On Sunday night I wrote the Dateline update, since that time several questions have been raised regarding the Dateline story. I will not be able to answer all questions raised or try to defend the basis of the statements made in the Dateline update. I can say that we are getting very close to an airdate, so close I can taste it. Please understand I am in no way at odds with Dateline, they are a good organization and trying their best to be fair and stay in the middle of the road when it comes to reporting the story. I agreed to working with the process for the simple reason to let the truth be known. I believe Dateline will follow that standard in the reporting of this story. I also believe WT will use any type of strategy to hide the truth and manipulate words to their advantage. This is plainly evident in the comments of JR Brown and Mario Moreno to the press. That is proof in hard copy of WT tactics. I believe WT has tried to manipulate Dateline from the beginning with how they have stated facts and their response to the telling of the story. Yet I still hold true to the belief that the truth will not be hidden in this matter and the public will be able to clearly see it. I have been asked by Dateline to not reveal all that I know about the story and the circumstances surrounding it, I intend to honor that request. Yet from the information that I am aware of, I believe we will know something very soon.
Is that my word of honor that I will know something in four days? Absolutely not, nothing is absolute and even when we have an airdate, something can always preempt a program at the last minute. What if the show was set to air on 9-12-01? Do you think it would have aired? If it did do you think anyone would have remembered it? So just bear in mind this is all a process we have to work with. I am very happy with professional manner Dateline has handled this delicate topic and I believe the intended result will happen. The public as well as Jehovah’s Witnesses will be educated about a problem that is hurting children. The leadership of the organization will be pressured to respond and do what is morally and ethically right. Victims will have closure, children will be better protected and we will have Dateline to thank for helping the truth to come out.
So if I could say anything about this matter direct your frustration toward WT for causing this problem to begin with, failing to respond and using theocratic warfare to manipulate the media to their advantage, on the other hand, let Dateline know we appreciate their efforts and offer them our support for the commitment, money, time and effort devoted to making this story happen. It is going to happen and very soon.