OUTLAW Hey Danni,Check out the last 2 lines of the second paragraph in yo-yos post."The elders should immediatly contact the Watchtower legal department to recieve guidence on what the law expects us to do."
Yes I did notice that. Yo Yo, why do you call the legal department of Jehovah's Witnesses when all you have to do is call 911.? This is what the law expects you to do. No matter what state you are in. I have read more at silent lambs. There are those who believe because there has been cofessions between the preist and the perpetrator (or Elders as you call them) they don't have to report this. I have to wonder what kind of preist(elder) would not want to report this kind of crime.
Believe it or not but sexual abuse can ruin a person's life forever. Especially a child.
Look into the mind of a victim for a moment: They go through the changes in their emotions of feeling it was all their fault this happened to them. They believe they are being punished for something they did wrong. They are ashamed of what others will feel about them. They feel they are marked no matter where they go. They don't feel "normal" any more everyone is clean except them. They ask questions over and over what could they have done to prevent this from happening. Notice it's all their fault in their minds. It's hard to convince them they are not to blame. They are embarrassed for the rest of their lives because they know it only takes one person to throw this in their faces. They live in fear of this happening. The guilt the suffer is endless. True there are some that can bounce back without help but this is very rare.
I have received so many letters in less than two days of my coming on here from people who suffered this crime . They are privatly suffering now. I am not going to send those letters to you because it will i would be breaking their trust of me. I just want you to know it's heart breaking to hear so many stories of persons suffering in private like this. I received a letter that read: "I gained a lot of weight because I knew he would never hurt me again if I looked bad and was fat" My reply: I don't know how to really tell you that it had nothing to do with the way you looked it's just something rapist use because they can get away with this in court. Our society says it has somethign to do with the way women dress and she was so pretty he couldn't help himself. This is bull men can control themselves, there are many men who will stop when he sees this is not something she wants and what about the kids? what kind of person is turned on from a child?"
Yo Yo I understand that you too can become upset over everyone attacking your religion but as i said, before i don't believe all the jws are like this. I don't believe they love their children any less than the outsiders. Instead of feeling pity for a person who chose to break the law instead of getting help for himself/herself let's feel for the victims.
I know I went a bit off but you if you read these letters you would understand.