In one of my early posts, I said that there wasn't any molestation cases that I knew of in the congregations in my area. Well all that has changed. In the last few months I have learned that a man whom I have known since I was a little kid, and who hung around my older brothers and sisters has been molesting childred for years. He is now in jail, charged with raping his granddaughter. He confessed to the detective that he has been molesting for 30 yrs which means I could have easily been a victim of his. I also just learned that he molested two young girls in my former kingdom hall who were not much younger than me. Both these girls have lived troubled lives, one of which frequently comes to jail. I do know that in this last case involving his granddaughter, the elders did call police and report him. This is not the first time that they have been aware of this man's criminal activity and if they had done something about it sooner, it may have saved some victims. Also, this is the frist time he has been disfellowshipped. I told my JW mother about the two person witness rule which of course she denied existed and said she had never heard of such a rule. I let her know that there are rules that the regular rank and file JW doesn't see. I do believe the the society may have changed this due to all of the court cases they have lost but I'm not sure. In any case, once again what I thought to be true has turned out to be false. Story of my life. I get shivers thinking I could have easily been this mans victim.
Molestation case in my area
by fern 5 Replies latest watchtower child-abuse
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SixofNine
Was he by chance an elder or MS?
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passwordprotected
The two-witness rule is still in force.
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fern
six- he was not an MS or elder but did pioneer in the 1970's
Password- they must have reported him because he confessed then. That 2 person rule is the most assinine thing I've ever heard of. No wonder he kept doing it.
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passwordprotected
No wonder he kept doing it.
Sadly, they've created a ruling and a policy that allows them to keep doing it.
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jamiebowers
I do know that in this last case involving his granddaughter, the elders did call police and report him. This is not the first time that they have been aware of this man's criminal activity and if they had done something about it sooner, it may have saved some victims. Also, this is the frist time he has been disfellowshipped.
The elders have probably been covering this up for the past 30 years, and I would imagine they reported this to the police for certain reasons. More than likely the victim's parents, teacher, a friend's parents, etc. threatened to report it. Why oh why wasn't it reported the FIRST time they knew aout it? Sickening!