Finally got away from JW-com to visit Silent Lambs and just saw this below post. It's stories like this that will keep us all fired up to write those letters!!! The dim-wittedness of this JW woman with the pedophile husband is enough to make you GET MAD & STAY MAD!!! So don't forget about writing those letters! /Grits
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www.silentlambs.org (current guestbook)
Date: 25 Jul 2002
Time: 19:29:24
Comments: I would like to congratulate you for your ability to speak the truth about child abuse. I have an Aunt who is a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses(convert) and she has two daughters who have both been victims of molestation by her second husband. One of her daughter's is her husband's own biological child. My aunt refuses to acknowledge fully the abuse...and remains married to this man because she says she cannot divorce him because of her faith. Her husband is not a babtised Witness...but has studied. My Aunt makes the majority of her decisions about her life based on what "Brother so and so" says is appropriate including her marriage. As a result of the sexual abuse...my Aunt's youngest children were taken by SRS. A non-Witness baby sitter reported that my Aunt's 3 year old had blood on her underwear. SRS refused to return custody of the children until her husband had vacated the premises. He is currently in jail serving time for rape and other crimes. But my Aunt still remains his legal wife. She said that the elders of her congregation said that she can only divorce on the grounds of adultery and that "even if" she feels he's been unfaithful..."she must" have physical proof or the "two witnesses" rule I guess. When her husband was taken to court to answer for the rape of his own daughter...my Aunt was called to testify by the District Attorney...she consulted with the elders first and informed me that she would refuse to testify "if" the elders said no. I was awestruck by this. How could a mother hesitate to protect her own children???!!! I studied with my Aunt for a year and a half with the Live For Ever in Paradise book. I never felt comfortable with the concept of being submissive or with the idea of turning my back on people who had treated me with kindness just because they are considered "worldly". I thought Jesus walked amongst and talked with everyone...including the wicked. When I refused to be baptized in the "truth" my Aunt didnt speak to me for almost two years. I'm a person who has never harmed a child, I don't smoke, I don't use illegal drugs, I don't have illicit sex, I don't use profanity and I've never commited any crimes...unlike my Aunt's husband...and I'm the one she doesn't associate with because I'm not in the "TRUTH." May you stay strong in your "TRUTH" to protect children from abuse!!! -Ranita Wilks ILS/Peer Counseling Specialist Lawrence, Kansas.
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Here's another one from Silent Lambs to tick you OFF!!!! (The Guestbook is a public site, so I'm thinking it's okay to post these here):
Date: 26 Jul 2002
Time: 04:10:16
Comments: A few years back when I was still a JW an elder Wally Drurry gave a talk about child molestation in Fairview Conregation and warnd us that there is a sexual predator amoung us. He scared us all and played havock on us that had children because he did not reveal who the molester was. I worried a lot about my 4 children and eventualy asked him who that molester is. He would not say. The elders are guilthy and must be sued as well. My children enjoyed having friends over night and staying with others overnight in their homes. And inadvertedly sometimes in the house of that molester as I found out later . RMNK
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And here's all the threads that are currently active as of this posting, about writing letters:
LuckyLucy has a thread going: Bill deserves more from us!!!
< http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=33150&site=3>;
Mary's Letter to GB: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=33127&site=3&page=2
RubyTuesday has a thread going: Media Links (for NBC and MSNBC): < http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=33135&site=3>;
mikepence also has a thread going:Help to publicize the plight of Bowen
< http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=33154&site=3>;
OrangeFatCat has a thread going: Letters of Outrage to Governing Body: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/post.asp?id=437471&method=reply&site=3
Amazing has a similar thread going also: Need Help - New JW Pedophile Project < http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=33163&site=3>;
And DakotaRed's letter to the WTS is located at: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=33198&site=3
And MacHislopp scanned in an EXCELLENT run of all news reports and WT comments re: the Catholic Church's scandal over the past 10-15 years. We all should copy that list of remarks and attach it to our letters to WTS AND TO THE MEDIA so they can see what the WT has been saying all these years about the CC while covering up their own filthy sandbox. Mac's thread is here:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=33077&site=3
YoursChelbie has a thread: Watchtower in NY By Law has to turn in Pedo-Files
< http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=33059&site=3>;
<p class="editedBy">Edited by - grits on 27 July 2002 6:35:43</p><p class="editedBy">Edited by - grits on 27 July 2002 12:33:18</p>
Edited by - grits on 27 July 2002 12:38:9