I leave tonight to head for Ritzville. There have been so many kind thoughts and notes sent which I am going to pass on to Erica when I get there. We even had a person from Germany send $80 for flowers.
An article ran early in the local newspaper which in turn gives the defense a basis to ask for a mistrial. I do not think this will happen but this puts Erica in a pre-trial hearing Monday. They have run out the very best prosecuter in the area and he seems clear cut on making sure things go right this time. We hope it does of course, but I believe the pedophile will be getting support from high places. He was met with many hugs from his congregation today.
I hope this is the beginning of a new fight for the victims. To no longer let wt be in control and call the shots. While being df for six months for molesting a child may be plenty enough punishment to the Othello congregtion of jw's, as before, I believe again the courts will see otherwise.
Thank you all for your kind words and thoughts. If you pray, please pass a kind word on for what is going to happen next week. Your love and positive feelings in these matters will have an effect for the right outcome.
When you consider it from Erica's shoes and think about having to sit before a court and tell about being raped as a child, all the while having the perpetrator staring at you with hatred in his eyes, along with all his friends. It is easy to see who the courageous one is in this matter. Did you know in the last trial the jw's snickered and laughed while she testified? Not this time, not this time.