by badboy 3 Replies latest jw friends
I understand that some years ago in USA that a jw breached medical confidence by telling the elders about the medical conditions of a dentists patatient,the patient threatened to sue the dentist ,but then realize that it wasn't the dentist's fault.
any experiences like that.
Yes - don't ever expect an elder to keep a confidence. We met with two elders and shared personal medical info regarding a family member and stated firmly that we expect this to be kept between just the two of them. We called one of them hours later to again confirm the confidentiality. That elder was totally fine with the idea and said he would contact the other elder and remind him. Next day at the meeting, we were informed that it was too late - elder #1 had already taken it upon himself to inform the entire elder body consisting of about 10 men.
- We were told that if there is ANYTHING that affects a person's SERVICE - that the entire elder body needs to be informed of it.
We hung in there for about 6 months thereafter before we really woke up and knew it was time to "WALK ON"...... Those elders as well as the other 10 have never contacted us to try to bring us back to the fold.
Here is one I could find
http://watchtower.observer.org/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040323/JWANDSOCIETY1/10623005
I remember reading about another case where a woman went to her OB/GYN for pelvic pain and her doctor ran tests for STDs even though the woman told her she was not sexually active. A JW employee saw the STD tests in her medical record and reported her to the elders. Unfortunately, I could not find this particular story on Google.
Paul Joseph,Ibelieve that was the story that I have heard once.
Can't remember where I read it.
