There are countless experiences of women, both here on this board and elsewhere on the 'net, of how elders handle judicial hearings for sexual 'misconduct'. There are stories of being grilled by the judicial committees for intimate and often humiliating details of the incident(s), leaving the subject of the hearing emotionally wracked, ashamed, and unable to look these so-called "ministers" in the face. They are often told that if they fail to disclose "everything", it will be construed as an 'unrepentant attitude'.
While I think it's deplorable for ANYONE to be subjected to this kind of inquisition, I don't recall ever hearing of this kind of thing happen to men who are called before a judicial committee for sexual "misconduct".
I know of a case where a pioneer sister apparently refused to allow the elders to pry into the details of the incident for which she ended up being disfellowshipped. The pioneer/elder brother who was the other party in the incident was suspended from pioneer and elder service for a year, without having to be disfellowshipped. He, too, declined to divulge details, but because he shed tears when confessing, he was not disfellowshipped, his tears were 'proof enough' of his repentance.
Does anyone else know whether this disparity in the way men and women are treated by judicial committees is standard practice among JWs? Are men not subjected to the same prying questions and humiliation the way women are?
Just curious.
Love, Scully