Amazing, in your sentence about the JW children being molested and abused , you said one word that is very profound...... "but they are made to feel like NOTHING."
After all the abuse an evil as bad as what the poor children have been thru , is to be simply thrown away so to speak. Instead of finding some kind of love , concern and comfort , they find nothing but an empty hole where love should be. I wonder how many elders out there, have trouble sleeping at night for being involved in handling these cases? I know that not all in JW are evil , some try hard to be fair and loving. After all they are doing what the GB tells them to , even against their own consciences. But still they are as guilty as the GB,sharing in their sins. In time I know this takes a toll on them . I personally knew an elder that delt with a child molestation case, it happened over 5 yrs ago and he still has trouble dealing with that. He has had many sleepless nights . He is not an elder anymore, things like this , and many other things were more than he could bare.
. We both wish we could just hug this girl that was molested, tell her she is SOMETHING, tell her she can always come to us. She moved away and got married , but one day I will see her again. I will not bring it up, but if she talks about it I will let her know how thru the years we have thought of her. She doesnt know that I know about it.
Wouldnt it be loving, if the elders handling such cases, along with the parents , put their hand on the childs shoulder to give comfort , like Jesus did? If they did this maybe the child wouldnt grow up to think that he/she was unworthy of a kind word or compassion.
