Norm	Re: The much hated W Salter.
	Hi Kismet, You said: Interesting how the facts about Salter are so quickly forgotten. Salter not only was a power hungry selfish man but when he left the Canadian Bethel he also took with him a couple of properties deeded to the Society by faithful JW's. To top it off he ran off with his secretary (not his wife). Although I am far from being in possession of all the facts in this matter, the few pieces of evidence I do have do not indicate that Salter was such a bad person as the Watchtower Society claimed. Considering all the horrible lies and slander that has been circulated in the Witness community about me and many others, lies which lack any connection whatsoever with reality, I have no reason to believe what any Jehovah's Witnesses say about “apostates”. Reading what Salter wrote in his letter to Rutherford do not give any indication of anything but Salter’s indignation of the total fraud that Rutherford indeed was. What Salter pointed out about him and his dictatorship was perfectly reasonable from Salter’s standpoint. So while the whole Achan class thing was a huge stretch (Rutherford was as power hungry BTW) let's not waste too much sad feelings for a thief and adulterer. I don't hate the man but I have no respect for him either. I got to know Laura French (Mentioned in the article above). For years she was a Salter supporter until he got carried away talking about becoming the next president etc. She almost lost everything as a result of her one time friendship with him. He didn't give her or others like her a second thought when he ran away. I don’t know, she might be correct, but when the going got rough a lot of his “friends” sold him down the river and sided with Rutherford, they had to, or else. As you can see in my article I do not express any feelings whatsoever for Salter, I am merely reporting about an insane article written by an insane man which happened to be the President of the Watchtower Society. I am however inclined to have far more respect for Salter who had the courage to speak up against the tyrant. I suspect that not even Salter was expecting how viciously he would be treated by Rutherford. I do not think it is a very fair description to say that he was “running away” and leaving others in the lurch. I have heard before that people who are being DF’d is accused of “running away”, which of course is pure drivel. Also to clarify Joseph's comment, Percy was replaced as Branch Coordinator but continued serving at Bethel till his death. His widow is still there (unless she has passed away recently). As far as wondering eyes that has never been proven. It has always been the dark rumors that have floated through the ex-jw realms for years. Hope the above helps. Kismet Well, again this isn’t a very clear cut case. A few years ago I was discussing this with a Canadian ex-JW, which is a homosexual. He had knowledge of quite a few homosexuals at the Canadian branch office. Even the pedophile and later GB member Leo Greenlees served there with for 28 years. Greenlees was later quietly whisked away from Brooklyn because of a scandal with trying to get into the pants of the son of an influential elder, forgotten and died a few years ago in New Orleans. *** yb79 135-6 Canada *** During this period there were also some adjustments in the Toronto Bethel staff. For instance, Leo K. Greenlees came to Bethel in Toronto on June 13, 1936. He had been a pioneer for five years in Ontario, Montreal and the Maritimes. At Bethel, Brother Greenlees had many fine privileges. Eventually, he became the treasurer for the Canadian branch office and for the International Bible Students Association of Canada. In 1964, Brother Greenlees was invited to Brooklyn Bethel, where he now serves as a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Ewart Chitty, another homosexual GB member was whisked back to London supplied with an apartment and forgotten, he died “in good standing” a few years ago. Norm
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