Victoria, Australia: The long edition (new) of Part 2 of Steven Unthank's report of molestation/rape within the Traralgon Cong.

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  • life is to short
    life is to short

    Wasanelder Once

    Look at how long it to the abused victims of the Catholic Church to be heard in the media, so many victims had to fight for their lives to be heard.

    No one wants to believe this is truly happeningespecially in a trusted religion like the Catholics or JW's. I mean JW's come on they are just sweet little old ladies that go door to door they would never have pedophiles in their religion! I have been told this to my face. Also look at how long the investagation of Penn State took for it to finally hit the media. Parents were going to the police about Jerry Sandusky way back in the 1990's and nothing was being done.

    Even now Penn State is in the new and then you hear nothing like there has been nothing since Friday about it and there might not be for weeks then it will come up again hopefully.

    No one wants to believe that children are being rapped. It is so much easier to turn a blind eye to it even in their own families. There is a elder in my hall who has a niece and this girls grandparents are also in the truth the grnadfather is an elder also. A fellow elder started to fondle the little girl at the assemblies when she was eight years old in the swimming pool. Yet the family the GRANDDPARENTS stood up for the pedophile in so many ways even blaming their granddaughter because she sat on the pedophiles lap when she was 16 years old saying she brought it on herself by doing that and they are ticked off at the granddaughter because she left the truth.

    It truly blows your mind.

    LITS

  • life is to short
    life is to short

    Sorry for my bad spelling but trying to get this done while getting ready for work. This topic is so sad and hurt so much that I hope something is done to stop the pain for the children. The pain of being abused never goes away.

    LITS

  • DaCheech
    DaCheech

    things like this should scare elders, but will it?

  • smiddy
    smiddy

    BTTT

  • cyberjesus
    cyberjesus

    Mr Unthank is a hero!!!

  • flipper
    flipper

    BTTT, Peace out, Mr. Flipper

  • JWdaughter
    JWdaughter

    I am a little confused as to who Unthank is and what his position is in all of this.

    I am clear as to the fact that he seems to be the one exposing this and I hope he has a reward in heaven for doing this.

    This doesn't surprise me, any of it, other than the fact that it is happening in 2011. I thought the org had guidelines to that this kind of pastoral abuse would no longer be afactor, even though we can have no guarantees of the action of individual JW'S.

    I am naive, obviously.

  • ScenicViewer
    ScenicViewer

    Steven Unthank is a private citizen.

    In Australia criminal charges can be brought against a person or other entity in three ways. 1) By the police. 2) By the office of Public Prosecutions (like a district attorney). 3) By a private citizen, if the citizen puts the work into investigating and preparing a case. The court will then examine the case and decide if it has merit. If it does, the government prosecutor will take it over.

    He is an ex-Witness who is concerned that the Watchtower has refused to comply with the Working With Children Act. He has done a tremendous amount of work in having 5 different Watchtower entities charges with 7 criminal counts each. So far, all counts are still in effect.

    His web site is here,

    http://jwnewsnetwork.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/press-release/

    A long thread is here,

    http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/child-abuse/213724/1/Victoria-Australia-Steven-Unthanks-Press-Release-JWs-Hierarchy-Formally-Charged-Today-With-Child-Abuse

  • ABibleStudent
    ABibleStudent

    After reading www.jwNews.net I was inspired to write to Dateline to ask the producers to expose how dangerous cults operate, like the WTBTS. I know that JWs will probably not watch Dateline, but maybe converts and exJWs or their friends and family will. My main objective is to educate the public about dangerous cults and to build support for enacting legislation to eliminate government tax deductions and support for dangerous cults. Encase anyone else would like to write to Dateline, I am including an email response that I received from Dateline when I sent them an email and a letter that I mailed to them.

    Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

    Robert

    Email from Dateline:

    Thank you for contacting Dateline NBC.

    We appreciate your feedback and story ideas. Due to the volume of emails we are only able to contact you if we are interested in pursuing your story pitch. If you have a specific story suggestion please send it to:

    STORY SUGGESTIONS
    Dateline NBC
    30 Rockefeller Plaza
    New York, NY 10112

    You can also communicate with us via Twitter @DatelineNBC or at facebook.com/datelinenbc !

    To view available stories from our broadcast, please go to our website: www.DatelineNBC.com

    Thank you again and have a great day.

    Letter mailed to Dateline

    STORY SUGGESTIONS
    Dateline NBC
    30 Rockefeller Plaza
    New York, NY 10112

    Dear Producer,

    Please consider producing a multi-show expose about the dangers of belonging to destructive cults, as well as, how governments inadvertly help those cults to thrive. The expose would be a public service to remind people about the dangers of belonging to cults such as the Peoples Temple (i.e., Jonestown) and the Branch Davidians. Nobody wants to join a cult, but many people are recruited to join them through deception. The shows could highlight the following:
    • identifying the characteristics of cults;
    • showing how pedophilia, child and spousal abuse, and basic human-rights abuse and other life-threatening and dysfunctional beliefs thrive in cults;
    • identifying increased costs to governments and society;
    • showing how governments inadvertly help some cults to flourish; and
    • showing where and how former cult members get support.

    I was inspired to write Dateline because of your slogan “We're a newsmagazine dedicated to investigative reporting, mysteries, and social justice”. Dangerous cults use thought reform techniques, “love bombing”, shunning, etc. to control thoughts and behaviors of their members. From my personal experience, the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society (WB&TS) uses Theocratic Warfare Strategy (i.e., lying) to deceive prospective converts about the WB&TS during the recruitment process.

    NBC reporters Lisa Myers and Richard Greenberg just scratched the surface about the social injustice that the WB&TS has committed in November of 2007 when NBC Nightly news ran a story about the WB&TS protecting pedophiles (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21917798/). Would Lisa Myers, Richard Greenberg, and/or Australian affiliated reporter/cameraman be willing to investigate allegations of pedophilia in 2011 in Australia (www.jwNews.net)?

    If you would like additional information about dangerous cults, I would suggest contacting Steve Hassan through his website www.freedomeofmind.com and searching for support forums for former cult members using internet search engines. To obtain additional information about the WB&TS, NBC reporters should visit and ask for assistance from members of the following support forums: www.jwsupportforum.com, and www.jehovahs-witness.net. Also, many ex-Jehovah Witnesses (JWs) post youtube videos about their lives as JWs and how they have been shun by JWs as encouraged by the Watchtower, which is printed by the WB&TS.

    Thank you in advance for reading this and considering this story. Also, I would gladly voluntarily assist NBC in doing any research for this project for free.

    Sincerely,
    Robert

  • flipper
    flipper

    ABIBLESTUDENT- Fantastic job trying to involve Dateline ! Good for you. I hope they reply with interest to your second communication with them. Stories like this NEED to hit the big time media. Congrats on your efforts ! Peace out, Mr. Flipper

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