by brandnew 4 Replies latest watchtower scandals
In my opinion, i believe that from the time a child is molested...and seeks a parent or guardian for help...these are critical hours in which proper authorities, and doctors have a chance to collect very important evidence.
Waiting for the next meeting, or waiting for a group of non qualified men to "look into" the situation.....in my opinion compromises evidence, and elders should be held responsible for tampering with evidence...telling families to wait on jehovah.
Just sayin.
brandnew: Waiting for the next meeting, or waiting for a group of non qualified men to "look into" the situation.....in my opinion compromises evidence, and elders should be held responsible for tampering with evidence...telling families to wait on jehovah.
You are right. But it goes even father than that - the unqualified elders questioning victims corrupts the evidence. Dealing with the memories of abuse and sorting through the events is a difficult process and the elders interference in the victim's testimony can distort and invalidate the victim's memories of events.
It is not just the waiting - it is the process itself which is damaging to evidence. The chairman - Justice McClelland - has pointed this out over and over again - that the process is flawed at the core. Requiring only men to question and make judgements about victim's testimony suppresses the evidence - so much of what happened to the victim never gets addressed because of the male authority figures themselves.
What this commission is doing is exposing the fundamental power imbalance within the JW religion. Men having the ultimate authority is damaging to the victim before any testimony is heard at all. The male only structure is a deep, deep flaw in the whole system that underpines the WTS and the religion itself.
OrphanCrow - "It is not just the waiting - it is the process itself which is damaging to the evidence."
When I'm in tinfoil-hat mode, I can't help but wonder if this is almost by design...
Its so bad my friends.......i can only hope for the best...for the hurt...
And expect the worst for the lames ! ! ! !
