YOU KNOW THAT THE B.B.C. HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD FROM THE HOWLING AND GNASHING OF TEETH it has produced from amongst the JEHOVAH'S WITLESS DRONES, WHO HAVE EMAIL-BOMBED THE B.B.C. IN PROTEST - EXACTLY AS THEIR PEDOPHILE-ENABLING BOSSES REQUIRED THEM TO.... Enjoy their deep discomfort and absurd denials and buck-passing, wriggling and lying (especially when they attempt to get more credibility by denying ever having been a JW in any way, but somehow have intimate and detailed knowledge of current JW doctrines and teachings, including the "spin")... In doing so, the intelligent can see exactly why the JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES are the PARADISE on EARTH Organization indeed (just as they claim) - but FOR PEDOPHILES!
Here follow extracts from a bevy of angry JW denials from the B.B.C. feedback page - SHAME ON THEM FOR THEIR GULLIBILITY, WICKEDNESS OR STUPIDITY (I know not which). My comments are capitalized and interposed.
I have read a lot about Bill Bowen recently, prior to and after the programme relating to Jehovah's Witnesses was shown on the same matter in America. It is my belief that Mr Bowen has his own agendas and is not seeing the full picture here. I also believe that most information, usually pitted against this TINY organisation, is propaganda promoted by mainstream religion and governments who would rather shut the witnesses up for speaking the truth. Haven't they been picked on in many countries being treated differently from other religions? I wonder why? Why such a huge interest in such a small group? Even if they do have (former abusers) a register, surely that is the responsible thing to do? Isn't that what our government already does anyway? Are the witnesses behaving any differently to our home secretary? I do not think so! I am not a Jehovah's Witness and furthermore I admire these very brave people for telling the truth about our world's governments and religions who have acted in collaboration to murder people in wars for decades!! Perhaps that would be a more fitting expose for Panorama viewers?
SURE, SURE, THIS COMPLAINANT IS NOT A JW. ;-) AND THE WATCHTOWER IS FAR FROM A TINY ORGANIZATION - INDEED, THEIR OWN LITERATURE HAS BOASTED OF HUGE INCREASES IN NUMBERS FOR MOST OF THE LAST HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. THEY NUMBER OVER SIX MILLION NOW, AND THERE ARE ANOTHER TWELVE MILLION "INTERESTED ONES" OR MINOR DEPENDANTS BEING GROOMED FOR BAPTISM. CULT PROFITS ARE ESTIMATED TO EXCEED US$ TWO THOUSAND MILLION PER YEAR. THE ABSURD CLAIM THAT THE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES TELL THE TRUTH - THIS ORGANIZATION IS FIRMLY BASED ON THE "BIG LIES" DOCTRINE - AND THAT SO DO THEIR ELDERS, IS EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE..
As one of Jehovah's witnesses it is with both a mixture of sadness and anger that I write to you. I think it is almost deplorable the way you have misconstrued our beliefs into this little section of do's and don'ts, when in actual fact we are nothing like that. We all have our own personal reasons for being one of Jehovah's witnesses and we respect the decisions that are made by the "body" of elders in our own congregation.. I think it would be beneficial to you if someone came to one of our meetings, and had a chat with a couple of us, as it seems your info came from this Bill guy, and it is plainly obvious even to the casual observer that he has negative attitude to us now. Therefore your supposedly "factual" programmes will now lose whatever credibility they may have once enjoyed, because of your "let's ask any old Joe for info". Your idea also that we only use certain scriptures from the bible, that we have specifically chosen, is also wrong. It takes our beliefs totally out of context. We use the entire bible to get an answer for a question, and sometimes we have to make up our own minds on matters, according to our "Bible-trained conscience".. We have a better chance of doing so if we are following the rules, so to speak. On the subject of child molestation I won't comment as I am not an elder and therefore it is not for me to do so as I don't have all the facts, but to be honest with you, I really don't want too. If I dwelt constantly on the negatives in life then I would probably end up mad. To gain more information then please do come to one of our meetings, any and all that read this, just so that you can get the correct information for yourselves. Indeed that is the reason we go from door-to-door, to tell people the "good news", and to find out if they want a better future. I mean, don't we all? We don't go out to proselytise, or to convert, it is a personal choice if people want to join us.
