Got another one. She sent this to me alone so the other posters did not see it.
I prefer to leave this in author only because I am not willing to debate my opinion about this. I do not not know much about JW's, but I do have something to say about the way so many people treat them. I've heard so many people make judgements and criticize their beliefs when they don't even know the religion. It is just plain ignorant. It especially upsets me when I hear of people slamming doors in the faces of JW's and Mormons. These people are coming to your door to offer you what they believe to be true happiness and salvation, and people get so choked up about it. It's funny, because you don't hear about people slamming the door on salesman nearly as much as religious missionaries. It is so sad. I always treat the missionaries with the utmost respect and dignity. I think that what they are doing is for a great cause and they only have the best of intentions for us. I know that I would probably never be brave enough to go door to door educating people about my beliefs, especially knowing how awful some people are to them. There is no reason to be rude to them or make them feel unwelcome.
Then I went back top the other board where they looked me up. OH Lordy. The man went nuts. I don't know where he got all the links but he must have posted 50-75 links about the JWs and the sexual abuse issue.
Rick Ross is doing an excellent job exposing sexual abuse of children in the Jehovah Witness cult.
http://www.rickross.com/groups/witness.html
http://www.rickross.com/reference/jw/jw132.html
http://www.rickross.com/reference/jw/jw205.html
http://www.religioustolerance.org/witness7.htm
Some examples of continued abuse:
The WTS' policy of handling some suspected sexual abuse cases in secret has aroused a growing level of opposition inside and outside of the Jehovah's Witnesses. The main concern is that there is a very high probability that the abuse will continue. This is reduced by intensive counseling, but is never eliminated. There is a general consensus among mental health professionals that pedophilia and or hebephilia (the sexual attraction to children) is unchangeable, much in the same way that one's sexual orientation is fixed. What may be changed is the perpetrator's actions. They can sometimes control their feelings and not act upon them. The average abusive pedophile or hebephile who is arrested has molested dozens of children. Counseling by WTS elders may or may not break this pattern of abuse, and may leave children vulnerable to molestation in the future.
Some instances that have resulted in court cases include:
New Hampshire: A WTS member informed elders that her husband was physically abusing their children. They took no action. For years afterwards, the man sexually and physically abused children in his own family. He was finally caught, tried and given a 56 year prison sentence.
Texas: In 1992, WTS elders ordered a teen-age boy to stop molesting his younger sister. The youth later sexually abused another sister. Police found out about the latter case when alerted by hospital staff after his victim attempted to commit suicide. In 1997, the perpetrator was given a 40-year prison term.
Maine: WTS elders disciplined a member for child molesting. Later, the perpetrator molested a teen-age boy between 1989 and 1992. It was only after the second victim disclosed the abuse to a therapist that authorities were notified.
http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/childabuse.htm
Jehovah's Witnesses & (sexual) child abuse
Jehovah's Witness climbed into bed with son of fellow church goers A sexual frustrated Jehovah's Witness carried out a sex attack on an 11-year-old schoolboy because he couldn’t find a girlfriend and was looking for a substitute. (added 03/13/2004)
Man faces theme park child rape charges A devout Jehovah's Witness and family man raped two children and assaulted five others in a theme park in Australia (added 03/12/2004)
Jehovah's Witnesses hit with abuse suits -Alleged victims were molested as children, they say Eight former members of the Jehovah's Witnesses have filed lawsuits in three Northern California counties alleging that they were sexually molested as children and that their church covered up the crimes. (added 07/31/2003)
Jehovah's Witnesses asking woman to pay legal costs in sexual abuse lawsuit A judge awarded Vicki Boer $5,000 in June. She claimed in a civil suit that elders told her not to seek outside help or report the alleged abuse. No criminal charges were laid in the assault allegations. Now she is being asked by the lawyer of the Watchtower Society to pay part of the religious group's $160,000 in legal costs in the case. (added 07/24/2003)
