VM44,
I was an elder dealing with a lot of this stuff during the time the Society was trying to figure out just what in hell it was going to do with the victims of abuse in the congregations.
I think there probably were some bros who felt, ignore it and let it go away, including some on the Governing Body, Service Dept, Writing, etc. Lots of us out in the congregations knew this wasn't going to happen, and we were calling and writing the Society to try to get some changes made.
Obviously, there were some brothers on the inside trying to do the same thing. Some changes were made, but it took way too long for that to happen.
And of course the WTS couldn't let anything happen outside of its control. I remember when a bunch of elders from around the circuit were calling another elder and myself about all these issues. We invited a number of elders from various congregations to just meet with us at our KH one Sunday afternoon so we could talk about what was happening in our congregations. There were old time elders from my youth almost in tears talking about what some friends were going through in their congregations as they tried to deal with the after affects of abuse. It was a great meeting, but a no-no from the WTS's view. It never happened again.
S4