Jehovah's Witnesses abused child in Germany - Youtube Video
by cognac 5 Replies latest watchtower child-abuse
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outofthebox
Awful. Sad!
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Wasanelder Once
Sorry but these repressed memories are often bullpoop. I hope she's remembering incorrectly but it's possibly true. It certainly sound right. I still don't like this "I didn't remember it till years later" business. W.Once
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JWdaughter
I know that in some cases, it is true that the repressed memories are false.
The thing is though, I don't think they all are.
One day when I was 13/14, I was questioned by some police officers about a neighbor I could barely recall by name. But when they asked me if I remembered ever being over at his house, I had a flood of images. And still to this day, not fully formed memories. This was not because I was told I was abused, nor did the cops try to pry anything out of me. But as soon as I knew what HOUSE they were speaking of, I had flashes of running through the basement and him playing some sort of 'x marks the spot' game on my butt (literal or metaphorical x-I couldn't even say).
He had a bunch of daughters my age that I never played with. I was told later about his daughters. I don't remember them either, just his balding head, bad breath.
Turns out, my mom suspected something. I am a twin, and when I was 5, my sister was born with a demanding birth defect. It required a lot of care for the first few months and my mom remembers me coming home with the wrong underwear on a couple of times and wondering what happened. She was completely overwhelmed with kindergarten starting for me and my brother as well as my sick sister. She told me that I couldn't play in their house anymore. I don't remember EVER knowing the family, the kids-any of it, just that flash of memory along with repulsion when the cops mentioned the 'pink' house. YES, the pervert painted the house pink.
Right after that discussion with the police, I was assaulted in my new neighborhood and my mom thought I needed to talk to the elders about it. What a nightmarish time in my life.
I found out later that he was charged with a LOT of abuse. His own daughters had implicated him and mentioned the girls they remembered. I was one of them. As his wife stood by him, I am assuming this wasn't a divorce accusation. -
cognac
Wow, I'm so sorry JW... That's really sad...
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Wasanelder Once
So sorry to hear that. I was hoping that the accuser in the previously mentioned case was wrong about the abuse for her own road to recovery. I'm glad you remember those things necessary for self preservation. Some can never forget.W.Once