Gerard,
If I understand your question correctly; The reason I think the Vigue family went to court with this, is because after the orginal committee who df'd Edward Davis, was replaced by a new committee of friends of his, they reinstated the man in 6 months. (Newbie, overzealous, know it better, presumptous, wanna-be elders)
I spoke with some of the elders at that time, who wanted to reinstate him, and I was informed that the original committee was too severe in punishing Edward Davis. They even threw away the original notes from the committee, and replaced them with their 'newer' version of what they felt happened. The wording was changed of the original committee, and it was sent to the society.
There actually was one elder in that congregation, who took it upon himself to call several publishers in the congregation, to see if there was any reason why Edward Davis shouldn't be reinstated.........
Once this molester had his feet back in the congregation, the shit hit the fan with the Vigue family, and they went to the police. That next Tuesday at the bookstudy, he was by himself sitting right next to the teenagers in the group, flirting once again with the young sisters, who were my daughters age.
Later after I was df'd, Edward Davis ended up in jail. And he's out from what I understand. I think the real complications regarding this whole matter is that, the wife of Edward Davis, had an affair with the father of the molested child. So there has been an internal affair going on for some time, and the family wants revenge.
Edward Davis is now divorced from his wife, and is hooking up with the wife of the elder who called everyone in the hall to see if they couldn't reinstate him for some reason. She has three kids of her own............argh!!
Talk about internal affairs.........
Puternut