by Anony Mous 18 Replies latest watchtower scandals
Phizzy you are spot on about churches in UK having Safeguarding Programmes and Safeguarding Officers.
Anyone who is in any kind of leadership role is required to do Safeguarding courses. As a member of the PCC , the people who take care of practical matters in the church , l have had to do two Safeguarding courses .
There is a Safeguarding Officer and all church members are encouraged to report anything that they feel is not " right" .
Jan from Tam
The Congregations I grew up in and around in the 80's - 90's I came to find out were FILLED with sexual abuse. (south central Pennsylvania region) It just took years for it to all come all. I'm still finding out about shit. It's wild to have thought that I was surrounded by such scumbags.
My JW parents/family are all long since deceased. They'd be spinning in their graves if they knew this, as some of the pedophiles were people we knew and associated with. My parents were both abused as children, left their Christian denominations to join the JW's in the mid-late 70's, because they felt the JW's didn't suffer from these issues, and of course divorce, etc. They totally bought the whole "God's One True Religion" spiel. I didn't suffer this type of abuse because my parents were totally OVER protective, and I wasn't even allowed to play with neighbour children, etc. I was always within sight of my parents. I always HATED that hover-parent shit. Now, I am thankful! They didn't really trust anyone, and hence I'm a bit the same. I never let my kid do "Sleepovers" etc at other people's homes, and never let other kids in our house either.
But anyway, my parents also never let me in sports or Boy Scouts obviously. Imagine if they would know now that by pure percentage, JW's are actually the WORST offenders! They'd faint.
This cult is truly disgusting. So glad it ended with me. My child (soon to be 21) has never set foot inside a Kingdumb Hell, and after hearing how I grew up, NEVER WILL. It's ended with me.
Fuck you WatchTower, ya pedo-protecting false prophets!
Anony Mous : The Australian commission gathered more than 5000 cases with over 1000 perpetrators that went completely unreported for the JWs.
According to the report (p.58), Watchtower produced 5000 documents comprising, among other things, case files relating to 1,006 alleged perpetrators of child sexual abuse dating back to 1950. The Commission found that these allegations relate to at least 1,800 alleged victims of child sexual abuse.
The Congregations I grew up in and around in the 80's - 90's I came to find out were FILLED with sexual abuse
I guess the Kingdom Halls is where all the sick-fucks hang out.
Good luck sisters, marrying a elder or ministerial servant for his spiritual qualities like Governing Body member Leo Greenlees.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/28639/what-happened-gb-member-leo-greenlees
As regards sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, the report (p.35) found that of all Catholic priests included in the survey who ministered between 1950 and 2010, taking into account the duration of ministry, 7 per cent were alleged perpetrators.
The proportion of alleged perpetrators in specific Catholic Church authorities included: the St John of God Brothers (40.4 per cent); the Christian Brothers (22.0 per cent); the Benedictine Community of New Norcia (21.5 per cent); the Salesians of Don Bosco (20.9 per cent); the Marist Brothers (20.4 per cent); the Diocese of Sale in Victoria (15.1 per cent); the De La Salle Brothers (13.8 per cent) and the Archdiocese of Adelaide in South Australia (2.4 per cent).
“As part of the preparation for the Jehovah’s Witnesses public hearing, the Child Abuse Royal Commission compelled Watchtower Australia under subpoena to produce its child sexual abuse database and all documents relating to allegations of child sexual abuse. Watchtower Australia produced about 5,000 documents, which included case files pertaining to 1,006 alleged perpetrators of child sexual abuse within the religion in Australia. The Child Abuse Royal Commission analysed the files and produced a data base summary of all 1006 cases, of which were mostly uncontested by Watchtower Australia.”
SOURCE: [Say Sorry article] Part 1 - Jehovah’s Witness and the Child Abuse Royal Commission
Thanks for the link JW Leaks!
The attorneys representing the church — Brad Patershall of Portland and Joel Taylor of Brewster, New York — did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Yes, they have not yet been told what to parrot from the GB and the legal department.
