by stuckinarut2 12 Replies latest watchtower child-abuse
Oh wow...How the GB and the Society could learn from this response!
No victim blaming. No passing of the buck. Acknowledgement of failings, and an undertaking to do better. Appreciation for the ARCs efforts...
http://www.anglicanprimate.org.au/press/anglicans-appreciate-royal-commission/
[QUOTE]: "The Anglican Church has worked assiduously since 2004 to make the church a safe place for all – especially for children – and we have made great strides."
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"The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses has worked insidiously to ..."
From their website:
'Once again, I apologise on behalf of the Church to survivors, their families, and others harmed by our failures and by the shameful way we sometimes actively worked against and discouraged those who came to us and reported abuse.'
Why is it so hard for the JW ORG to apologize, even if its just that? Or am I missing some big apology made by them somewhere on their website/broadcast?
All I see Is Morris and all the drones saying they are all "Apostate Lies".
I wonder if the Society will follow suit? Watch this space, but don't hold your breath.....
If they are interested in public trust they better respond in a good way or they are going to lose big time membership and support in Australia.
They should also post their response at JW.org News at least something more original than "Jehovah's Witnesses Abhor Child Abuse", for Christ sake. Faithful and Discreet Slave my ass!
These other Churches are leaving the Watchtower Corporation in the dust when it comes to being humble Christians.
So I sometimes volunteer for a religious organization and you would not believe the amount of background (fingerprinting) checks and training about protecting children that is required if you are going to have any contact with kids. I see so many institutions implementing this. Even where I work there is a legal contract that I signed basically saying if I am aware of any type of abuse, I must let the authorities know. A legal form signed by me.
Why this is not being implemented in kingdom halls all over just blows my mind. I realize it would shatter the whole "we are different from the world" fantasy, but honestly with all the weird JWs that are populating the halls now- why wouldn't you want to be scrutinizing people to make sure they are safe? JWs have absolutely no room to criticize - I think for the most part, these institutions- whether religious or not- have acknowledged their responsibility and changed their processes to make sure these atrocities don't happen again.
But I realize that's just my naive self trying to apply common sense to a crazy apocalyptic religion that thinks we are all going to be destroyed in Armageddon.....
Thanks for posting that update Doubtfull1799!
I saw the ABC news report about these other groups signing up, and then the reporter said "Conspiciously absent and yet to sign up is the Jehovah's Witnesses and uniting church"
The report went on to say that "those groups that dont sign up will have to explain themselves to the public...and it will expose them to a greater legal responsibility"
15 years ago I was required to get child safeguard training to volunteer at the local church in any capacity as well as fingerprints and police check. That wasn’t groundbreaking even 15 + years ago.
I think if the Watchtower Corporation doesn't come up with a good plan to protect children they maybe facing a lot of fines and very firm treatment in law courts that could cost them every kingdom hall and any other property they got.
Some further info from ABC news:
Last Friday, the minister had a positive meeting with representatives of the following churches (with some more percentages of abuse reported in private sessions included):
Australian Christian Churches, YMCA, Scouts, Yeshivah Melbourne and Yeshiva Bondi were also present; Seventh-day Adventist Church (0.4 per cent) and Presbyterian Church (2 per cent) were apologies.
Jehovah's Witness (1 per cent) did not attend but will be involved in round two of negotiations — one-on-one meetings with the minister's department.