THIS COMPLAINANT ADMITS HE CAN'T EXPRESS OPINIONS BECAUSE HE/SHE IS NOT A JW ELDER, AND THAT HE/SHE HAS SURRENDERED DECISION-MAKING TO THE ELDERS. EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE. OF COURSE HE/SHE DOES NOT WANT TO DWELL ON "NEGATIVES" WHEN THEY INVOLVE THE WATCHTOWER - BUT DWELLS **ONLY** ON NEGATIVES ("THIS WICKED WORLD HAS NO HOPE") WHEN GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR SPREADING WATCHTOWER PROPAGANDA! WHAT SHAMEFUL HYPOCRISY AND DOUBLE-STANDARDS - EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
Can I just say I am a Jehovah's Witnesses and we are usually portrayed as a mysterious sect. In fact we are nothing of the sort. All I can say is that you should perhaps get a real elder to speak for our organisation, not an apostate "former elder" Bill Bowen. I feel it is nothing but a way to get some publicity. Jehovah's Witnesses were the first people on the scene at the World Trade Center and escorted many people to safety. We are a peaceful organisation who don't go to war and kill other humans.. if you had researched better you would uncover real truths and not just the minor numbers of wicked people who claim to be real Witnesses.
THE LUDICROUS CLAIM ABOUT THE 9/11 ATTACK SHOWS HOW BRAINWASHED ARE THE DUBS. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED AT N.Y. BETHEL THAT DAY IS VERY, VERY DIFFERENT - THEY BOLTED ALL THE DOORS, THINKING THAT ARMAGEDDON HAD COME! WHEN THEY REALIZED THEY WERE WRONG (YET AGAIN) IS THAT THEY SENT OUT SOME DRONES TO DISTRIBUTE WATCHTOWER LITERATURE TO THE DAZED SURVIVORS (STANDARD JW TECHNIQUE - MAKE CONVERTS WHILE PEOPLE ARE VULNERABLE). THE BELIEF THAT THE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES' ORGANIZATIONAL GOOD NAME NEEDS DEFENDING AT ALL COSTS IS EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
I always looked to the BBC for outstanding broadcasting and factual. Unfortunately I see I was sadly mistaken. I too am an ex-elder but not a disgruntled one. What you have written is so far from the truth it is unbelievable. Absolute rubbish. In such cases the first thing that is done is to report the matter to the police and have the child removed from danger. Now one has to question whether all of your articles are even based on fact or just something your reporters wrote while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or marijuana?
HOW COME PROOF THAT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF "BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT" IN COURTS OF LAW IS "ABSOLUTE RUBBISH"? BECAUSE THE JW IS TRAINED SPECIFICALLY TO DISTRUST AND DISBELIEVE ALL NON-WATCHTOWER SOURCES OF INFORMATION - EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
I am a Jehovah's Witness and I am very disappointed in the BBC's coverage last night. I never thought they could be so 'one-sided' and biased to Jehovah's Witnesses. You could tell how the presenter hated the Witnesses and wasn't really interested in the truth but only interested in trying to spread lies! Our Elders in the congregation are doing a great job to keep the congregation "clean" morally, physically and spiritually. The programme was cut and taken out of context several times, for example when the elder from the congregation and the member of the governing body spoke to the camera. I would like to know how much they really cut out of the programme to prevent Jehovah's Witnesses making a defence of themselves! We are one of the most well behaved, morally clean people on earth, we don't claim to be perfect or superhuman, but we are all trying. We will not easily be stumbled but a weak attempt by the BBC to try to expose something that does not exist within our organisation. The BBC have let the public down again on not telling the truth, but lies with no fact at all. I would suggest a member of the BBC would try living within the Jehovah's Witness community for a year to see what we are really like, then they can make a better judgement on us!!
THAT THOSE WHO CRITICIZE THE JW ORGANIZATION ARE "LIARS" AND TO BE DISCREDITED AT ALL COSTS IS EXACTLY THE SHAMEFUL CONDUCT TO WHICH THE VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE WERE SUBJECTED BY THEIR JW ELDERS. EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
I am a Jehovah's Witness and I have read through your comments and other links and I think that it is very sarcastic and you really ought to think about what you are doing and where you get info from and if it's reliable.
