Pig, I have a question for you.
"Were Foot soliders of Hitler guilty or innocent?"
When my child was molested by the Jehovah's Witness serial rapist/pedophile(there are at least 3 victims of his that I personally know of, age 13-14), it was us, victim and victim's family, who were witch hunted by the local elders and had gone through the Hell of 'Religious Inqusition.' I can't even describe in words all the suffering and persecution that we endured by the elders and the 2 Circuit Overseers. Do you know how it all started and processed? It was motivated by Rank and File of JWs's blind obidence and loyalty toward their elders. All the lies, malicious slanderings, vicious gossipping, you name it! Jehovah's witnessess, as a whole, are guilty of crime of condoning and obstructing the justice!
Jamesmahon, there are always some innocent people behind bar in all crimes.
I posted this on the ohter thread. In the US, I was told by the DCFS(Division of Children and Family Service), only 20 some percent(don't remember exact number) of victims eventually report sexual crimes and only 4 % of them will be prosecuted. The main reason for that is a social stigma. Usually victims will be blamed and humiliated not to mention long and emotional draining process of legal procedure. You might want to remember that there are 1000s of 1000s victims are suffering without any justice while protecting criminals in the name of protecting potential few wrong conviction as you have mentioned.