I have been trying find all the articles on this case but it is difficult. I am not very computer literate so could someone put all the pieces together. I have some questions about the story. Who came forward first? The girls when they told the mother? Or did the man go to elders first to confess? Who alerted to police? The parents or someone else?
Not that any of this matters to the outcome. It is a horrid and overly sad situation. The WT is guilty of abuse just as the man accused.
I guess I am interested because I am from So Cal and was also a victim of molestation as a child, many years ago. My parents did not go to police but it was not as understood and talked about as today. I am baffled that with all the media coverage and education this awful crime is so common. My parents did protect me, told everyone in the neighborhood and my dad strong armed the man. I remember something about a shovel???
and my husband and I were talking and said if something like that ever happened to our daughter we would not have gone to the elders, The police would be called immediately, then maybe the congergation if we felt like it. The old excuse of 'protecting Jehovah's name' is a crock. If Jehovah is the almighty god they worship, he does not need anybody to protect him.