It seems to me it would not be too terribly difficult to get this book authenticated.
- Elders return books when they're no longer elders.
- The original owner may be willing to help our cause.
- Am I right that the owner's name is in the inside front cover?
- A lawyer could get a notarized statement from the former elder that the elder's manual and it's notes are a full and accurate description of the verbal direction and guidance he received.
A valuable document indeed.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited to add: OH. Scratch the notarized thing. This dude is heading for reinstatement. Too bad. BUT THEN AGAIN. It might be fun to call him to be a witness in a Child Abuse civil trial, and get him to testify if the book is indeed his or not.