On a cold and snowy night in January 1972, George Peters was shot by his brother-in-law and left to die on a back road in rural Ontario.
Maria Moore, one of George\'s own children, blends her research about the Mennonite community with firsthand accounts about her family to fully explore her father\'s legacy, life, hopes, and dreams..
Not My Kind of Mennonite is a personal dive into the history, culture, and religious and social pressures faced by one Mexican Mennonite family.
But with his wife suffering from severe undiagnosed mental illnesses and six children that were repeatedly being taken away by CAS for their own safety, it had been a constant uphill battle for him to do what he truly wanted: provide for his family.
In order to try and find his family a better life, George decided to make the move to Canada.
At every stage of their life, they faced abuse but endured in silence for fear of excommunication and punishment.
Who was George Peters, and what life had he lived before meeting his untimely end? George Peters and his wife, Anna, were born in Mexico and raised with the strict upbringings of the Old Colony Mennonite Church.
But his children and family were left to seek answers the judicial system couldn\'t provide.
The investigation and trial of his murder would tell a story that compelled a jury to let his killer walk free.
On a cold and snowy night in January 1972, George Peters was shot by his brother-in-law and left to die on a back road in rural Ontario
