jehovah's witnesses member gets 18 months for sexually assaulting girls http://www.canada.com:80/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=55699668-7192-45c0-bd2f-7fd57b481d07betty ann adamthestarphoenix.com.
friday, november 21, 2008. almost 19 years after elders of a jehovah's witnesses congregation learned a member of their church had groped and fondled two adolescent girls, a queen's bench judge sentenced the man friday to 18 months in jail.. "even if the sexual assault did not include intercourse, in my opinion a sentence of imprisonment is necessary to denounce this type of crime upon children and deter others from committing similar acts," justice neil gabrielson wrote in his decision handed down at court of queen's bench.. the 45-year-old man pleaded guilty last month to two counts of sexual assault against the extended family members between 1987 and 1991, when they were between 12- and 15-years-old.. the man, whose name cannot be published because it might identify the complainants, was also sentenced to two years probation, during which he is not allowed to be alone with anyone younger than 18, except for his son, who is 16. .
he will be added to the national sex offender registry for 20 years and his dna profile will go into the national data bank.
It's the last sentance that makes my blood boil - 'no one reported it to the police at the time'.
WTF - the elders again knew of the abuse and did NOTHING!
Wishing that every single JW would know that this kind of thing is going on and on and on in their midst.
if either you could have a gift of jewelry or you had unlimited money, what would you want?
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A tasteful 1ct D flawless diamond ring for the wife, with a matching tennis bracelet.
my congregation had 85 members ten years ago.
today,there are only 46. the ones that left the organization were mostly between 18-25 years old.
i haven't seen many middle-aged or elderly leave.
Early 40's for me.
However, for many many years there was the constant battle of trying to do whats 'right' with doing what I considered to be normal activities, eg having fun!
Had many years in a difficult marriage where there was no love either way, but I was a ministerial servant and should be 'working' on the marriage problems - everything was my fault when things didn't go right depsite the fact that she would never go out in field service, would never answer at meetings, never study etc etc.
So glad I am out now, so are my children. I have a great relationship with them and it is fantastic to have a life in which I care deeply about others but can really enjoy myself without any feelings of guilt.
In other words - I FEEL ALIVE!!!
congratulations on your 10 year anniversary!
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wishing you all the best,.
Happy Anniversary Sam and Paul,
It was great meeting you at the London Apostafest - I'm only an occasional visitor to this sight now but Bubble and I think about you two a lot and we hope you are having a great life in SoCal.
All the best,
SAB
Just a small note on Richard Jessop.
One day, I was right at the back of a very large group meeting in a private house for field ministry.
Richard was taking the days text and wanted me to read the comments, being small and at the back he couldn't see me so he boomed out "where is my illustrious reader!".
I know it doesn't sound much but it was funny at the time and certainly the only time in my life that I have been called illustrious!
Oh yeah - Ted Wright!
We couldn't remember his surname - thanks Free2.
The 'Brian' that a couple have mentioned is Brian and Val SCOTT. V nice and friendly couple.
They were from Matlock in Derbyshire.
hi, this is my first post but ive been lurking around this discussion board for some time now.
my husband (the borg) occasionally posts and i had the pleasure of meeting some great people at the apostofest in covent garden, london last year arranged by bestie and sweetpea , hi to you both and hi to freetothink, mr majestic and everyone that was there hope youre all ok.. my story in a nutshell: raised a jw from birth, my whole family, expect one brother and sister (disfellowshipped) are still jws - basically i was raised in a family who were considered one of the pillars of the congregation, we all pioneered and did the whole witness thing, in fact one of my sisters is a missionary.
my whole jw world crumbled when i learnt about the jw/un connection and from that moment on there was no turning back.
Thanks, The Borg and Diva.
We would love to meet up again.
We are just about to go on holiday but will be back in touch upon our return!
Regards
SAB and Bubble
hi, this is my first post but ive been lurking around this discussion board for some time now.
my husband (the borg) occasionally posts and i had the pleasure of meeting some great people at the apostofest in covent garden, london last year arranged by bestie and sweetpea , hi to you both and hi to freetothink, mr majestic and everyone that was there hope youre all ok.. my story in a nutshell: raised a jw from birth, my whole family, expect one brother and sister (disfellowshipped) are still jws - basically i was raised in a family who were considered one of the pillars of the congregation, we all pioneered and did the whole witness thing, in fact one of my sisters is a missionary.
my whole jw world crumbled when i learnt about the jw/un connection and from that moment on there was no turning back.
Hi Diva,
Bubble and I were at the Covent Garden Apostafest and do remember you but we were sitting on a different table so didn't really get a chance to chat.
Welcome to the board and we look forward to hearing more details of your fade.
SAB and Bubble
Alan (the drunkard - had to 'step down') Fisher and Dianne
Richard Jessop
Michael Spurr
Dennis Dutton
Albert Broad
the topic on assembly meals hot food at the dcs past...what was it like?
made me think of the days sat on the terraces at district conventions.
they were originally 4 day affairs but ended up just friday and the weekend (maybe they are just the weekend now?)..
Simon,
We only went to Hillsborough once - being from 'down south', my parents thought it would be a good idea to go to a different assembly.
I remember that my mum wouldn't let my dad drive at more than 60mph so the trip from Sussex took forever.
Also it was at Hillsborough where my brother and I tried to relieve the boredom by guessing how many were in attendance and guess what - I got it right, EXACTLY!
I told my brother that I had special powers and could always tell how many people were at assemblies but that I would sometimes get it wrong so everyone thought I didn't have the power!
Hellas bars - yes good, but only at assemblies for some reason.
Regards
SAB
