Burger Time said: So let me get this straight she is married to someone for 18 years. A claim (and yes at that point in time it was a claim) that this man did this, she naturally assumed that there was more to the story.
Uh, no, by this time it was not just an unsubstantiated claim. The scumbag admitted what he did:
"....Roya pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting his victim, at times using a gun or knife, over two years starting in 2004 when the victim was a minor...........A Williamstown man was sentenced in Vermont District Court in Chelsea to three to 20 years in prison Wednesday for molesting and raping a female relative but not before friends and family members – who acknowledged his crime.... "
That's pretty straight forward don't you think?
"....She then like almost 99% of the human population in love wanted to try to help him change. I think it takes a lot of spine to forgive someone and want to help them....."
Sorry, I don't agree. First of all, there's plenty of documented evidence that pedophiles don't change. It's not like he had a problem with drinking or with drugs. If that was the case, then I'm all for trying to help someone change. The same cannot be said for child molesters. In addition, this guy is clearly a danger to both his family and the public, even by his wife's testimony where she said he was "obsessed with the victim", was "dangerous" and that he is capable of great violence at the mere suggestion that he needed help:
"....Leonard Roya threw his lunch box at a door and put his fist in her face and said, "I could punch you right now," Barbara testified........"....in February 2007, Roya followed the victim and her husband into the parking lot of the Berlin Mall..........Roya grabbed the man's neck, leaving marks, court records say...."
Ya, I can see how letting this creep come back would be a positive thing for her and her kids. Letting a man who is a violent sexual predator live at your house after he has already admitted to raping another family member, is just insane. First of all, she's putting her own kids in a very dangerous position by letting a pedophile have easy access to them. We complain that the WTS continuously let known peophiles roam the KH's where they had regular contact with little kids. How exactly is this any different??
No, like many others (a few that I know personally), they'd rather live with a child molestor rather than stand on their own two feet, because they don't want the "stigma of divorce" and it would mean that they'd have to go get a job. Since the average Witness woman is not well educated, their job prospects might not seem that great. However, this is 2008, not 1908 and there are plenty of government sponsored programs to help a woman get trained in a certain field so that they can get a decent paying job. It might not be easy, but moralistically, it is far preferable than to send out the message to your own kids that it's okay to live with someone who rapes minors with brutal violence.
Me and you never see eye to eye on this stuff, so I don't know why I'm trying to argue this.
You're right, I have no idea why you're trying to argue that this woman isn't a spineless wimp when clearly, she is.