Thanks for bringing this to our attention. When the Bethel monitors come to this site, they must weep and gnash their teeth when they see one of your posts.
CANADA-another ELDER PEDO 9-18-07
by DannyHaszard 52 Replies latest watchtower child-abuse
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Justitia Themis
The attorney, Labach I believe is his name, why is he so intent on distinguishing that this gentleman's 'counselling' work was done as a 'friend of the family' and not spiritual shepherding? Is the attorney a JW? If not, he is putting forth an unusual amount of effort to separate the WTBTS from this.
Justitia
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horrible life
Willick's lawyer Daryl Labach said his client voluntarily gave up his role as an elder in the church several years ago, in part because of the allegations, and left the church entirely in 2004.
Little Willie left the JW's in 2004, Why? Was he asked to leave? Did he confess to the elders? Probably not, but, again, why did he leave?
Could he be a poster here? Gives me the creeps, thinking about it. When we know he is in jail, I want a roll call. (Sorry, I know its not funny, but for goodness sakes, its the internet!!!)
At least it looks like her family is behind her.
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moomanchu
All I want to know is how much $$$$$ will this cost the WT ???
That is the WT 's only concern.
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DannyHaszard
Saskatchewan. Man changes sex plea Montreal Gazette - Sep 19 12:34 AM A Saskatoon man pleaded guilty to sexually touching a teenage girl who was a member of the Jehovah's Witness congregation of which he was an elder. Wendell Willeck, 47, changed his plea and admitted to the charge that sexually touched the teenager while he was in a position of trust or authority toward her. The offences occurred between 1996 and 1999. The complainant was 14 when the offences ...
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truthsetsonefree
," this had nothing to do with him being an elder in the church ".
This reminds of WT's defense in at least one of the cases in Barbara Andersen's book. They plead that abusing girls WAS NOT ONE OF HIS DUTIES AS AN ELDER! Can you imagine?
Isaac
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DannyHaszard
MORE DETAILS
Point2 CEO steps down amid sexual exploitation charges
Inman.com (subscription), CA - 44 minutes ago
"They both belonged to the Jehovah's Witness church and attended the same 'book studies,' " court records state. Willick's "perspective was that the sexual ... Point2 CEO steps down amid sexual exploitation chargesCompany co-founder pleads guilty, awaits sentencing
Thursday, September 20, 2007
By Glenn Roberts Jr.
Inman NewsWendell Willick, co-founder and CEO for real estate marketing and technology provider Point2 Technologies, resigned his position last week and this week entered a guilty plea for sexual exploitation of a teen from January 1996 to November 1999 while serving as a church elder in the teen's congregation, according to news reports and court records.
Willick is scheduled to be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 5 in Queen's Bench Court in Saskatoon, Canada. He faces a maximum sentence of five years, according to Kristen Crowell, a spokeswoman for Saskatchewan Law Courts.
Roger Noujeim, a spokesman for Point2, said today that the personal legal charges against Willick are "completely unrelated to the business of Point2" and that Willick's responsibilities have been assumed by existing company executives.
"(Willick) was hands off, leaving the leadership of the business divisions to the business-division leaders, mainly Brendan (King) for the real estate business, and, if required, Chester Hagen for the heavy-equipment business."
While the Point2 Web site had listed company president Barry Willick, Wendell's brother, as president and CEO, King said that was a typo and that Barry Willick is president and chief technology officer but that a new CEO has not been announced. Company managers in the real estate and heavy equipment divisions are in charge of business decisions for their divisions, he said. "The Point2 real estate business has always been envisioned and moved and driven by the existing team."
Point2's real estate division operates the Point2 National Listing Service, which allows real estate professionals to form individual marketing agreements to display property information on multiple real estate Web sites and to decide which third-party Web sites to select in marketing properties. The system has about 150,312 members and includes members in 85 countries, mostly the United States and Canada, with about 100,300 unique visitors per day according to company statistics.
When the company launched in 1996 it targeted heavy-equipment dealers, and launched real estate marketing services in January 2003. The company has reported 130 clients in the heavy-equipment industry that together represent annual revenues of about $100 million in U.S. dollars. Point2, which employs a staff of 100, has a headquarters in Saskatoon and also has offices in Vancouver, Canada.
Willick, who is married and has three children, was charged with engaging in a sexual relationship with a teen who was a member of his congregation beginning when the teen was 14 and ending when she was 17, according to court records. "They both belonged to the Jehovah's Witness church and attended the same 'book studies,' " court records state.
Willick's "perspective was that the sexual relationship was 'very consensual' and that the (teen) was a very willing participant. In fact he went so far as to suggest that the (teen) was so 'infatuated' with him that he feared that terminating the relationship would spark reprisals from (her)," according to court records. Willick reported that the teen was "self abusing" and had run away from home, and he was asked to assist the teen in his capacity as a church elder, the records state.
The Saskatoon Star Phoenix newspaper reported that the allegations about Willick were first reported to police in 2004, and that Willick had changed his plea in the case to guilty after court Justice Martin Popescul "rejected his application earlier this week to have the charge stayed." The newspaper also reported that Willick remains free pending sentencing but was ordered to turn over his passport.
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DannyHaszard
Willick's "perspective was that the sexual relationship was 'very consensual' and that the (teen) was a very willing participant. In fact he went so far as to suggest that the (teen) was so 'infatuated' with him that he feared that terminating the relationship would spark reprisals from (her)," according to court records. Willick reported that the teen was "self abusing" and had run away from home, and he was asked to assist the teen in his capacity as a church elder, the records state.
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bobld
So,scumbag Willick took an oath to be a Jehovah's Witnesses by answering in the affrimative the two questions posed to him and got baptised.Went from door to door representing the Watchtower Bible Tract society also known as Jehovah's Witnesses.This scumbag( Willick )also preached from the pulpit about the evils of sin,critical of other Religions and criticized the Roman Catholic church for abusing their young children.His Lawyer Daryl Labach,said (scumbag) Wendell Willick "had nothing to do with his being an elder at church also Labach said the church had ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with this.The fault's all his".So Daryl Labach are you saying the Watchtower Bible Tract Society aka Jehovah's Witnesses condones,overlook,justify corrupt(dishonest) Preachers.After all he was an Elder in the Lakeview Church aka Kingdon Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.You are one sick Lawyer for defending what the WBTS stands for and not giving ANY sympathy, you know fellow feeling, compassion for the girl.No coverup for the WBTS this time, they sure tried hard for five years,things are catching up to them.Thank God.
Bob
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Scully
Willick's "perspective was that the sexual relationship was 'very consensual' and that the (teen) was a very willing participant. In fact he went so far as to suggest that the (teen) was so 'infatuated' with him that he feared that terminating the relationship would spark reprisals from (her)," according to court records. Willick reported that the teen was "self abusing" and had run away from home, and he was asked to assist the teen in his capacity as a church elder, the records state.
Well, at least he admits that he was a very willing participant as well. Even though he was married with three children, and knew it was wrong according to his own religious beliefs, and also knew it was wrong according to the law of the land.
Being the ADULT, being the ROLE MODEL in the congregation, he had an OBLIGATION to do the RIGHT THING and STOP ANYTHING FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE.
A maximum jail sentence of 5 years for statutory rape in Canada is pathetic. Hopefully they can find a way to get him to serve consecutive sentences on several counts.