how much money do you think the watchtower will have to dish out for this scandal in australia?
I think for most that it's not about the money, it's about standing up and forcing the WTS to take accountability for their horrible policies.
Sadly, it isn't enough that many are leaving over the way they mishandle abuse of children, so the one way to get their attention is to drag them into court and hit them where it hurts.
1. Money
2. Public exposure
http://jehovahswitnessreport.com/.
on january 6, 2015, the paso robles police department in california charged a jehovahs witness, steven martin lindhorst, 51, with the following offenses:.
lewd act with a child under 14 years of age (felony), possession of child pornography (felony), possession of explicit child pornography (felony), posting intimate photos of another without consent (misdemeanor).
when i was an elder in the 80s, a 16 year old baptized jw girl had confessed that at school during lunch a boy kissed her and touched her privates over her dress.
the circuit overseer was in town and we told him of the situation and he called the society and then told us that mother said we were not allowed to conduct the funeral in the kingdom hall or anywhere else with the threat of removing us and being dealt with judicially if we disobeyed.
the mother who is about 79 years old comes once a year to talk to my mom about the situation.
So sad! When untrained men take it upon themselves to interrogate young girls about sexual things they are crossing the line! It's abusive and dangerous!
It would be hard to believe if I hadn't sat with my 10 year old while the elders interrogated her for over 2 hours:( Yes, sadly I didn't stop it, I was a weak humble sheep having no idea what we in for.
I truly can't understand parents staying in the religion after seeing how dangerous it is first hand.
this showed up on my fb feed today.
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posted by an active very loyal jw..
can't see this having been mentioned already - forgive me if i missed it and it is old news.. velicia alston brings lawsuit against watchtower (irwin zalkin representing):.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=8nmgrvlmvxo.
Anyone who has been through the court system knows how very slow it moves. I wouldn't expect any results for at least a couple of years.
I hope each and every case that is filed is successful. The victims really need their voices heard and to feel vindicated.
greetings to all, i am new to this site and am enjoying the topics.
briefly, my family suffered my older/deceased brother's molestation when he was 13, in the congregation.
to this day, my mother still defends the elders that dealt with this situation.
It's utterly disgusting to me when mothers choose their religion over their abused children!
I did the opposite, completely supported our daughter even if that meant looking bad to the elders and congregation. Of course it lead to us leaving the religion and therefore loosing everybody we knew including close relationships we once had with family.
While it's been an up hill battle I don't regret it for a second.
Well she struggles with trust issues and effects from the abuse she also knows we have her back and will help her anyway we can to get her what she needs to move forward.
in march of 2014, i was a very active jw, a ministerial servant, gave a public talk, was an attendant for the memorial, and one of 4 cleaning captains for an international convention of 40,000+ attendees.
so what woke me up?
an innocent comment from a co-worker about the candice conti court case rang a bell that could not be unrung.
Child abuse issue. My daughter was molested by a trusted JW.
You can probably guess how well that was handled!! You can't look back after going through all that.
ok this is story1.annointed bro moves into a house and rents room from a lady.
2.he is currently serving as elder.3.there happens to be a disfellowsipped brother also living in house.4.
the annointed elder decides to help him to return to jehovah.5 the other elders find out and decide to remove him as elder because he is living and helping a df person and the annointed bro cannot move out because he does not have enough money.
Wow! Wish I could say I was surprised!
i've finally got round to joining the site (after over 2 years lurking!
i was born into jws, pioneered for 10 years (met my husband at pioneer school).
had health issues that saw me catapulted away from 'the centre of the cong' and wow what a different place that was!
So happy for you and your husband!!
Welcome to the forum and to your new normal. Thank you for sharing your story.
well i know i've been posting a lot of topics like this lately and i'm sorry if i sound whiny or annoying.
my parents were asking me why i was so upset lately and i ended up just telling them the whole truth.
i told them i don't believe in god or the bible because i don't have any evidence of anything.
