Splash - "My prediction as to how the WT will adjust their teachings in response to the mounting cases they are having to defend. 1. New instructions to report all allegations of abuse to the authorities... 2. Maintain the 2 witness rule for all internal procedures... 3. If someone is convicted as a result of 1. then df them as well... This is how to have your cake and eat it."
Trouble is, that makes it look like they're capitulating to their opponents, and at this point, they'd rather gargle with broken glass than do that.
Not to mention that if #1 leads to a conviction, but doesn't meet the WTS's narrow interpretation of the two-witness rule, the perpetrator is not DFed, but the crime becomes public knowledge, and the local R&F are left asking, "why is he convicted but not disfellowshipped?"
It's not much of a stretch to go from that point to, "how many other child molestors are in 'God's organization' that we don't know about?" (after all, the GB's already stoked enough paranoia about "secret apostates", so they're kinda primed for it). Or worse, "how can it be 'God's Organization' if pedophiles are running rampant in it?"
From there, it's just another short step to packing up one's family and walking out of the KH for good.
Every authoritarian religion fears a mass exodus (even ones that may not actually be at risk).