You say you followed the rules but didn't your conscience kick in?
What if it had been your child.
I thank your for the input but I still wonder how people can be so controlled.
I was a JW too and never would have let this crap go.
Sacrebleu - I appreciate your thoughts. I really do. As I said, none of them went without legal punnishment. I would be forever terrorized if anyone I dealt with had not been reported and I finally came to my senses years later (now). I am so thankful that's not the case. I was incredibly assimilated into the Borg. I believe the VAST majority of JW's (especially elders) are. As a male especially - you have to perform (at least that's how it was in my family). You have to be the best, give better talks, be better examples, and do more than the other males so you can get appointed. It's sick. And to buck the system would put your "performance" as a "healthy" JW on trial and all my life I was taught that nothing comes before what the organization says.
Please understand... I don't feel that way anymore. It's one of the reasons I left and won't go back. It's rediculous. I can't imagine the heartache and emotional distress I would feel had I known I dealt with known child molesters and they weren't dealt with appropriately by the legal system.
I agree... you would think one's conscience would kick in. But, my conscience, up until this year was ruled by the JW theology - 1st and foremost of which is, "Do what the Mother Organization tell you".
I am happy to say that I believe with all my heart... I now have a working conscience and would definitely do the right thing, not only what I'm told.
Thanks for the feedback.