A Jamesport, Missouri, man faces a felony charge of kidnapping his sister a week before her wedding day.

Conrad Eugene Kaufman, 25, was charged in Daviess County with first-degree kidnapping, a class B felony. According to a probable cause statement, Kaufman allegedly confined his sister, Cindy Kaufman, to his truck at a residence in Jamesport before taking her to Illinois for the purpose of preventing her from marrying her fiance, John Graber.

The couple plans to be married Saturday, July 1.

Conrad Kaufman was taken into custody in Macon County, Illinois, and is being held there on similar charges.

Less than 24 hours after the incident, Cindy Kaufman was back at home with her fiance and sister in Jamesport.

Graber said the couple filed for an order of protection Tuesday in Daviess County “to be on the safe side.”

“It’s a complicated story,” Graber said of what happened.

At the root of the conflict is faith. Graber and Cindy Kaufman left their Amish community about a year ago and became a part of a Mennonite group.

“And we were shunned,” Graber said of himself and his fiancee.

Graber said he believes his soon-to-be in-laws were led to believe their daughter was not in a good situation. He said Conrad Kaufman and other family members may have been encouraged to act by others.

“As a whole, as far as this entire tragedy, the community as a whole bears a responsibility in this,” Graber said. “They honestly believed, in their heart, they were rescuing her ... against her will.”

Conrad Kaufman previously pleaded guilty in 2013 to charges of driving while intoxicated, drug possession, unlawful use of drug paraphernalia, failure to register a vehicle/trailer and operating a vehicle without a valid license.

Graber said prayer is helping him with forgiveness.

“But we also believe in caring for them is to hold them responsible for their actions,” he said. “We don’t hold any ill will toward them, but it would be dangerous to turn a blind eye. The tragedy isn’t in the incident but is in the fact that a group of people that practice to be forgiving people act in such a way.”