I have been following the comments to the $13.5 million judgement story. This post is gripping. I hope she finds support for the story being told by so many, over and over.... I am not even close to being qualified to understand fully.
Survivor NJWS • 9 hours ago
First, thank you for the truth you stated above. Throughout this discussion I have maintained strength and a steadfast demeanor when sharing my experiences under the tyranny, cult, and oppressive brainwashing at the hands of the WTBTS. Reading now the absolute TRUTH that is your comment, so many terrible memories have come flooding back. It is through a storm of tears, crumbling knees, a fractured heart, and trembling hands that I affirm the horrific damage done to me and every single member of my family. WTBTS destroyed the lives of every member of my family. The domestic abuse that was perpetuated and covered up for decades; the molestation, sexual abuse, rape, emotional abuse, fear mongering, threats, etc. also perpetuated and covered up for decades; etc. ad infinitum; it has all come crashing to the forefront once again. Every single crime committed against me and my siblings and our mother was in every single case blamed on us! WE were the GUILTY ones every time! It took me 15 years of therapy to realize I was not to blame; the action of those men was NOT my fault! What about finding any shred of "self-esteem"? Add another 10 years of therapy! That is just my situation. Now add into the equation my 6 sisters and my mother and what they endured and suffered through. Now add to the equation the thousands of other innocent, brainwashed, oppressed, abused, etc. women and children of whom we will never know. Remember, #1 the Elders speak for God; #2 WTBTS "cover up" everything; #2 everyone must put on a smiling face to the world, anything of a negative nature must NEVER be seen outside the walls of the WTS or Kingdom Halls. These men played police officer, lawyer, judge, jury, and God. These aren't suppositions, I lived it. In my young mind I could not reconcile a loving God with the despicable actions of His chosen "Leaders". I remember wishing over and over again as a teenager that my entire family had never been born. It was one thing to have to endure these travesties myself, but to have to watch my dear beloved mother and my innocent little sisters have to suffer was simply too much to bear.