Jehovah's Witnesses: Question..If I have stated openly on many occasions?

Question

That a JW elder abused me and is still a practicing pediphile, active as an Elder in one of youir congregations.

Why has not one JW contacted me or even asked who this predator is?

Do you want us to believe that you are really protecting your flock?

Witchiebunny..sad but true...My father, the elder has gone and abused more childrenin his congregation, and still he presides. and there is not a thing that I can do about it except to pray for the children.

Tater...I did report to the police, and to child protective services..I did report him to his congregation and have exposed him in http://silentlambs.com...I was a child when it happened...unable to defend myself...now that I am a grownup, no one cares...Children will continue to be vio;ated, and there is NOTHING that I can do about it.

PFSHJ...that is an outright lie...The WBTS is made up of a bunch of Lawyers, who put gag orders on everyone that they have settled with....Thus they can SAY that they have not settled with victims, and no one who has gotten a settlement can refuit their lkies, and you KNOW it.

Answer 1

1. Why didn't YOU take it to the police? I am here in a different country, so far away- what can I do if you the victim do not report? Whom do you want to get sued for slander/ libel? You have the evidence- why don't YOU report?

2. You know the stand of JWs against child abuse, you keep on harping on and on. We know our children are safe, that silent lambs network of yours is just putting more children in the way of harm because they decide to post things on the site instead of reporting to the police. Why doesn't the coordinator of the silent lambs thing take the names to the police since you have ALL the info?

3. I've been wondering lately- are you/were you married to the father of your son?

EDIT: Anyone see a Noisy Goat run this way?

Answer 2

If this abuse came from some one else you would report them to the police wouldn't you, so why not do the same against the elder. You are a part of the problem by not reporting him because he will continue to abuse others unless you stop him. Your child could become the next victim.

Answer 3

I say go to the authorities. I believe in the religion but I don't agree with letting the elders handle a situation like that.

Answer 4

Because they're more interested in keeping the status quo rather than actually trying to correct the problem. It is easier to label you, younger AND a woman as the problem than to try to confront an Elder who has likely contributed quite a bit of money to the Society.

There is no love in that religion, not from those who claim to have it most, not from the shepherds of the flock and certainly NOT from the "Faithful and Discreet Slave".

Answer 5

I am so sorry that you had this awful experience with people who you trusted. My heart aches for all the children of God that are wronged. The Bible says that it is better them to be drowned with weights on them who do wrong to any innocent children, than to face His wrath. It is also sin to allow this happening and not stopping it.

THA is the only character here who took some kind of stand against pedophilea. But yet, I have never seen anyone of JWS coming here and say to you that we are sorry that this happended to you and it is very wrong.

Answer 6

Has any law enforcement contacted you asking for the name? Does that mean they don't care? If you care about other potential victims, you must have gone to the police about this already. What did the police say?


http://thirdwitness.com/childabuse/default.html

The Watchtower Society hasn't ever been found negligent in any abuse case in any court of law. In one case an elder was found personally liable for his own mistakes so the elder was ordered to pay $5000 to the abused complainant, but the abused complainant (!) was ordered to pay Watchtower $137,000 for her frivolous case against it!

Again, Watchtower has paid exactly $0 in abuse judgments.

For a major religion, is that better than average or worse than average? Quotes from the news:

"A man, 28, who was recovering from epileptic seizures in his apartment when he was attacked, will receive $300,000 in damages from the Sierra Vista Baptist Church for the sexual assault by John Adams Marshall in April 1991. Marshall performed oral sex and fondled the weakened man while pinning him down. The jury found the church 40% liable for Marshall's assault and negligent in retaining him as minister. Marshall did not lose his ordination to be a minister elsewhere." (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin 1/15/94)

"Miami, FL. CHURCH TO PAY MILLIONS FOR MINISTER'S ABUSES. Wayside Baptist Church in Miami received a $6.7 million judgment for negligence in hiring and retaining Keith Geren as youth minister. The church did not do background or reference checks, nor did Geren even fill out a job application, though Geren did admit urges to molest boys. He sexually molested nearly a dozen teenage boys." (Sarasota Herald-Tribune 2/6/94)

"Denver, CO. Bohrer was awarded more than $700,000 in her civil suit in Denver District against former minister Daniel DeHart and the United Methodist Annual Conference (the equivalent of a diocese). She alleged DeHart seduced her into a sexual relationship when she was 13 and he was youth minister at First Methodist Church in Greeley." (Rocky Mountain News, 8/2,29/92)

"In a civil suit filed by three sisters, now 19,16,and 13; their mother and another 13 year-old girl a Kenai jury awarded nearly $430,000 in damages to the four girls sexually molested by Tickel. The jury also found that Trickel; his wife, Debbie; and the Salvation Army responsible for their abuse." (http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/4752362p-4698974c.html)

"...a Church of Christ church and & its former 59 year-old minister agreed to pay $300,000 to a man whom the former minister sexually assaulted during family counseling sessions. Earlier, a boy, now 17, was awarded $450,000 by a jury for similar charges." (The Rocky Mountain News)

"$450,000 jury award against UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF ILLINOIS upheld by Judge Stuart Shiffman involving REV. WILLIAM FYFFE, who molested 3 brothers in Macon, 1982. The church was held responsible because it knew Fyffe had molested boys at Taylor Ridge parish, 1975, but still ordained him, expunged records of counseling for molestation, and transferred him into a community unaware of the episodes." (Quad-City Times, 9/7/89; 10/18/89)

"One of the largest settlements to date in Protestant churches involved the case of former Lutheran minister Gerald Patrick Thomas Jr. in Texas, where a jury several years ago awarded the minister's victims nearly $37 million. Separate earlier settlements involving Thomas cost an additional $32 million." (Insurancejournal.com)

"Two college-age sisters have been awarded $4.2 million in a lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a judgment prompted partly by the way a bishop dealt with sexual abuse committed by their stepfather while they were children."

"John Charles Blome This civil case was filed in Montgomery County, Texas and went to jury trial. The case settled for $4 Million after the Mormons were found negligent. A 13 year old boy who was molested by a Mormon Church youth leader in Magnolia Ward was awarded more than his own lawyers sought October 8, 1998. Blome molested many other boys from the same area and in other areas. Sheriff's deputies were upset that the Mormon Bishop tipped Blome to the pending investigation, and he burned evidence before it could be seized. In an earlier case against Blome the Mormon Church was also found negligent." (Houston Chronicle)

"Michael Rex Shean This case arose in Santa Maria, California. Shean was an attorney and Mormon Church leader who used his position as coach, attorney, and religious teacher to groom boys for seduction. The Stake President in the case was an FBI agent, Nolan Phillips, who should have been much more alert to the problem of a predatory pedophile in his flock. The Mormon Church was found negligent and settled for an undisclosed amount." (Geocities.com)


In summary, as of October 2007 Watchtower has paid exactly $0 in abuse judgments.

http://thirdwitness.com/childabuse/default.html