Rub a Dub, I haven't read entire thread so forgive me if my following comment has already been considered.
First of all, there's a fundemental difference between 'SIN' and 'CRIME.'
Have you ever heard anyone being publickly recorded/announced by law for being adulterer or smoker? Public Sex Offender Registration is there for the purpose: warning public that 'dangerous sex criminals' are in your community! Because of its heinoussness nature of crime, its arrangement is enforced by the law. He/she has no legal right if their name and crime were to announced publickly(whether in the public record or on the church board). It's there to protect the public especially vulunerable children not the criminals. The Criminal lost his privacy right voluntarily and rightfully. He/she deserves public condemnation(but cut off from human contact such as disfellowshipping) as result of their very own heinous violent conduct.
For any ogranization to conceal and proctect the criminal(convicted or not) is putting themslevs for guilty of condoning the crime and commiting the crime of obstruction of justice, let alone punishing the victims and their family while concealing the criminal with all their power at all cost. The Watchtower has been got away with their unlawful and unethical conduct from being prosecuted for the crime of Obstruction of justice. (referance: Warren Jeffs' case). I know for fact, I would have been prosecuted at no time for the very same thing that the Watchtower and their elders have done.
As far as concerning in making annoucement of disfellowshipping detail over being immoral according to their policy? THERE'S NO RIGHT WAY TO DO THIS! It is unscriptural and inhumane. The word 'disfellowship' is not even in the New Word Translation. The closest word is 'expel' in NWT. Why doesn't the Watchtower use this biblical language instead? Because its practice was unchristian and it was condemed by Jesus. It was commonly practiced among Jewish Community enforced by the their religeous leaders, the Pharisees! Jesus was expelled from the synagogue by the Pharisees.
John 12:42; many even of the rulers actually put faith in him[Jesus], but because of the Pharisees they would not confess him, in order not to be expelled from the synagogue.
John 9:22; His parents[who's blind son just was healed by Jesus] said these things because they were in fear of the Jews for the Jews had already come to an agreement that if anyone comfessed him as Christ, he should get expelled from the synagogue.(Read entire chapter 12 for back ground story)
Jesus himself said, healthy one doesn't need physician but ailing one does. If you kick out those who's in need and refrain from doing right thing in fear of your religeous leaders, what is the purpose of your religeon in the first place?
Disfellowshipping was practiced by the Pharisees whom Jesus called 'hypocrites,' 'Blind guides,' 'Serpents, offspring of vipers.'-Matt 23rd chapter.
The Watchtower had brought/are bringing/will bring much unspeakable sorrow to their followers with this despicable pharisiac doctrine along with countless men made polices , rules, and inhumane procedures.
It's not 'you are damned if you do, you are damned if you don't' but 'you are damn. Period!' for enforcing a such inhumane practice.
The bottom line, the Watchtower is wrong and guilty in God's(Father of Jesus) eye!
Edit:Convicted sexual criminals are to accompany by another responsible adult around children at all times(by law in the US) besides public's right to have knowledge of their identity. The organizations must apply the law and should make an arrangement accordingly within their community.
