicide attempt.<ref name=Migros2014/><ref name=Basler2013/>

Krüsi returned to Switzerland with her family in 1979 at 11 years old. Krüsi finished middle school and then attended art school before getting training to be a teacher.<ref name=TagBlatt>{{cite news|last1=Bula|first1=Diana|title=Im Urwald gepeinigt |url=http://www.tagblatt.ch/aktuell/panorama/panorama/Im-Urwald-gepeinigt;art253654,3526533|newspaper=TagBlatt|language=German|date=September 6, 2013}} English version via Google Translate [https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tagblatt.ch%2Faktuell%2Fpanorama%2Fpanorama%2FIm-Urwald-gepeinigt%3Bart253654%2C3526533&edit-text= here]</ref> In 1987 when she was 19 years old, she married a man who was also from the Christian community. Together they had two children.<ref name=Blick2013>Kaye Anthon for Blick. July 2, 2013. [http://www.blick.ch/people-tv/schweiz/missionars-tochter-kruesi-als-kind-missbraucht-in-der-sonntagsschule-vergewaltigten-sie-mich-id2358025.html Missionars-Tochter Krüsi als Kind missbraucht:«In der Sonntagsschule vergewaltigten sie mich»] (in German) English version via Google Translate [https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blick.ch%2Fpeople-tv%2Fschweiz%2Fmissionars-tochter-kruesi-als-kind-missbraucht-in-der-sonntagsschule-vergewaltigten-sie-mich-id2358025.html&edit-text= here]</ref>

She told no one about the abuse until 2002, after she collapsed while jogging, and decided that she had to confront the past and stop being a victim.<ref name=TagBlatt/><ref name=Blick2013/> Her story was met with disbelief and dismay by those around her, including her family.<ref name=TagBlatt/> However the next year, she received a letter from the US division of Wycliffe, which said that two other people who had been abused had come forward and had said that she too had been abused.<ref name=TagBlatt/> The next year Wycliffe held a meeting in the US to discuss what had happened, which Krüsi attended, and the full extent of the abuse emerged.<ref name=TagBlatt/> A formal report was generated by SIL International and authorities were informed, but because the [[statute of limitations]] had long expired, no legal action could be taken.<ref name=WycliffeFAQ/><ref name=TagBlatt/> Additionally, three of the five perpetrators were dead at that time.<ref name=WycliffeFAQ/> SIL and Wycliffe issued written apologies to Krüsi and the other people who had been abused, and provided them with some money.<ref name=WycliffeFAQ/><ref name=Basler2013/> Wycliffe also implemented numerous policy changes to protect children<ref name="Blick2013"/> and SIL, together with [[New Tribes Mission]], formed the Child Protection and Safety Network in 2006.<ref>[http://childsafetyprotectionnetwork.org/about About the Child Protection and Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201122825/http://childsafetyprotectionnetwork.org/about |date=2016-02-01 }} Page accessed January 26, 2016]</ref>

Krüsi remained determined to overcome the wounds of her past, and the turmoil led to the end of her marriage.<ref name=Migros2014/><ref name=Blick2013/> With the money from the settlement, she was able to support herself and her children while she completed two master's degree programs and returned to making art. She began using her sculptures and paintings to continue her work of recovery. She also took a job as a school principal.<ref name=Blick2013/> She eventually realized that she needed to put the story into words to help with her own recovery, for the sake of the other people who had been abused in Bolivia, whom she had come to know, and most of whom were shattered and on government assistance,<ref name=Landbote/> and to prevent future abuse.<ref name=Migros2014/> When the book was ready to be published, she quit her job running the school in anticipation of the toll it would take on her and those around her.<ref name=Landbote/>

[[File:Christina Krusi Studio Artist 2014 Wiki.jpg|thumb|Krüsi in Art Studio]]
In 2013, Krüsi published her memoir, "Das Paradies war meine Hölle" ("Paradise Was My Hell").<ref name=Migros2014/><ref>Christina Krüsi. [http://www.droemer-knaur.de/buch/7778930/das-paradies-war-meine-hoelleDas Paradies war meine Hölle]. Droemer Knaur (July 1, 2013) {{ISBN|978-3426785652}} (German)</ref> In response to the book, in March 2013 Krüsi's parents wrote a letter in Wycliffe's journal expressing horror over what happened to their daughter and how they almost lost their faith in God due to the events, and also expressed their subsequent affirmation of their faith and their continued dedication to their translation work.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Krüsi|first1=Martin and Dorothee|title=Uberstezen: Dennoch! |url=http://de.wycliffe.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/resources/3_2013_web.pdf |website=de.Wycliffe.ch| publisher=Wycliffe Schweiz|language=German|date=March 2013}}</ref>

In April 2014, [[Schweizer Fernsehen|Swiss Television]] produced a program on Krüsi's experiences as part of a regular documentary series called [[DOK (TV series)|DOK]]) titled " Ich bin kein Opfer mehr – missbraucht im Namen Gottes" ("I am no longer a victim - Abused in the name of God.")<ref name=SRFprogram2014>Staff, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. April 24, 2014. Program Description: [http://www.srf.ch/sendungen/dok/ich-bin-kein-opfer-mehr-missbraucht-im-namen-gottes Ich bin kein Opfer mehr – missbraucht im Namen Gottes] (in German) English via Google Translate [https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.srf.ch%2Fsendungen%2Fdok%2Fich-bin-kein-opfer-mehr-missbraucht-im-namen-gottes&edit-text= here]</ref><ref name=SRFinterview2014>Andrea Pfalzgraf for SRF. April 24, 2014 [http://www.srf.ch/news/regional/zuerich-schaffhausen/ich-bin-kein-opfer-mehr-missbraucht-im-namen-gottes Christina Krüsi interview] (in German) English via Google Translate [https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.srf.ch%2Fnews%2Fregional%2Fzuerich-schaffhausen%2Fich-bin-kein-opfer-mehr-missbraucht-im-namen-gottes&edit-text= here]</ref>

In addition to the book and movie, Krüsi co-founded the ''Christina Krüsi Foundation'' for the protection of children; it receives a portion of Krüsi's book and art sales.<ref name=Stadi2014>{{cite news|author=Staff|title=Rückkehr an den Ort der Höllenangst|url=http://www.stadi-online.ch/PDF/Ausgabe/040314/040314/assets/basic-html/page36.html|newspaper=Winterthurer Stadtanzeiger Wochenseitung |language=German|date=March 4, 2014 }} English via Google Translate [https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stadi-online.ch%2FPDF%2FAusgabe%2F040314%2F040314%2Fassets%2Fbasic-html%2Fpage36.html&edit-text= here]</ref><ref>Moneyhouse. [http://www.moneyhouse.ch/en/u/christina_Krüsi_foundation_CH-020.7.001.889-9.htm Christina Krüsi Foundation] Page accessed January 23, 2016</ref>

She has married again, and continues to paint and sculpt, and has also self-published a children's book called, "Chrigi und Nanama: Dschungelfreunde".<ref name=Migros2014/><ref name=Basler2013/><ref>Christina Krüsi and Gudrun Ruttkowski. Chrigi und Nanama: Dschungelfreunde. 2013. {{ISBN|978-3952418406}}</ref> She has a business providing mediation and conflict management services, and is writing a second book on the processing of trauma.<ref name=Migros2014/>

==See also==
* [[Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment]]

==References==
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