Posts by stillconcerned

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Alleged Sexual Predator Frederick McLean Still Running From Justice

by Bangalore in

alleged sexual predator frederick mclean still running from justice.. .

http://www.usmarshals.gov/news/chron/2009/122909.htm.

bangalore.

Did You Personally Know Any JWs That Were Sexually Molested By Other JWs?

by minimus in

i knew of a handful (which is too many) that were molested by a jehovah's witness.

it was not typical in my experience.

what about you???.

In the context of my work, I have spoken to 1,274 women, men and children who were sexually abused as children while attending a Jehovah's Witness congregation. The great majority (over 90%) were molested by a non-family member who was known to them through the congregation.

Other than three situations expressed to me BY THE VICTIMS, those who told KH authorities were told either:

-you must have misinterpreted what occurred;

-you have no 2nd witness, so it can't be taken as true;

-since you have no 2nd witness, you must not discuss this further;

-communicating with secular authorities is unnecessary or wrong; OR 'we'll take care of it'.

Many calls i get, i can finish the story for them.

The most recent of these calls occurred 32 days ago, related to sexual abuse occurring 6 months ago. This tells me the problem is ongoing.

I'm not saying ALL congs/elders handle this poorly, but apparently many DO.

Kimberlee D. Norris

attorney at law

[email protected]

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Does the new Catholic scandal help or hurt in exposing the WT abuse scandals?

by undercover in

with all the attention being paid to new allegations of abuse cover-up in the catholic church i wonder:.

1. does this take the heat off the wts and are they hoping to slide through less scrutinized while the pope gets skewered by the media?

will the wts be stupid enough to try to capitalize on the catholics problems by printing articles critical of them?.

stillconcerned

i think it helped.....

Focus on the subject in any form keeps it in the public eye.

kimberlee d norris

attorney at law

[email protected]

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thankyou all who have shown support to me and goodbye for now x

by looloo in

i first came on this site around the time we were waiting the my daughters abuser to face justice in crown court , we got no justice (due to lack of evidence) but his other victims had a very small section of the abuse they suffered legally recognised , due to a deal being done with the defence , so we waited 20 months to give evidence just to be dropped at the last minute for a "deal" my by now ex best friend decided to stand by the child rapist !as did some of his family despite him being a disfellowshipped person (he was not disfellowshipped for child abuse ) and they are all jws !

isold my house and left the town i once loved as i couldnt bare to be in the same town as him when he left prison (he did 18 months of a 3 year sentence ) and see his supportive family knocking on doors taliking of truth made me feel like screaming at them "what about my poor girl , wheres your support for her , you hypocrites "my daughter is still very much affected by what happened to her age 13 , sexual, physical and mental abuse over months and months .

but i also have a 6 year old girl who was only 20 months old when i found out and reported the abuse to the police , and the long process started , for the next 20 moths i could think of nothing but giving evidence in court and trying to support my girl who was also terrified of that , my little one was 3 and a half when he was sentenced and i looked back and realised i had hardley taken any notice of her since i found out about my other girls abuse , i had missed out on so much of her best times , learning new words etc , i was too preoccupied .

stillconcerned

Happy summer Loo!

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Jesus Cano Updates Needed.

by Scott77 in

based on this past discussion at http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/child-abuse/115705/2/breaking-news-jw-arrested ,can anyone please updates me on jesus cano status?

any sightings so far since that infamous bathroom accident?

for those not sure of his photo, a copy is here below, courtsey of a-concidence, a poster of jwn.. .

stillconcerned

Does anyone here know of anyone from congs where he 'served'?

kimberlee d norris

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im so worried about my daughter ,need some advice please !

by looloo in

my daughter was abused by an ex min servant age 13 , she is now 22 and has been with her loving caring boyfriend for a year (he is her 1st boyfriend ) over the years she has been bulimic ,self harmed and suffered low self esteem , i thought she had got better since the relationship with her boyfriend started , i found out yesterday that she is no better at all and im frightened for her , her boyfriend said "that bastard haunts her" she suffers flashbacks and post traumatis stress disorder , due to the horrific things the abuser did and said to her , which i cant bare to go into detail about as i try to block it out my mind , unfortunatly my poor girl cannot !

she has had a lot of help by a psyciatrist , counsellor etc but is no better so what can i do to help ?

have any of you been in this situation ?

stillconcerned

Hey LooLoo-

Where did the abuse occur? Geographically, i mean...

Kimberlee D. Norris

attorney at law

[email protected]

www.lovenorris.com

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Jesus Cano Updates Needed.

by Scott77 in

based on this past discussion at http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/child-abuse/115705/2/breaking-news-jw-arrested ,can anyone please updates me on jesus cano status?

any sightings so far since that infamous bathroom accident?

for those not sure of his photo, a copy is here below, courtsey of a-concidence, a poster of jwn.. .

stillconcerned

Did any of his victims ever come forward?

He served in and out of the US; you KNOW there have to be 100s, if not 1000s of victims...

Kimberlee D. Norris

attorney at law

[email protected]

www.lovenorris.com

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So far..............No Evidence

by Warlock in

#article { width: 665px; } .

sweep of polygamists' kids raises legal questions.

email this story.

stillconcerned

I attended the hearing.

I represent (by the state's order) two of the 'children w/ children'.

There was evidence of abuse presented.

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Of Pedophelia and False Positives

by inkling in

ok, something has been bugging me recently, so please forgive meas i play devil's advocate for a moment.

child abuse of any type is horrific, and when it is sexual innature it can cause unimaginably cruel and life-long damage.i think we can all agree on that.

however, in the past irreparable damage to people's lives havealso been caused by accusations of child abuse that turnedout to be baseless... families are torn apart, trust is shredded, reputations ruined, all because a child misunderstood something, or fabricated a story to get attention, or was pressured by paranoid and possibly abused adults into remembering things that never happened.

stillconcerned

Statitically, sexual abuse of children is far under-reported. Conservative studies say 66% of abuse survivors do not report til adulthood, if ever.

I'm not saying false allegations NEVER occur, but false allegations are uncommon. Far MORE common are situations where a child, whose world has been turned upside down, recants, not because it didn't happen, but because he/she is pressured by family members, or is trying to restore any sort of 'normalcy' to the situation.

As an attorney handling these sorts of cases (and nothing else), I find even the extent or frequency of the molest is minimized by victims during criminal prosecutions, due to shame, embarrassment, fear etc.

In the cases we've handled in a Jehovah's Witness context, there were multiple reports in prior congregations of molestation BY THE SAME PERP, which were minimized or un-reported.

kimberlee d norris

attorney at law

[email protected]

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New BOE Letter

by jefferywhat in

all boe have just got a letter telling them to encourage all parents to be more on guard with their children.

suggestions such as not letting your young children go to the toilet on their own, not working with older men on their own and not leaving children in the car on rv's and calls un attended.

the letter basically instructed the elders to remind all family heads that its their responsibility to protect their children whilst at and away from the hall etc.

stillconcerned

SOOOOOOOO...

The WatchTower comes crashing into the '70's.......