for me.
Alright..please bear with me. I rarely write long posts, but I need to set up the scene for what is to come..
Two years ago, my sister was pregnant. It was great that she and her MS husband were socializing with me and my husband. Our relationship was really establishing. During her entire pregnancy, I was there to help console both of them because they were having problems with my JW mother. Well, my sister had promised me that I could go see her deliver the baby. As the time got closer, (two weeks prior to delivery) my sister phonecalled me and stated that I couldn't go to the hospital because there were going to be other JW's there. (BTW, she wanted me there to throw my mother out of the hospital). Anyhoo...she promised again that she would call me after the delivery of the child. That never came to be. Why I was surprised, I don't know. I should have expected it.
So time goes by, she stays in contact with my other ex-jw siblings. She told them that I "understood" why they had to shun me and that I was completely understanding.
Well, this past February, I wrote them a 12 page letter. My ex-jw sister calls me last month. She advised me that the husband, the MS, had stepped down from his position. He advised her that he was really disturbed by the letter. He said that my mother, who is a pedophile-pioneer, never was allowed to touch their daughter. He was asking if the other siblings would testify against my mother in a judicial hearing. Lo and behold, the elders would not accept testimony from any d'fd, d'ad or other ex-witness of my family.
Well..I know this isn't probably a big deal to others, but it was to me. Knowing that this letter has been bothering him for the past three months, and the turn down that he has gotten from the elders, I am going to tape tonite's episode of Dateline and mail it to them.
I am praying that they finally wake up about this issue. BTW, I was fortunate to escape the sexual abuse from my mother. I am hoping that this Dateline episode really helps those that have been abused to realize they are not alone. And wake people up that the witnesses coming to their doors aren't so innocent.
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