I certainly agree with you, Mr. Kim, but just for the record I'd like to share some information I located when I was preparing the package of material about child sexual abuse in the WT organization that went to the Governing Body in 1993. (See my story at http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/113492/1.ashx)
Harry Peloyan (Awake! editor) and I were very concerned about the number of people falsely accused of molestation because some Witness leaders said in defense that research has shown that many people lie about being molested. However, attitudes changed when I located the following facts: (Sorry, I can't remember offhand the name of the book where I found the information without doing some research.)
Governmental authorities state that 95% of all accusations of child sexual abuse are true. Interestingly, why we can have faith in this number is because 95% of all the accused ADMIT to the molestation. Of course, no one wants to be part of the 5% accused who are not guilty, but the information I read stated that of the 5% innocent people accused, many of the so-called victims were identified by the authorities as disgruntled rebellious teenagers or kids manipulated by a parent in a nasty divorce.
When I was heavily involved in my research in the matter of molestation by a Witness of a Witness child, I never heard of false charges, just that there weren't two witnesses to the abuse so the elders dismissed the accusation. If the accusation went to the authorities, my sources told me that the Witness child was usually vindicated.
If anybody has some conflicting information to add, I would appreciate hearing it.
Barbara
