Any reaction from Jehovah's Witnesses over the Evil Foster mother case?

by Gill 26 Replies latest jw experiences

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  Mary

  But earlier, one of the abused victims was made to wear a sign IN THE HALL that said "This child is evil because she wets the bed". THIS SHOULD HAVE RUNG ALARM BELLS !!!!

  Oh Christ....I missed that part. So the old witch sticks a sign like this on her kid at the Hall and no one bats an eyelash? Good lord.....If I had been there, I would have written down her license plate (assuming she drove), phoned the police with her address and tell them that there's a really good chance that this woman is a child abuser and that they better check it out.

  Several years ago at my old Hall, there were a husband and wife who both nuts and we knew that they were beating their son. My one girlfriend and I told the elders who did absolutely nothing. So my girlfriend phoned the Child Welfare Office and reported them. The elders made a b-line for my girlfriends' house and told her that they were "under obligation to disclose to the parents who reported it". She informed them that no they were not and if they did, she would have them charged. She further informed them that under Ontario laws, that if clergy are aware of child abuse in their congregations or church and they fail to report it, they could be in BIG trouble.

  What is it about this damn religion that makes them want to ignore child abuse, whether physical, mental or sexual?
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  KW13

  No but strangely enough, i was at a meal with some people i met recently (megan knows them a bit better from church) cos we got invited to their home and since they knew i was an ex-JW they were eager to discuss how could this systematic abuse go un-noticed by people in their religion, and they were horrified to think that it would only get swept under the carpet by anyone who knew about it.
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  sass_my_frass

  It must be Satan's fault that the media mentioned Eunice Spry is a Jehovah's Witness.

  I wonder how often Jehovah has interved in other child abuse stories by influencing the media not to mention that the abuser is a JW?
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  Gill

  Finally had a reaction from my mother on this story.

  'Look at the newspapers trying to say that ALL Jehovah's Witnesses are bad again! You can tell we are in the last days and Satan is truning his attention on God's people!'

  I have to say, I'm speechless.
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  Gayle

  JWs don't like it when they get bad (true) publicity when one of their own have done evil. JWs are the ones always thowing stones at other religions and their problems. JWs are the ones that "put themselves" in the public, streets & house to house, "advertising, advertising,advertising." "He that lives in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."
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  moshe

  You can tell we are in the last days and Satan is truning his attention on God's people!'

  They would say that, but the attention is not because of proclaiming the good news about Jesus, but for child abuse that was likely known by some JW's at the KH. The elders have their nose in every brother's life and the average JW takes pride in being a snitch, if they see something they don't like. Sr. Spry could not have escaped the KH radar all those years. They probably knew, but chose to keep quiet to avoid bad publicity. We will never know the truth because JW's will lie about their knowledge and involvement concerning Sr. Spry's abuse of those children.
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  Gill

  Many JWs, such as my parents, will choose NOT to believe the Eunice Spry story simply because they cannot bear to believe it.

  It was only a month ago that my brother had this argument with my mother, as she insisted that there is not ONE bad person in the Jehovah's Witness congregation any where. This from a woman who has been emotionally, verbally and physically abused by her JW husband for the last 40 + years.

  Did someone say Cognitive Dissonance?

  I call it something else....Total Stupidity and lack of any form of critical thought processes!