THAT BECAUSE THIS HAS NOT YET HAPPENED TO THEM, IT HAS NOT HAPPENED AT ALL, IS THE THINKING UPON WHICH A PEDOPHILE-ENABLING ORGANIZATION LIKE THE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES ACTIVELY RELIES. EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
I didn't watch the programme... but as one of Jehovah's Witnesses I have never know of one child being abused in 25 years.. if you know the policy of the Watchtower you wouldn't take ex-Jehovah's Witnesses' words on this subject. Disgruntled Jehovah's Witnesses are really hateful people who are not JW for the most part because they got disfellowshipped for their misconduct. But this is to be expected - when people don't get their way they like to make trouble for the rest. But nothing can stop Jehovah because he's bigger than the lot :)
AGAIN, MUCH OF THE SAME - ATTACK THE MESSENGER AS BEING EVIL, DO ANYTHING TO DISCREDIT THE FACTS RATHER THAN FACE THEM - A TYPICAL BRAINDEAD DENIAL, COUPLED WITH THE THREAT THAT JEHOVAH IS GOING TO COME AND SLAUGHTER ALL WHO OPPOSE THE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES! THINK OF THE FEAR ON THE PART OF THE CHILD ABUSE VICTIM, EXPOSED TO SUCH FOULNESS AN ABILITY TO JUDGE THE PROGRAMME WAS EXPRESSED BY THIS JW POSTER WITHOUT EVERY HAVING WATCHED IT - AND THINK HOW ATTRACTIVE JUST SUFFERING IN SILENCE BECOMES, WHERE THE ALTERNATIVE IS PUBLIC RIDICULE, BEING ACCUSED OF LYING, BEING REMOVED FROM GOD'S PEOPLE, BEING SHUNNED FOREVER BY ONE'S FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES - AND THEN SENTENCED TO DEATH AT ARMAGEDDON. EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
I don't really think this is Panorama fodder at all, as we are talking about a policy needing some rework, NOT a shocking revelation of systematic child abuse being uncovered in the much hated Jehovah's Witnesses organisation. So why sensationalise it and make it seem a bigger issue for the public at large than it really is? Or is there something more to this, maybe even something personal going on here, and Panorama is the vent for that? I guess we will never know the answer to that.
TO DENY THAT TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND KNOWN JW PEDOPHILES IN JUST THE EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICAN REGIONS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE REVEALS THE JW "MINDSET". EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
I have been a Jehovah's Witness for 20 years and I have just read the comments regarding your programme. I am repelled that you are irresponsible enough to put out a programme that is obviously one-sided and will have an deep impact on the lives of many Jehovah's Witnesses who are law-abiding citizens and abhor the acts of paedophiles. If this leads to any vigilantism then I hope you are prepared to take the responsibility for the safety of innocent people.
THE TOTAL FAILURE - NAY, INABILITY - TO DEAL WITH OR EVEN RECOGNIZE FACTS IS A JW HALLMARK. THIS WRITER CARES LITTLE FOR THE MOLESTED CHILDREN COMPARED TO HIS OR HER FEAR OF ANTI-JW ACTIVITY! EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
I personally condone such evil acts involving any form of immorality. To even suggest that Jehovah's Witnesses would cover up such behaviour as child molestation should be treated as slander. Ultimately of course, it brings reproach on the name of God himself.. Obviously your informants are former Jehovah's Witnesses, who for some perverted reason want to get their own back. Jehovah is a God of truth and he will ensure that the truth is told.
THAT THE WATCHTOWER FORBADE HIGHER EDUCATION AMONG JWs IS ILLUSTRATED BY THIS DULLARD USING "CONDONE" RATHER THAN "CONDEMN", THEREBY SAYING THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT HE/SHE INTENDED. AND THE THREAT TO THE WHISTLEBLOWER - THAT BY GOING TO THE POLICE THEY ARE BRINGING REPROACH ON THE NAME OF GOD HIMSELF - IS EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
I think that you need to talk to someone like me and find out the truth about the organisation. I am still a Jehovah's Witness and I would not want to leave for anything! The people on the programme were very stupid not to use their own common sense and go to the police. If they were true Witnesses then they would have trusted in Jehovah and done what's right.. I also feel the reporters needed to get a more rounded out view of the protection plan.. As for association outside the congregation: what was stated in the programme was not true. I have been a Jehovah's Witness my whole life and I have always had friends that are not of my religion. We need to be balanced if we are to teach people about the truth. The programme only focussed on cases that were handled badly. Not everyone who has been abused has left the congregation as a result. I hope that my few comments have given a better perspective of how things work.
