I contributed to another thread related to this question. Since more and more states are making clergy reporting mandatory and other victims will have more courage to face the rigors of litigation after Conti's success, the WT's current postion is against their own narrow interests. The WT will amputate limbs to prove the point that govtl authority cannot bind them, even tho Jesus said to pay tribute to governmental authorities when it does not conflict with God.
The focus should be on Conti, not the WT. They are not the victim or survivor.
Sadly, this mindset runs throughout all their actions through generations. It is not confined to Conti's case.
I don't see how they can possibly sustain it in the long run. We all know their two witness rule is not scriptural but man made by the GB. No where does a Biblical text say that abused children cannot be protected unless two witnesses were present. Rape laws used to require similar tupes of corrobration. Science shows that children do not lie. It is a statistically insignicant worry. Past behavior of pedophilia is an overwhelming indication or present and future behavior.
I was born-in and once accepted their statements. How anyone can bite in who has not been brain washed their whole life is beyond me.
Conti deserved protection b/c she was born with rights. The wider society has every right to condem them. Does anyone think the award encouraged anyone sitting on the fence to become a Jehovah's Witness. Their attitude and actions are repulsive and not only to apostates.
They will pay a price but how many more children are sacrificed until the day of their punishment.