Update on Candace Conti's Case
by mind blown 52 Replies latest watchtower scandals
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zed is dead
The respondent's brief is longer than the Watchtower's. I can't wait to read it!
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DNCall
OK JW Leaks. Have at it!
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DATA-DOG
Just reading the transcripts makes me sooooo ANGRY!!!!! The WTBTS lawyers start spinning from the start!!
" Now, it is not a case where the pastor or clergy or religious leader perpetrated some of this. It was a rank and file member. It is not a case where the abuse happened at church or in church activities. It is not a case where the pastor, the religious leaders saw something happening and didn't do anything about it. It is not that kind of case. "
Rank and file member..what a load of crap. Jonathan Kendrick was an ordained minister according to the WTBTS. I wonder if some nu-light will be revealed about who is " ordained " and who is not? I hope so. If they say only Elders are ordained ministers then I walk. If they were to say something like that, it would be for purely legal reasons. Fine. YOU go out in service then..I will do something fun!!
Mr Freeze, !! All they had to do was care about what was right from the start. Thanks, " GOD's one true channel! "
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sd-7
Hmm. It just occurred to me that I've not read the transcripts. Man! This is pretty heavy! And I'm just on the defense's opening statement....
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Londo111
Some of the abuse occured during field service, which is an church-sponsored activity...is it not?
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sd-7
"But you will hear that when Mr. Kendrick was removed as a ministerial servant, that's a significant event, it doesn't happen every day, that's a signal that something is wrong."
And of course a JW is going to think this guy's a child molester and keep their kids away from him, right??? For all they would know, he could've just made 5 hours of field service a month, been looking at porn, or been unable to do too many talks due to his job. This lawyer is shovelin' some serious crap.
The other glaring question is, was this guy 'privately reproved'? One would think that an offense of this sort would warrant public reproof and maybe even a local needs talk about the need to protect your kids, like, right afterwards, so people would put two and two together on their own and keep their kids away from him. That, I would think, would be the farthest they could go and would cover their behinds legally, since they wouldn't be naming him directly, but they'd get the point across publicly that he was a threat. But even that would be too much to ask, wouldn't it? And that's the least they could've done. But I guess I shouldn't turn this into a running commentary on the transcript...
I'll keep reading...
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Simon
I think they retain "public reproof" for "wouldn't kiss our ass".
Funny how they always try to control everyone and everything except when things hit the fan and then it's all 'personal choice'. Same tactics with blood and shunning ...
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sd-7
Okay, my jaw just dropped. Watchtower Society lawyer: "Ministerial servants don't give sermons, they don't conduct Bible studies, and, again, they function as helping the church elders."
WTF???
This is a flat-out lie. A bold-faced lie. I guess I shouldn't be shocked, but...I guess it's a good thing he's not under oath, isn't it?
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breakfast of champions
But you will hear that when Mr. Kendrick was removed as a ministerial servant, that's a significant event, it doesn't happen every day, that's a signal that something is wrong.
Yes, he could have done some hideously evil thing like send his kids to college.