But, in your situation, you moved, they don't know you, rejoice. It's every fader's dream.
That's what I was talking about. If you move away from home and then transfer around to a few different congs, eventually you would get to a cong where they don't know you very well, more inportantly they wouldn't know your family or where you originally came from. You could commit any number of "sins" get d'fed and it really wouldn't matter because who would be told to shun you? You faimly back home would have no idea.
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Apollo
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jwfacts
does that mean that one could get disfellowshipped and shunned by his current cong in Los Angeles without his old cong and family back home in New York ever knowing of his status
Welcome Apollo.
I think you are over-complicating things. It may be possible to get disfellowshipped and your families congregations not find out, but it is unlikely. The elders will try to do their due diligence and find out other congregations that you may have dealing with, such as through family, and let those congregations know.
The most likely scenario is that if you stay low, do not go to any meetings and no one knows what you are up to, then you are unlikely to get disfellowshipped. If your parents/aunty get wind of some wrongdoing and want you disfellowshipped, they may track down the body of elders that serve the territory that you live in to get you disfellowshipped. But why should they ever know what you are doing wrong? Don't confess to anything and don't discuss what you believe. As tempting as it may be, do not argue with your Aunty. If you have to say anything, just mention you are "having a holiday" as my wife tells JWs and gets away with no problem.
If in a few years they find out something, such as you are living with someone, it is quite likely that you will not get d/f, as you are not known in your community as a JW.
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Apollo
"I think you are over-complicating things."
I understand where you are coming from, but I was just using a hypothetical example to ask a question. Meaning that if, over a number of years, a dub were to move around from place to place transferring from cong to cong (possibly in different circuits) would he eventually wind up at a cong where the BOE doesn't know where he originally came from and they would then be unable to contact his family’s cong back home to inform them of his status? A dub could get disfellowshiped for being a gay porn star but if his family doesn’t know anything about it then the whole process breaks down.