47 Q. Thank you. In your statement, Mr Pencheff, at
1 paragraph 4.1, you say that, to the best of your
2 recollection, you have only dealt with a couple of cases of
3 child sexual abuse within the church in your time, "as they
4 are a very rare event amongst Jehovah's Witnesses". Now,
5 you will have heard that it has been presented in these
6 proceedings that there were 1,006 alleged perpetrators of
7 child sexual abuse within the Jehovah's Witness Church in
8 65 years ‐ did you hear that?
9 A. Yes, I did see that.
10
11 Q. And in respect of a substantial number of those
12 alleged perpetrators, there may be several allegations; do
13 you accept that?
14 A. Sorry, can you repeat that, sorry?
15
16 Q. In respect of substantial numbers, or at least some of
17 those alleged perpetrators, there may be several
18 allegations, in other words, more than one case.
19 A. So more than one person accusing the perpetrator; is
20 that what you are saying?
21
22 Q. Yes.
23 A. I guess so. I wouldn't know.
24
25 Q. But even on the figure of 1,006, that amounts to
26 15 perpetrators per year, on average, which is more than
27 one a month. On that basis, would you still say that it's
28 an extremely rare event amongst Jehovah's Witnesses?
29 A. Considering the number of congregations and the number
30 of cases, yes.