TO CALL THE CHILDREN WHO WERE VICTIMS OF THE ABUSE "STUPID" FOR OBEYING THEIR PARENTS AND ELDERS AS THEY WERE TRAINED FROM BIRTH TO DO, AND PUTTING THE CULT FIRST, AS THEY WERE ALSO TRAINED FROM BIRTH TO DO, IS TYPICAL JW RUTHLESS, SAVAGE HEARTLESSNESS WHEN FORCED TO DEAL WITH THE CRIMES OF THEIR OWN FILTHY CULT! EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
I watched the Brass Eye programme about paedophilia when it was aired some while ago. I am sorry to say that I found that programme, with all its blatant satire, a lot more believable than the BBC programme. Try harder next time, or I will start going to ITV for my news and documentaries.
"IF IT IS NOT IN 'THE WATCHTOWER', THEN IT IS NOT TRUE." AND THE SARCASM AND TRIVIALIZATION OF DEEP JW FAILINGS IS EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
It saddens me to think that the organisation that has helped me through so much in my life has come under such brutal attack! I am 16 years old and I have dedicated myself as a witness because I love Jehovah and the people within the congregation.. It was a shock to see how much your programme has twisted the truth and it is very much one-sided. You did not mention that we do a lot of good, for example we were the first people on the scene of the terrible terrorist attack in America. This programme did not once interview a Witness who was STILL within the organisation but focused on the ex "this and that". It's terrible! How on earth are people meant to believe this when it's not even balanced!? Even with the twisted stories being told about Jehovah's Witnesses I continue to hold my head up high and continue to serve the God that I love so much.
TYPICAL BRAINDEAD JW RESPONSE, EXTRAPOLATING WILDLY FROM THEIR OWN ROSE-TINTED VIEW OF THE ORGANIZATION... AND TRULY IDIOTIC TOO. THE PROGRAMME TRIED HARD TO INTERVIEW ON CAMERA WITNESSES STILL WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION - TED JARACZ, J.R. BROWN, PAUL GILLIES, THE SCOTS PRESIDING OVERSEER AND SO ON - ALL REFUSED, OR WHEN BUTTONHOLED JUST RAN AWAY AFTER UTTERING A FEW TRITE WORDS. CLEARLY THIS WRITER WAS BOTH BLIND AND DEAF - OR A LIAR. SUCH INABILITY TO SEE THE OBVIOUS FACTS IS EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
Jehovah's witnesses do not protect child abusers. Where did you get your sources?? You're misleading people!!!! They are known for good, but no one ever picks on that, they only look for faults! If someone is doing something bad they will look into it and will only remove from the congregation if they have proper evidence or that admits what they are doing and does not repent.. Jehovah does not allow this forever and will see to it that it being removed in his own time and will get what they deserve. Now that person is not a member of Jehovah's Witness. Even our literature in the past have shown we are not child abusers
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES ARE KNOWN FOR DOING GOOD? WHERE??? FOR ONE OF THE RICHEST ORGANIZATIONS IN THE WORLD, THEY DO NO CHARITY WHATSOEVER - SHAMEFUL. SUCH LITTLE CHARITY AS IS DONE, IS BY INDIVIDUAL JWs, WHO ARE ACTUALLY GOING AGAINST THE TEACHINGS OF THE WATCHTOWER, WHICH STRONGLY DISCOURAGE CHARITABLE GIVING EXCEPT TO OTHER JWs AND TO THE SOCIETY ITSELF. AND ALSO THE "LEAVE IT TO JEHOVAH TO CLEAR IT UP" NONSENSE - EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
Nice actors and bitter disfellowshipped people - where'd you find them? I cannot and will not believe that Jehovah's Witnesses are capable of hiding a crime so great. I suspect that most of your so-called victims are just bitter people who got disfellowshipped (ie chucked out) for doing something wrong themselves. This is outrageous, and the people of Jehovah's Witnesses will not stand for such a slur! What's the matter? Run out of Catholics to accuse? Decided to pick on another already unpopular religion to boost your failing ratings? All of these people may, indeed, have been abused, and my sympathy goes to them if this is the case (can't you tell), but I refuse to believe that supposedly strict Jehovah's Witness elders that won't allow their daughters' friendship outside the congregation (And DON'T call it a church, because it's NOT) would abuse that child.
WHAT ACTORS WERE USED? THE PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAMME, INCLUDING THE POLICE VIDEOS, WERE NOT ACTORS. THE "LET US PUNISH THE VICTIM FURTHER" ATTITUDE EXHIBITED BY THIS SHAMEFUL WRITER SERVES TO TERRORIZE AND SILENCE THE VICTIM, EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
Once again, sensationalism takes precedence over the facts. I doubt very much if the BBC would broadcast a fictitious program about itself made by ITV would it? It's all about proper perspectives. I am very disappointed in the BBC, usually a bastion of journalistic truth.
