'Spiritual Cousins' of Jehovah's Witnesses - [ 'The Seventh Day Adventist Church - ' let a ‘wolf’ guard the ‘flock,’” said Portland attorney Steve Crew. ]

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    'Spiritual Cousins' of Jehovah's Witnesses - [ 'The Seventh Day Adventist Church - ' let a ‘wolf’ guard the ‘flock,’” said Portland attorney Steve Crew. ]

    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two 50-year-old men filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the Seventh-Day Adventist Church put a man known to abuse children in charge of its youth program in the 1970s and kept him in that position even after learning he was accused of abusing a child in its ranks.

    http://bigstory.ap.org/article/lawsuit-church-knew-abuser-ran-youth-program

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    'An attorney representing the church couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

    The men's attorneys claim that Bovee molested an undetermined number of boys, and that the problem with childhood sexual abuse within the Seventh Day Adventist Church was widespread.

    Attorneys for D.M. and F.D. said that from 1992 to 2011, church documents show more than 400 claims made against the church in the U.S., involving 525 child victims -- costing the church more than $30 million.'

    http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/08/lawuit_accuses_seventh_day_adv.html

    The Seventh Day Adventists sprung from the Second Adventists (Millerites). Charles Taze Russell got many of his doctrines from the Second Adventists. So, in a way, the Jehovah's Witnesses can be seen as a 'cousin' to the Seventh Day Adventists - they have the same parent.

    They belong to the same family.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventism

    Seventh-day Adventists joined with the California Catholic Conference in strong opposition to SB 131. SB 131 would have provided survivors of sexual abuse an opportunity to seek justice against the sexual perpetrator as well as the institution that protected the abuser.

    Governor Brown vetoed the bill.

    Legislative Alert – May 8, 2013 SB 131 – OPPOSE Yesterday Dennis Seaton was in attendance at the Judiciary Committee where SB 131 passed with only one vote against. This bill is harmful to Adventist Church schools. The bill is being vigorously opposed by the California Association of Private School Organizations (CAPSO). Seventh-day Adventist schools are affiliated with CAPSO. - See more at:

    http://www.churchstate.org/index.php?id=1500#sthash.F3jREbCV.dpuf

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    Just like the rest of organized religion, the Seventh Day Adventists hope to settle out of court; so the next generation of believers know nothing.

    ' He says the abuse profoundly damaged his relationship with his family and led him to abuse drugs. F. D. says he’s suing to make sure it doesn’t happen to others. “Hopefully, it’s not just holding them accountable, it’s forcing them to make policy changes. It’s forcing them to stand by their convictions. They preach in their church that Jesus said whatever you do unto the least of these, you do also unto me,” he said.

    'Richard Whittemore, attorney for the Seventh Day Adventists, says he couldn’t comment any of the alleged facts in the suit, but said the church had hoped to settle out of court.

    The Adventists’ 2010 Child Protection Plan, posted online, recommends that individual churches adopt policies like having two adults present during children’s activities and checking references for volunteers.'

    http://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-men-suing-over-sex-abuse-say-they-want-seventh-day-adventist-church-to-change/

    In a step ahead of Jehovah's Witnesses, their current video is quite clear. Abuse is a crime. Call the police. Get professional help.

    Child Protection Resources for
    Seventh-day Adventist Churches in North America

    Thank you for your interest in protection children from the harm of abuse and adults from the potential for false allegations.

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