This is not the first time I've written about this, but with the Royal Commission happening here in Australia, and having fought against the WTS on this problem of molestation in the WTS over a period of 15 Years I feel a need to explain what I found which contradicts what the WTS says and the way they handle cases within their society.
I am not going to give the history of my involvement but just state simply why no-one can believe what the WTS says ,and we all know the scriptures they use to NOT handle cases of molestation properly , so here goes , it's not tricky or hard to understand I think, but just use the bible against them (hope this is used at the Commission).
I,m using the Revised Berkely version in plain English here ,
The context is law giving in the Book of Deuteronomy CH 22 : VS 22 - 27
vS 22 "WHEN A MAN IS SURPRISED ABED WITH A MARRIED WOMAN,THEY SHALL BOTH DIE ,THE MAN WHO LAY WITH THE WOMAN AND THE WOMAN TOO; YOU SHALL WIPE OUT THE EVIL FROM ISRAEL."
So this is easy to grasp ,man sleeps with married woman ,judged to die -they got caught.
Next Vs 23- 24 "WHEN A MAN COMES UPON A GIRL IN THE CITY, WHO IS A VIRGIN BETROTHED TO ANOTHER , AND HE LIES WITH HER,24 YOU SHALL BRING THEM BOTH TO THE GATE OF THE CITY AND STONE THEM TO DEATH, THE GIRL BECAUSE SHE DID NOT CRY OUT, ALTHOUGH THE CITY WAS ALL ABOUT HER, AND THE MAN BECAUSE HE VIOLATED HIS NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE. YOU SHALL PURGE SUCH EVIL FROM AMONG YOU ."
Vs25-27 This where the point is " BUT IF THE MAN COMES UPON THE BETROTHED GIRL IN THE OPEN FIELD ,AND SEIZES HER TO LIE WITH HER ,THEN THE MAN ALONE SHALL DIE. 26 YOU MUST DO NOTHING TO THE GIRL, FOR THERE IS NO SIN IN HER TO DESERVE DEATH; FOR IT IS AS WHEN A MAN ATTACKS HIS NEIGHBOUR AND MURDERS HIM; 27 THE MAN FOUND HER IN THE OPEN COUNTRY; THE BETROTHED GIRL CRIED OUT FOR HELP, BUT THERE WAS NO-ONE TO HEAR HER.
Vs28-29 This shows that if the girl is not betrothed but is forced into sex she has to marry him and pay her father 50 silver coins (crazy huh?)
The point is though is vs 25-27 which shows that the girl is raped in the open field with no-one to cry out to but the man is still put to death and the event must be revealed by her ,the only witness and then he is judged to die. NO 2 WITNESSES HERE !!!
SO THE QUESTION HAS TO BE ASKED OF THE WTS "WHY CAN'T THEY SEE THIS THRU THEIR EYES OF HOLY SPIRIT AND DEAL WITH THE PEDO'S ACCORDINGLY?"
Am I seeing this correctly ? I don't see any other alternative but to take this scripture as a precedent to dealing with molestors AND giving some peace and love to those abused ones ,have'nt they been abused enough WTS?