SINGULARLY, THEN, THIS WRITER PROVIDES NO FACTUAL REBUTTAL WHATSOEVER - IT IS ALL ABOUT SENSITIVITY AND PERSPECTIVES, NOT "FACTS" OR "RIGHT AND WRONG"! EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
Panorama and the BBC are correct to address this issue because the Christian church today is full of paedophile priests and Pagan practices and unbiblical teachings, but the information you have based your findings on are totally and utterly untrue. I have close friends who are Jehovah's Witnesses and they are not shocked at all that this programme is coming on TV because Jehovah's Witnesses have been told to expect persecution as it says in the Bible "many people will rise against you, and will bring tribulation and persecute you". There are people who are expelled from the congregation for committing sin against God and not been repentant. However, there are a few people who have been Jehovah's Witnesses for many years but start to bend the truth and twist it so that it suits their way of living. These stay for a while in the congregation in order to corrupt people's minds with untruths. This is called Apostacy, and these apostates either leave of their own free will or are dis-fellowshipped by the congregation. These apostates go on a mission to corrupt people's minds and turn everyone possible against Jehovah's Witnesses! These people would like to see Jehovah's Witnesses lose their rights to study the Bible together, and to tell other people about what the Bible says is going to happen in the future. These apostates who may have joined the Christian church or any other religious organization have seen that the church has come under observation that there are paedophile priests, so they are now trying to get the Jehovah's Witnesses under the spotlight and into the news in order to give them a bad name. Everybody knows Jehovah's Witnesses are not a secret cult, they come knocking at your door willing to tell you everything about their religion and will be pleased to answer any question you throw at them. They have doors slammed in their faces but they have to endure that persecution. The whole programme will most likely have interviews with people saying they are former Jehovahs Witnesses but if the BBC actually interviewed the Jehovah's Witnesses you will get an accurate description of what the society is about..
LET US BASH THE OTHER RELIGIONS, CRITICIZING THE MOAT IN THEIR EYES WHILE IGNORING THE BEAMS IN OUR OWN, SLANDER THOSE WHO WHISTLE-BLOW TO SAVE LIVES, AND CLAIM "PERSECUTION POINTS" WHEN WE GET JUST A FRACTION OF WHAT WE DESERVE FOR REPEATEDLY DISTURBING AND UPSETTING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES - WHAT AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR THOSE WHO CLAIM TO BE "GOD'S PEOPLE"! THE ATTRIBUTION OF FOUL MOTIVES TO VICTIMS IS EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
The FACT (it's in the dictionary, look it up) is that the elders could get sued by the person, if the accusation is false. You can't expect anyone to risk this.
THE RUDENESS AND ARROGANCE OF THIS POSTER IS PAINFULLY EVIDENT. DO YOU BLAME THE YOUNG GIRLS AND BOYS FOR FEARING DISCLOSING ANYTHING TO ELDERS WHO DISPLAY THE MONSTROUS ATTITUDES OF THIS JW-DEFENDER? EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
(T)o have a child protection policy is nonsense.. Sadly Panorama has sunk to the gutter press level. TRY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH if you want real sleaze. What hypocritical behaviour. You will show Panorama on a subject like this then you will show EastEnders with premarital sex alluded to, violence in films and other programmes, drug abuse, horror films, SEX because late at night people watch it. SHAME on you all. YOU and your programme budget must really be stuck for exiting stories. Deplorable.
ARGUMENT AD HOMINEM, ANALOGY AD ABSURDUM, STRAWMAN DEMOLITION... THE POOR EDUCATION AND THINKING EXHIBITED HERE ARE, SADLY, WHAT ANY VICTIM IS LIKELY TO FIND AMONG THE ELDERS, A COLLECTION OF MOTLEY ROOFERS, LAWNMOWER MEN AND "HOLIER THAN THOU" IGNORAMUSES - AND WHAT WILL MAKE IT HIGHLY UNLIKELY ANY JUSTICE WILL BE OBTAINED FROM SUCH FOOLS (OR WORSE). EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
To put a very important point clear, NOBODY is disowned by their family or fellow men in a congregation by reporting a perpetrator to the police. Everybody is responsible to protect children from such individuals and ANYBODY in a congregation would do so without hesitation.. How can anyone be so ignorant to generalise. Our elders are not representatives of God, they are fellow workers that do all the hard organisational duties in the congregation, many of them sacrificing their own time, they are labelled as servants and nothing more.. The policy also states that if there are two or more victims to one abuser this man is dealt within the congregation.. ELDERS ARE NOT POLICEMEN. They are men that give advice from the Bible, you can do whatever you want with it. It is shameful that in the year 2002 a media company can still fall short in getting their facts right.
