Watchtower attorneys appear to have been told to "do something" by their Governing Body members who are especially angry that documents including not just their letters to Bodies Of Elders are now being mailed about or posted on the internet as these expose them to lawsuits if not real prison time.
The silentlambs.org website has at times shown a BOE letter telling elders to not report a murderer to police. Other documents are equally telling. By sharing such informtation the elders doing so are protecting themselves.
For example, an elder reading this can put a distinctive mark on an envelope, mail it to the authorities, and then, if later told by the judicial system that he did nothing to try to protect child victims of pedophilia, he can state what he did and prove it by telling what the protective mark was.
By such real "sighing and groaning" over wickedness, those who truly love what is right can not only protect themselves but others such as the public's children.
Now, is it somehow breaking copyright when silentlambs.org or another website posts BOE letters or other such documents? NO. It is legal, but if the website besides such BOE letters also posts material that is copyrighted by Watchtower then that is a breech and should be amended quickly.
The posting of internal documents lacking copyright protection is free speech as has been shown time and again in many cases, certainly so when done due to a compelling need to inform to defend people and even to save lives..
So, if you're an elder or used to be, go ahead, share what you know and ignore the bluffs of Watchtower regarding what is said above. There are decent elders who have wanted to take action but felt wrongly that their hands were tied.
Now, WHY is Watchtower so much more upset? Could it be because a wave of Associated Press news reports recently came before the eyes of Jehovah's Witnesses meeting by the tens of thousands in conventions? This occurring not long after CBS Evening News et al exposed Watchtower's sending "repentant" child molestors door-to-door endangering the unknowing public?
Could it be Watchtower is so desperate for some kind of "good" publicity due to dark activities coming to light as just noted, that this is why CNN today was flashing across the bottom of the TV screen that 50 K Jehovahs Witnesses Take Over Barcelona Stadium?
It's interesting how CNN was steered into posting that news flash but not into posting about the avalanche of lawsuits over pedophilia in California and worldwide. Everytime an AP reports gets printed JWs who read them become inform and cut their donations to Watchtower. After all, why donate to an apostacised organized using some of the donated cash to defend child molestors?
And to the Governing Body members in their entirety, why do you not properly address all the many sincere expressions of concern for the safety of JW children, rightly grieved parents and other parties by strongly needed reforms. Why not ban all pedophiles, whether "judged repentant" or not from going door-to-door in preachng?
Let no one continue to deceive himself. By harming the little ones, others and even joining the UN as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) and officially staying part of the UN with yearly reapplication and acceptance for ten years while simultaneously saying they were against the UN, the organizational command did indeed apostacise.
Get out of her while you can. If not by worded statement then by actions proving you have worked to help those who are victimized. May all who read this do so with discernment and compassion.