What was covered up in your congregation?? (page 3)

Balaamsass2

What gets covered over? Usually, crimes and sins committed by family and friends of the local elders...who are well-liked. Who is well liked? Those who give green handshakes.

Bigger financial stuff? Regional assembly hall and building committee members fudge the numbers that are reported to the publishers. Lots of kickbacks and graft that benefit Watchtower.

Well, there were these two really nice, quite large, wall murals, one running the entire right side of the main hall and one running the entire left. One had that pretty bizarre wheel-within-a-wheel image from the Ezekiel vision (all shiny and sparkly from the "glow of burnished copper," "the sparkle of awesome ice," gemstones, "the appearance of fire all around," etc.), the other, a big picture of life in the new order with the typical happy people, in modern dress (of course!), playing with animals. The sister who created both put many hours, many days really, into painting them. Both were quite bright and made the KH stand out. Indeed, the hall was requested by Witnesses from elsewhere for weddings because of the unique decor of these pictures. The publishers loved them. Otherwise the KH was a pretty much a dull hall, like most of them.

Then when they remodeled the KH, these murals were covered over. I complained to the elder who really ran the show about losing them. When I asked why, I was told, "We wouldn't want anyone being stumbled over them." Guess who was stumbled over "covering up" the pics? The sister who painted them! She dropped out entirely as she was already struggling with little kids and an opposing husband, and a very opposing and powerful-in-the-greater-community mother. I guess it was just too much for her.

3rdgen

They did that sister a favor. She is out of the cult because she was stumbled. However, in order to be grateful to be out she will need to realize TTATT .

Gorb

Every local issue that is negative for the jw.org imago is potential for cover up.

Now, with the adjusted internal removing act there will be far more under the carpet.

We say here at home, we are happy to be a pomo family, because we can not trust the organisation in relation to our children. It is not a safe place.

Better then ever, with our choice.

Gorby

Phizzy

One that I learned of about three years ago was of an Elder , who was not such at the time, maybe an M.S, when in his late teens or early 20's, he sexually abused a young sister circa 13 years old.

This was covered up , probably by him being unbelievably (literally, I don't believe it !) "repentant" and because of the time that had passed, no thought was given to the poor victim whose life he ruined, or any care offered to her, of course. She didn't count, an Elder's reputation did.

He still serves as an Elder, when he is an obvious danger to young girls and should be on the Sex Offenders Register !

The Body of Elders concerned disgust me beyond words, they have no Moral Compass.

karter

M.S related to alot of the Elders drinks a lot of whiskey and decides to drive get takeaway food and crashes his car...last seen trying to hitch a lift home.

All kept quite and still an M.S.

Karter

hoser

PO smoked cigarettes and was an alcoholic and got away with it

This was in the 1980s after smoking was made a disfellowshipping offence

What was covered up in your congregation??