Richard Oliver, sometimes you are confusing I wonder if you are even listening to yourself. You said...
...reason that Elders are
instructed to call Legal is not to hide the case but to ensure that the
case is handled properly.
Yes, some feel that Watchtower requires elders to immediately call the Legal Dept so that the Organization can protect itself. However, you are saying that's not true, that the real reason to call Legal is to insure the case is handled the right way.
- You also said this -
Some statutes require if multiple people find
out about an instance, that all of those individuals must report, or
only one has to report or the first person has to report, or a
supervisor has to report or the head of an organization has to report
it. It is the technicalities of the law hat require a consultation with
counsel before a report can be made.
So, as you explain, Watchtower must be contacted so that the technicalities of the law can be properly followed. Those that must report can vary from...
- All those knowing of an incident
- Or only one
- Or the first person
- Or a supervisor
- Or the head of an organization
That's a lot of choices, so according to you Watchtower Legal must be contacted to help the local elders sort through it all.
In the Fessler case many knew of the abuse, from a younger sister, to the elder father, to several congregation elders, to Watchtower Legal, and maybe others. Of all these, who did Watchtower Legal instruct to report?
No One!
Isn't that a major part of this case, that no one followed the law and reported child sexual abuse in a mandatory reporting state?
So what was the real point of contacting Watchtower Legal if no one was instructed to report? Your argument that the technicalities require contacting the Legal Dept to straighten it all out falls flat. Watchtower Legal never intended to report, nor to instruct anyone else to do so. The whole idea was to try to protect the Organization in this case. And it backfired.
- You also said -
I know that many of you want to hide your head in the sand...
I mentioned in an earlier post in this thread that you yourself "have your head buried so deep in the sand of denial that you refuse to see it." 'It' being your own slanted point of view, and that you can't see yourself the way others do.
You are constantly framing your remarks to try to defend Watchtower, although you pretend to be impartial, neutral and logical. Your own contradictory remarks in the above quoted post go right past you.
In a way you are doing new readers a service. I remember about 10 years ago when I first came here, I would see posters like yourself argue in circles, post meaningless remarks and questions as if you are a deep thinker, and generally reveal your apologist sway. (Funny, at the time I did not know what an apologist was, but it sunk in quickly.) I was on the fence about some issues, but watching the Watchtower defenders flail about trying to defend the Organization, making no sense most of the time, but pressing ahead harder and harder as if they had something, well that was a genuine eye opener to me.
You think you make sense but you are only showing how indoctrinated you are by Watchtower-like thinking. Head in the sand indeed.
While it is annoying for long time posters to keep reading the remarks of members like you because we have seen so much of it, I keep reminding myself there are the new ones here, many lurking, like I once was, who need to read your posts. It will help them to awaken much faster.
