This is all too strange for me to hear. My ex was an elder and was deleted for having an emotional affair over the phone with a married sister that he couldn't get a grip on. After he was deleted he told me he could never be an elder again. Maybe I am missing something.
What do you think really happened with this Elder?
by reneeisorym 24 Replies latest jw friends
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Hortensia
if he had a brain tumor and brain surgery, who knows what kind of damage was done. Both the brain tumor and the surgery could contribute to bizarre but not necessarily dangerous behavior. Why assume the worst about him? You are curious but you don't have enough information and the people around him don't want to tell you. He never hurt you or anyone that you know of, but he's a weirdo and he got removed as an elder. So everyone assumes he's a pedophile. Now, if he were posting on this forum and saying that the WTBTS did him in, removed him from his position as an elder, we would all be siding with him and saying that is just like the WTBTS. And just because he cheated on his wife a long time ago, why does the problem have to be sexual? Could be all sorts of things. I think you have to just let it go - there are lots of things in life to which we will never have the answer.
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Frequent_Fader_Miles
What could one possibly do that would cause that door to slam shut forever? Apparently something that even repentance couldn't fix - ?
I was more thinking along these lines ... maybe the poor guy was just plain wacko. Considering the lax policies they have with child molesters ...
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sass_my_frass
Yeah it's likely an abuse issue. In one of my old congs, a former friend at age 19 had an incident with another former friend of age 16. The 17-year old was disfellowshipped and will never hold any kind of privileges in the cong.
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Stealth453
IMHO...this guy liked little girls, and I would count myself lucky that he didn't "like" you.