Tired of the double standard and coverup?

Question

There have been many open questions about the Catholics and the cover up of child sexual abuse....
I have posted questions regarding Jehovah's Witnesses and similar abuse problems, and cover ups, and they get together and have my questions removed.

Does this group silencing action prove my point? Will you investigate the claims for yourself?

http://silentlambs.org
http://freeminds.org
http://watchman.org

Fot trots...I was molested as a child while a witness...Before you call me slanderous....kido...you better know your facts!...Fact 1 Elders require 2 witnesses to come forward for a molestation to even be investigated..... I think that you know this already though...

Show me a molester who invites people to WATCH....

Foxtrots...You have NOT investigated the claims...You are a bold faced liar..If you had, you wouldn't say to me what you just said.

Answer 1

Please click this link below for Associated Press Google News wire

http://www.google.com/search?q=Jehovah%27s+Witnesses+Settle+Abuse+Cases&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GGLJ

[There are 70 Million Catholics and about 500,000 active JW's in the USA. The catholic Church is a bigger story and most of the JW molestation cases involve family members while priests are the accused in the Catholic Church.]

Jehovah's Witnesses settle abuse cases
5/10/2007, 6:14 p.m. ET
By ROSE FRENCH
The Associated Press


NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A victims' rights group released documents Thursday that showed the Jehovah's Witnesses recently settled civil suits with 16 people who claimed they were sexually abused by church elders or that church officials failed to act on abuse allegations.


The group, called silentlambs, held a news conference in Nashville to demand that the denomination change its policy for responding to sex abuse reports.
Settlements were reached in late February and early March, according to court records obtained by silentlambs and posted to the group's Web site. Fourteen of the cases were filed in California; the other two were in Oregon and Texas.


Details about the settlement terms could not be disclosed under confidentiality agreements negotiated between the parties, said Stephen Owens, a plaintiffs' attorney involved in the California cases. Other cases are still pending, according to silentlambs, which couldn't say how many.
The Jehovah's Witnesses, whose headquarters are in Brooklyn, N.Y., said Thursday that they were pleased to see the lawsuits resolved, declining further comment.


William Bowen, silentlambs' founder, was a Jehovah's Witnesses elder from Kentucky who quit the denomination after he said it took no action against a molester. Bowen said the settlements were bittersweet.
"On one hand, we're glad a few victims are finally getting some financial help," he said. "On the other hand, we're sad and worried because they've essentially been forced to give up their right to protect others by speaking out about their abuse to the public."


Bowen's group has criticized the Jehovah's Witnesses' policy that if an accused abuser denies the charge, two credible witnesses are required to establish guilt — due to literal application of such Bible verses as Deuteronomy 19:15 ("only on the evidence of two witnesses, or of three witnesses, shall a charge be sustained").


If two witnesses are lacking, the accused is deemed innocent, charges remain confidential and — silentlambs says — parents who warn others are subject to disfellowshipping for slander.
Disfellowshipping is an extreme penalty that means a total cutoff of relationships by family members, friends and business associates who are Witnesses.
There are about 1 million Jehovah's Witnesses in the United States, and followers are known for distributing Awake! and Watchtower magazines door-to-door.


Bowen also said Jehovah's Witnesses have a long-standing policy of not reporting molesters to police. He claims that the denomination has a secret database of accused abusers that they have not shared with law enforcement officials.


"They keep putting innocent kids and unsuspecting families at risk of horrible crimes because they value their secrecy and reputations more than they value children's safety," Bowen said.


Since establishing silentlambs in 2001, Bowen says about 7,000 people who claim they were abused have contacted his group.
Angelique Taylor, 42, a silentlambs member from St. Louis, said she was molested by a Jehovah's Witnesses elder when she was about 12. Taylor said she told her father, who was also an elder, and he said she was making a big deal out of nothing.

"I want every elder, every Jehovah's Witness, whenever they suspect any abuse, they go to the police and tell them about the problems," Taylor said. "The devastation of sex abuse is unbelievable."
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Associated Press reporter Allison Hoffman in San Diego contributed to this report.
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On the Net:
silentlambs: http://www.silentlambs.org

Answer 2

Child sexual abuse isn't just a problem caused by certain religious groups. It's a worldwide issue that is sad and needs more attention yes, but shouldn't be held as a Catholic thing etc.

Answer 3

those are the only double standards which you would be able to think of of? How with regards to the actuality that men get no smash day after their spouse has a newborn? Or that actresses continuously get criticized for his or her weight loss or benefit and actors rarely do! i'm sorry yet you ought to understand why the black delight propaganda exists. i myself get rid of the "racial delight" theory completely.

Answer 4

Genesis 4

9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

DNA is the only witness God needed.

What makes a human organization better than God?

Answer 5

Then, why they don´t have to pay 660 million dollars is sue if they are not involved with this goverment and youhave all that proof go to a court and get that money too,

ohh Lysdexic, in your own church the same rule apply and in court with no witness of a felony Sadly there is nothing you can do is your word against the other word.

If I go to your church and accused you to steal my money and have no proof, are they going to expell you?

Notice this kind of question about JWS nobody cares always answer the same people the guy that was expulsed from freemind, me and a few other one, go and preach the message that Jesus command his followers to do.

Answer 6

I have investigated the claims, and found that, as for what I know of the JW's, they are fully in compliance with the reporting laws as regards allegations of child molestation in the US.
You, my friend, are partaking in the slandering of a religion that has diligently responded to the laws of the US, by making assertions as to the lies that they have not.
As a non JW, I find your tactics of promoting false witness against the JW's as nothing less than slanderous and criminal.
Why do you not feel shame when you have taken a stand against these law abiding Christians?
Probably because you do not realize that you have done so.
You, are in fact a fulfillment of the prophecy of those who are weeping and knashing your teath against the true followers of God, are you not?

Answer 7

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