Without reading your blog, I see several "errors" that show this is not a neutral analysis. The biggest hurdle will be solely on a legal issue, not a factual one. Did the WT have a legal duty to inform congregants (whatever we used to be. we are not witnesses. whatever) at the time of the abuse. The fact that the CA state legislature later enacted a statute requiring mandatory reporting for clergy is troublesome.
Similar to UNthank, Conti has already won the battle. Nothing the WT can do, even if it prevails on appeal, can undo the wretched publicity. My mind still reels at the in court statement of the WT lawyer after hearing the clear and highly punitive statement from a jury of peers that the WT was shocked at Bethel. Yep, a jury vs. some knuckleheads at Brooklyn.
Appellate lawyers are routine, at least in my area.
If Conti prevails legally, which is a technical legal argument, CA is so large and so important, I can see "new light" on the "two witness" rule.
In my view, the WT has lost even if its wins on a legal technicality. The verdict was not decided by former Witness apostates. I am troubled by how the verdict so far seems to have changed little on the ground.
ONe of my life problem's was not being able to understand the Witnesses. The Catholic Church at least paid lip service, started special committees, issued apologies (and still priests criminally protected priest pedophiles).