Yet active JWs post that the 9 year old child had to be a whore, lusting after the older brother, entrapping him at nine years of age! Nothing dents them. If they were the type to question, they never would be JWs in the first place. Times are changing, though, with society's tolerance for this abhorent behavior. Neither this case or the Philly case would have been active ten years ago. Religions can fight but ordinary people are fed up and fed up in droves. The prime minister of Irealnd (his official title is Gaellic and sounds very foreign) , a Catholic, delivered a stirring, historical speech about church abuse. The old ways cannot continue.
Most women todaty would jump out of their chairs and pounce at the Selma and Steve story, supporiting spousal abuse as long as the perp becomes a Witness after seventeen years. Society does not quote a Nuremberg convicted Nazi theologian for textual support when it is not necessary by any means. We are not talking about normal people.