by Kenneson 9 Replies latest jw friends
That's what the Watchtower's lawyer maintains. Does Canada have a statute of limitations? Anyone know? In the U.S. there have been reports of abuse by priests alleged to have occurred 20 or more years ago.
http://www.torontosun.com In the center of the page click Full News Index. Then scroll down to article entitled "Suit's timing questioned."
Did Vicki wait to long to report .... hahahahahaha .....hohohohoho ..... there is NO statute of limitations on reporting abuse in the Child and Family Sevices Act.
The part that I was impressed with was Vicki leaving the court room in Tears. Great "optics".
hawk
In Mount Cashel, Newfoundland, priests molested young boys in their charge for decades before the abuse was reported, taken seriously and brought to light. There was no statute of limitations in that case.
Isn't it interesting how the WTS will wag their fingers and cluck their tongues at the Catholic Church, and insist they are SO MUCH BETTER than that "harlot" Babylon the Great.
Yet, when the same kinds of atrocities happen within the confines of their own congregations, they seek to place "statutes of limitations" on the victims' need for medical care and psychological counselling and compensation and justice in the court system of the land. They seek to blame the victims, minimize their own sins and shortcomings and amplify those of their enemies, even when the same kinds of sins are involved.
Shameful. Heinous. Wrong.
Dead wrong.
Love, Scully
Edited by - Scully on 25 September 2002 8:12:22
Scully, the WT is not like "the Harlot", they are a part of "the Harlot".....buy the fruit, ye shall know the tree.........rocky220
Stevenson was questioning Vicki's motives as to why she waited so long to report the abuse - it had nothing to do with what is in the Act. The "shrink" and Charles Mark easily took care of that.
Oh .... I noticed I did not post a link to the Act. Sorry about that folks. Its not like I work for the Province as a Provincial Officer or something .....
Child and Family Services Act, R.S.O., 1990, c. C. 11
http://192.75.156.68/DBLaws/Statutes/English/90c11_e.htm
Edited by - hawkaw on 25 September 2002 8:23:33
Also, here's a compilation of Canadian cases of "Institutional Child Sexual Abuse":
http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/200/301/lcc-cdc/inst_child_abuse_criminal-e/shea.html
Scully you posted a listing that blew me away
JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From the story:
Church lawyer Colin Stevenson was challenging the woman's first-day testimony on the stand when she began crying.
"If you don't accept (the woman's) recollection you end up in a situation where you have to question seriously all her recollections," he said.
Interesting to see the gyrations the defence is using. The above quote implies that they are questioning whether or not Vicki was molested. Seems like they have forgot that during their opening statements they said that they were not questioning whether or not she was abused. They are snakes, but then again, that is what def. is supposed to do.... even if it tears apart the Plaintiff.
Vicki, our thoughts are with you and our fingers are crossed for you.
Quotes writes:
From the story:
Church lawyer Colin Stevenson was challenging the woman's first-day testimony on the stand when she began crying.
"If you don't accept (the woman's) recollection you end up in a situation where you have to question seriously all her recollections," he said.
Interesting to see the gyrations the defence is using. The above quote implies that they are questioning whether or not Vicki was molested. Seems like they have forgot that during their opening statements they said that they were not questioning whether or not she was abused. They are snakes, but then again, that is what def. is supposed to do.... even if it tears apart the Plaintiff.
But yet, even though her father ADMITTED to molesting her, they are more willing to take the word of a confessed child molester who claims "it wasn't as bad as she is making it out to be", than to accept the victim's word.
I guess it's all a matter of perception, isn't it?? When Gower Palmer says something like "It wasn't as bad as she's making it out to be" he's speaking from the perspective of an INCESTUOUS PERVERT who GOT HIS JOLLIES from what he did to her. Of course "it wasn't as bad" to HIM.
I wonder how he'd feel about it if HE were on the receiving end of what he did to his daughter, at the hands of a much bigger, much older, hairier and scarier guy? It's really too bad that pedophiles have "rights" in this country, and that punishing them by doing to them what they have done to their victims is considered "cruel and unusual punishment".
Love, Scully
Scully,
You're right. Molestation can never be somewhat bad. When in an abuser's mind would it be bad? Sick thinking. The victim is the one who feels the pain, not the perpetrator. Sorry you had to endure all that Vicki.
