In regard to the Conti case......I have a new hypothesis. I think they know they can't win this one. But for the sake of damage control, they must litter the court with appeals and extensions. That way, 2 years from now when individual witnesses begin murmuring about the 1st ever court case that the mighty Watchtower Society lost in regard to child abuse.......the word can be spread from the top down (DOs to COs to elder bodies to witnesses) that the Society fought valliantly to get this preposterous verdict overturned. Unfortunately though.....Satan and his court used their scheming ways to win out.
That will pacify any who want to know more about what happened. If the society just let the case die......they would LOOK guilty even to their own members.