Yes, quite a few times and before the laws were changed for the protection of the minors, the majority of the cases were unreported and the culprits got away with it.
Posts by Hecce
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31Is Child Abuse An Issue That You Personally Have Seen In The Organization?
by minimus inas an elder, i saw one child abuse situation involving a man who wanted to be an elder and had i believe 8 children.
he was not in our congregation when this all erupted.
he denied it and moved to another hall and unbelievably, that body of elders wanted to appoint him since they believed his entire family was lying about him.
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Chilean cardinal summoned by state prosecutor for alleged abuse cover up
by Hecce inchilean cardinal summoned by state prosecutor for alleged abuse cover up.
by staff reporter.
posted wednesday, 25 jul 2018. .
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Hecce
Chilean cardinal summoned by state prosecutor for alleged abuse cover up
posted Wednesday, 25 Jul 2018Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati (CNS photo/Eliseo Fernandez, Reuters)Cardinal Ezzati is accused of failing to deal quickly enough with allegations of abuse
Chile’s top cardinal has been summoned by a local prosecutor after a letter from a fellow bishop accused him of failing to deal with cases of clerical sex abuse.
Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati of Santiago de Chile will testify in the town of Rancagua, 40 miles south of the Chilean capital, where authorities are investigating allegations of a network of priests calling themselves “The Family”. They are accused of engaging in abuse, prostitution and homosexuality.
“I reiterate my commitment, and that of the church of Santiago, with the victims, to the search for truth and respect for civil justice,” the cardinal said.
“I firmly believe that I never covered up nor obstructed justice, and as a citizen I will do my duty in providing all the information to help clarify the facts.”
On Sunday, a Chilean newspaper published a leaked letter sent to Cardinal Ezzati in 2013 from Archbishop Alejandro Goic.
Archbishop Goic, who was then head of a national commission for abuse prevention, told the cardinal: “Sometimes I have the impression, perhaps subjective, that you don’t share the views of the national commission in these delicate issues.”
“At the same time, members of the commission share their dissatisfaction with certain cases that you have had to take on,” he continued. “For me, it hasn’t been easy. Maintaining communion with you while respecting and listening to the members’ critical views is a difficult balancing act.”
Pope Francis accepted Archbishop Goic’s resignation in June, just days after he had stood down as head of the abuse prevention commission following an admission that he had taken too long to respond to abuse allegations.
The Chilean Church has been gripped by the child abuse crisis since 2011, when the Vatican found Fr Fernando Karadima guilty of abusing children.
Juan Carlos Cruz, one of Fr Karadima’s victims, said Cardinal Ezzati has “little time left as archbishop of Santiago, but his new mission of answering for his cover-up, lies and other crimes… has just begun.”
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"You owe Jehovah humility and HONESTY" - an email from a JW
by Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho inhey forum goers.
i'd like your opinions on constructing an email reply to this shocker below.
bit of background about the sender: she is a middle-aged, cheery uberdub whose siblings left when a schism occured in her congregation in canada way back when.
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Hecce
He doesn't favour the intellectual ones who are proud and showy with their academic knowledge.
By her occupation you can see that she is an authority on the subject of academic knowledge.
One day last month, she swung by en route to her cleaning job at a local business I live nearby.
Stay away from her, she is trouble. The Penton incident was a long time ago, she must be older than 60.
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How long is a generation?
by LevelThePlayingField inwhat splain does in his talk and chart illustration is make the leap that a generation can have two groups.
and in this case the two groups span more than 108 years.
but no where in scripture is there ever a notion that a generation has two groups.
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Hecce
Basis for the generation understanding:
(Exodus 1:6) 6 Joseph eventually died, and also all his brothers and all that generation.
Here we are talking about family relationship, the Insight book has the following explanation:
*** it-1 p. 917 Generation ***
When used with reference to family relationships, a generation can refer to a group of descendants, as sons and daughters or grandsons and granddaughters.—Job 42:16
Job 42:16 shows four generations within a 140 year period.
(Job 42:16) 16 After this Job lived for 140 years, and he saw his children and his grandchildren—four generations.
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wifibandit - are you out there?
by ttdtt inhas anyone heard for wifibandit?it has been months since he last posted..
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Hecce
Just taking a sabbatical
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5106993359486976/wifibandit-he-ok#!#5640278779101184
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I was quite tolerant of this guy until now
by never a jw inpresident trump is definitely a demagogue, a populist, and not a great extemporaneous speaker, just to mention few of his more conspicuous flaws.
however, i was going along because "it's the economy stupid".
now that has changed.
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Hecce
Chinese billionaire 'hid $2bn aluminium pile in Mexican desert and then sold it across the border to America to avoid costly tariffs', claim US rivals
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3784270/Chinese-billionaire-hid-2-billion-aluminum-stockpile-Mexican-desert-claim-American-rivals.html#ixzz58hWE4Hfn
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WTBTS – assistance following an incident at bethel
by Tallon ini haven’t posted for quite a while as i needed a break – although i have been lurking.. can anyone confirm if the wtbts give assistance to someone who has been involved in an incident whilst working at bethel and, as a result, must leave?.
the reason i’m asking is that, back in the 80’s, i knew a sister who was in bethel service.
she was assigned to the cleaning department.
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Dutch
by Gorbatchov inwhy i am proud to be dutch: today the state secretary of foreign affairs had to resign because of lying about russia.. we don't accept openly liars.. g..
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smmidy3
I don't follow winter sports, only at Olympic times. After you mentioned the name I read about it and I do remember the incident but not the name. It seems like there was some strategy involved and that this gentleman had a very interesting career.
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Dutch
by Gorbatchov inwhy i am proud to be dutch: today the state secretary of foreign affairs had to resign because of lying about russia.. we don't accept openly liars.. g..
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Hecce
And on top of that, they are great at speed skating.
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Australian States & Territories Fail to Sign Up on a Redress Scheme For Victims of Child Sexual Abuse.
by smiddy3 inat a recent coag {,council of australian governments} meeting the subject/issue of states & territories to sign up for a national redress scheme to compensate victims of institutional abuse sexual and otherwise fell on deaf ears.. not one state or territory agreed to sign up .
not one.. i am sure the victims of child sexual abuse within various institutions not only the jehovah`s witnesses victims would be very disheartened to learn that.individual states and territories of government within australia do not support a national redress scheme to compensate victims of child sexual abuse .. the south australian govt.
to my understanding is they will never do so .
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Hecce
Thanks smiddy3
