Throughout the article, there is again an unrelenting emphasis on being forgiving and/or waiting on Jehovah to correct a matter. There is an absence of counsel for the perpetrators of malign acts to apologize and make restitution to their victims. This is hardly surprising bearing in mind the excessive use of denial maintained by the WTBTS in dealing with the issue of child molestation. In many respects, their handling of this situation is truly egregious and exacerbates the suffering of the victims. So for this organisation to preach the gospel of forgiveness when it is the perpetrator of many wrongs without the slightest semblance of remorse is a wanton outrage
Very astute....this was one of the first teachings that got me smelling a rat about 5 years before I left. Invariably used to make lowly, rank and file members put up the harsh, unloving "mistakes" of elders in the congregation. What you have a problem with elder so and so being a pervert/a fraudster/abusive/manipulative/greedy/nasty/self righteous/unloving.... Don't you know you should forgive and keep your mouth shut whilst he awaits his princely reward?