Another One Bites the Dust

by XJW4EVR 26 Replies latest watchtower child-abuse

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  XJW4EVR

  http://kcbs.com/pages/270226.php?contentType=4&contentId=352202

  Church Leader Sentenced for Molestation

  SAN JOSE, Calif. (KCBS) -- A man from San Jose has been sentenced to twelve years behind bars for repeatedly molesting the daughter of a fellow church member. The man, an elder of the Jehovah's Witness church, was charged with continuous sexual abuse of a minor. He pleaded no contest to the charges, which reduced his sentence to only 12 years in state prison. "He accepted responsibility fairly early on, prior to the victim actually having to come to court, well she came to court but she didn't have to testify and there's a lot of value in that I think for a child especially and that's not always the case," said prosecutor Sumerle Davis with the Santa Clara County District Attorney's office. The victim and her family have since moved out of state.

  Emphasis mine.
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  under_believer

  Curse you for getting that song stuck in my head.
  
  And... poor girl. I hope her parents take steps early on to get her into therapy so she doesn't suffer a life of misery. Of course, they're WITNESSES, so mental health professionals are the devil, right? I guess more progressive Witnesses are starting to drop that attitude, maybe she'll get lucky.
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  Stealth453

  That will be a very long 12 years for that piece of pond scum.

  Altogether now......GENERAL POPULATION!!!!!!
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  DJK

  repeatedly molesting the daughter of a fellow church member.

  I wonder if the rest of the congregation feels victimized and have become less trusting of thier own. Probably not, its still good that it wasn't kept a secret within the congregation.
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  Woodsman

  F#&K him.
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  wannaexit

  an elder of the Jehovah's Witness church, was charged with continuous sexual abuse

  Aren't elders supposed to by chosen by holy spirit? I wonder how they explain that.
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  blondie

  Posted on Thu, Mar. 01, 2007
  Former San Jose church elder sent to prison for molesting young girl Bay City News Service A former Jehovah's Witness elder was sentenced today in a San Jose courtroom to 12 years in state prison for the repeated molestation of a young congregant. Armando Ortiz, 36, stared intensely at the ground throughout his hearing. Ortiz gave a list of personal, financial and immigration problems that plagued him from 2001 to 2003, when he molested his friend's daughter, who was 8 to 11 years old at the time. Ortiz claimed his position as an elder in the church made it difficult to seek help for his many problems at the time of the crimes. At the time, Ortiz was living in the home of a close friend and was involved in a romantic affair with the man's wife, who was the mother of the victim. Judge Brian Walsh acknowledged Ortiz's comments but said they were nothing more than a list of excuses and said he did not hear an apology to a girl to whom Ortiz most likely caused irreparable damage. `I think that justice was done and that it was a fair sentence,'' Deputy District Attorney Sumerle Davis said. `It's a very unfortunate and sad situation.'' The victim's family has since moved out of state to `put this behind them,'' Davis said. Ortiz received the maximum 12-year sentence for continued sexual abuse of a child and will have to register as a sex offender. http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/16813746.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
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  nvrgnbk

  Wanna,

  Please allow me to answer your question. It's so simple. If an elder gets caught, he was appointed by men. If they never catch up with him, it was holy spirit. Got it? Isn't the simplicity of the truth so beautiful?
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  SirNose586

  Good find. Another one for the archive.
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  hawkaw

  BTTT