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Woman wins landmark custody case against Holdeman Mennonite Church
Shields, the first Canada U.S. woman to sue the Holdeman Mennonite Church, secured divorce and sole custody in 1997 after years of forced separation. She moved to Edmonton in 1996, hired a lawyer, and battled for her identity, later sharing her life story in an autobiography and speaking on the Sixties Scoop.
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