usa, oklahoma | jehovah's witness church elder ronald lawrence arrested over sex abuse claims dating back to the 1980's.
a 76-year-old mcalester man was arrested tuesday on 19 counts of sexual abuse after police received claims he molested several children while in a position of authority more than 30 years ago.. mcalester police detectives were alerted to the alleged sexual crimes conducted by ronald lawrence back in august when his first accuser reported abuse at the hands of a jehovah's witness church leader.. a woman now in her 40s told detectives lawrence, an elder at mcalester's kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses, abused her when she was just eight years old, inviting her to his home, where he fondled her and raped her in his bathtub, according to her testimony found in lawrence's arrest warrant, which was issued tuesday.. two other accusers, also in their 40s, then came forward with similar stories of abuse.
both said they were very young, with one telling investigators the molestation took place from the time she was 10 until she was 13 years old.
I sure hope they prosecute the elders he confessed to!! These elders need to learn if they protect these freaking creeps they too will go down with them!!!
Im sorry but these cases always hit me hard. I know what it does to the victims and their families, I know how it destroyes their trust in everyone.
How many lives were destroyed by this ONE creep?? too many!
So now that he's 76 year old he finally has to pay for his crimes?
SICK!!
a thread on another forum reminded me of a letter i wrote to the person that went to the elders and started the proceedings to have me disfellowshipped.
i stopped believing in the religion when i was 25 but continued going for about ten years.
i finally started to fade at 35, but about 6 months after i had stopped going to meetings, a person wrote a letter to the elders about my website, which at the time was anonymous.
Love it!!
just spent some valuable time with a long-lost friend from back in the day.
a reminder for me that jw's are just bubbles waiting to float up into freedom.. one day they will post their story here :-).
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Wonderful!
before i dive into the actual write-up of this experience, let me put some things straight.. i have thought long and hard if i should write more about my experiences during the 10+ years at different branches.
during these years i worked from financial department, service department, home office and different it assignments.
as you can imagine one sees and hears and reads a lot of stuff going through different stations in different countries.
Writing out these experiences will definitely help with the anger. Look forward to reading the next one.
thanks for the responses everybody!...nice to know i'm not alone in this.
the one thing that the watchtower society has taught me is to never place your value and worth in the hands of other people!....
once you look deep down inside yourself and let go of the need to have approval from others...you will find out things about you; you didn't know before.
Love, love, love this post!!
utterly disgraced jehovah's witness elder who was exposed as a paedophile on facebook has been jailed despite supportive letters from fellow jehovahs witnesses expressing disagreement or disbelief about the guilty verdicts.. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/jail-jehovahs-witness-elder-jonathan-6258814.
jail for jehovahs witness elder who molested girls31 oct 2013 16:47. jonathan rose was branded a hypocrite as he was locked up for molesting two little girls he met through the church.. jonathan rose a jehovah's witness elder who was exposed as a paedophile on facebook has been jailed.. jonathan rose was branded a hypocrite as he was locked up for molesting two little girls he met through the church.
manchester crown court heard that rose, of northfield avenue, new moston , won the trust of his victims families before targeting their daughters.. his youngest victim was just five-years-old when she was groped by him in her own home.
I know what it feels like when "spiritual" brothers and sisters go up to bat for our child's molester telling all that will listen " what a great man he is!" it's disgusting, it's hurtful and it leaves families of victims heartbroken. For us it's been years but we still each struggle with trust issues.
when you look at the image above what do you see?
a sneaker or an outward display that i am now following after another religious group?.
well yesterday i had a 10 minute conversation with an elder who finally got the balls to call me.
ROFL!!! I'm sorry but that is hilarious!!! SHOES?? Really?? Amazing that I actually feed into that garbage not so long ago!
Love the way you dealt with that elder. The only power they have is the power we give them :)
hi friends.
i would like to know your opinion on the following:.
situation:.
If you know the real truth please don't allow your child to be raised in a religion that will leave him/ her with serious issues later in life.
The moment the child starts school it begins.....no flag salute, no birthday cake, no holiday festivities. These may seem like little things but for a child who only wants to please their parents it's huge.
...to my boyfriend, we're going to have one of those weddings ('gay' weddings to the straights).. although my jw family know i'm gay, and not going to meetings, only one of my sisters has sussed the situation.
but i think after 3 years it's about time i told them.
especially if sometime in the future i'll turn up with a (gay) wedding ring.
Congratulations!!! I'm sure it will be a fun and beautiful wedding!
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/jail-jehovahs-witness-elder-jonathan-6258814.
oct 31 2013. .
a jehovah's witness elder who was exposed as a paedophile on facebook has been jailed.. jonathan rose was branded a hypocrite as he was locked up for molesting two little girls he met through the church.. manchester crown court heard that rose, of new moston , won the trust of his victims families before targeting their daughters.
I'm always sad when I read yet another molestation story.
I'm sad because I know what it will do to the victims and their families for the rest of their lives...lt is truly like living on a roller coaster.
The fact that one of his young victims had to come before him in a judicial investigation later in life shows you how utterly sick this religion is!! Just imagian what she must have felt answering personal questions from the creep that molested her as a child!!