THE FIRST ASSERTION IS A DOWNRIGHT LIE: DISOBEYING THE ELDERS WILL LEAD TO DISFELLOWSHIPPING, AND THEN TO LIFELONG SHUNNING. THE REST IS FLUMMERY - FOR EXAMPLE, THE SECOND SISTER IN THE PROGRAMME WAS THE SECOND VICTIM OF THE SAME PERPETRATOR IN THE SAME CONGREGATION, BUT THE ELDERS HUSHED IT UP AND SENT HER BACK FOR MORE RAPING. EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
To the researchers involved in investigating the Jehovah's Witness Case: It must be remembered that the information in your programme is taken very seriously by the public, hence any information obtained must be seriously considered as to its accuracy. Responsible reporters consider the effects and consequences that misunderstood information will have.
THE NOT-THAT-VEILED THREAT OF LEGAL CONSEQUENCES SHOULD THE REPUTATION OF JWs BE DAMAGED OR THEY SUFFER FROM VIGILANTE ACTION IS NATURALLY WHAT WOULD OCCUR TO THE WITNESS ELDER. PROTECTION OF CHILDREN IS FAR, FAR FROM HIS MIND! EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
What you failed to show now is what about all the abuse fellow Jehovah's Witness kids will receive at school from your single-sided programme. I'm sure if non-Jehovah's Witness children watched this all they would see is that we do nothing for abused children and that's all they would have learned from it. I feel you should have put more research into your programme and actually showed both sides of the story for how loving the organisation is - instead of just talking to ex-JW, real brothers. You have disappointed me BBC in your actions in the way you arranged your programme.
THE "FIX" TO THE BIG PROBLEM THIS GULLIBLE DUPE SEES IS TO HUSH-UP EVERYTHING, AND PRESENT THE "PRETTY, PRETTY" PICTURE AS PER WATCHTOWER PROPAGANDA. EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
You don't know what you are talking about. I am a Witness, and instead of picking at them, who do not, I repeat DO NOT TOLERATE CHILD MOLESTERS AND ABUSERS IN ANY FORM, why are you not looking and accusing the Catholic church, who just keep swapping their child molesting priests from one place to another? THEY are the ones who will not cooperate with police!
THIS OSTRICH-LIKE ATTITUDE - BURYING ONE'S HEAD FIRMLY IN THE SAND AND IGNORING THE PROVEN FACTS - IS EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
Your programme while obviously backed by someone disgruntled about this particular organisation did not put forward what the actual law was in this regard and whether they were breaking it as an organisation. I think any individual with something about him would feel better with a possibility of going to court knowing there was more than one witness with first hand evidence rather than as a third person taking one persons word against the other. It actually made me think... do we strongly advise the nearest responsible family member not under suspicion to take the responsibility for their family and report to the police in the first instance? What if the child, out of fear of the abuser or mischief withdrew the allegations permanently, possibly saying they had never confided in the 3rd party individual at all? Could a well meaning member of the public be had up for slander? Is there privacy a law in this regard? You have to respect the responsibility of the family to have chance to act first surely? I don't think my question is naive in this day and age?
THIS LEGALISTIC ATTITUDE - OBSESSING WHETHER THE WATCHTOWER BREAK THE LAW BY NOT WHISTLE-BLOWING - RATHER THAN QUESTIONING IF IT DID RIGHT IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE PRESENT AND FUTURE CHILD VICTIMS, IS TYPICAL. THE POSTER IGNORES THE FACT THAT THE ELDERS COULD HAVE WHISTLE-BLOWN ANONYMOUSLY IF WISHED. THIS INTROVERTED, BRAINWASHED AND SADLY ONLY-TOO-COMMON JW ATTITUDE IS EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
Sorry for SHOUTING. But, it can help with certain types of brain-atrophied moron Dub-dub, as are to be found in large numbers among "God's People" - EXACTLY WHAT HELPS MAKE THE WATCHTOWER A PEDOPHILE PARADISE.
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