Amarillo woman accuses Jehovah's Witness' elder of sexual abuse A woman in Texas has sued the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society and the congregations in Dumas and Amarillo, claiming an elder sexually abused her while the organization's officials took no action to halt it. (added 06/06/2003)
Another Church Sex Scandal William Bowen, Attorney Jeff Anderson and plaintiff Heidi Meyer announce a civil lawsuit filed against the Jehovah's Witness headquarters. (added 04/30/2003)
Suit charges church coverup -Jehovah's Witness group is blamed in abuse of girl A 14-year-old Dorchester girl and her parents are suing the Jehovah's Witnesses, arguing that the religious group covered up the girl's sexual abuse by a Bible study leader and discouraged her parents from reporting the abuse to police or prosecutors. (added 0101/2003)
Worldwide Class Action Suit against the Watchtower Society A consortium of attorneys are planning Mass Class Action Suits against the Watchtower Society for victims of sexual abuse and wrongful death. (added 10/11/2002)
Transcript of Australian Channel 9 Sunday Program "Silent Witnesses" The Catholic and Anglican churches in Australia are already engulfed in the scandal of child abuse. Sunday has managed to get inside the Jehovah's Witnesses, and found the WTS has secretly pursued a policy of obstructing police investigations into child abusers. (added 09/22/2002)
Transcript of CNN Connie Chung Tonight Program "Witnesses abused? Church accused of failing children" An interview with sexual abuse victims Heidi Meyer & Amber Long and former elder Bill Bowen by Connie Chung (added 08/20/2002)
New York Times article on Sexual Abuse: Ousted Members Contend Jehovah's Witnesses' Abuse Policy Hides Offenses (added 08/11/2002)
BOOK REVIEW Father's Touch -A Book Written by a Jehovah's Witness Incest Victim Sexual abuse victim Donald D'Haene and his siblings refused to remain silent about the horrors of sexual abuse. D'Haene has written a memoir of his abusive experience that will be of great benefit to sexually abused victims, rape survivors and educators. Father's Touch details his father's physical and sexual abuse of his siblings, his mother, and himself; his experience with faith, educators, sexual orientation, therapy, and a trial. (added 08/10/2002)
Bill Bowen's Appeal Letter
Bill Bowen has appealed to the decision to Disfellowship him for speaking out on sexual abuse among Jehovah's Witnesses. (added 07/30/2002)
Former elder excommunicated for speaking out on sexual abuse
Bill Bowen, former elder and anti- sexual abuse activist, has been Disfellowshipped by the Watchtower Society for criticizing the handling of child sexual abuse cases. (added 07/26/2002)
BBC Panorama Transcript -Suffer The Little Children On sunday July 14 2002 BBC 1 broadcasted the program Suffer The Little Children. Panorama tells the harrowing stories of children put at risk by the Watchtower Society's bible-based policies and unearths evidence of a database of members suspected of child abuse - many of whom have never been reported to the police. Read the transcript or watch the video. (added 07/15/2002)
Jehovah's Witness jailed for abusing boys James Barratt, 45, of Rugby, Warwickshire, a Jehovah's Witness elder has been jailed for child abuse. He was found guilty of indecently assaulting two teenagers entrusted to him for Bible studies and counselling. (added 07/12/2002)
Transcript NBC DATELINE Expose on Jehovah Witnesses Pedophile Cover-Up
DATELINE Correspondent John Larson spoke with victims, their families, and former church officials. They told DATELINE the problem is widespread within the organization. What makes it worse, they say, is that it is virtually impossible to seek justice from the Jehovah's Witness' leadership. (added 05/31/2002)
Watchtower Leaders launch propaganda offensive against sexual child abuse-policy critics
More and more newspapers are paying attention to the fact that the Society tries to silence child abuse-policy critics. In this article you can see how the Office of Public Information of Jehovah's Witnesses strikes back by telling the public 'how good they are in handling child molestation'.
Jehovah's Witnesses act against abuse-policy critics The WTS is taking steps to excommunicate Bill Bowen and three other Witnesses who have publicly criticized what they say is the Society's secretive handling of child-molestation cases. Jehovah's Witness Man Pleades guilty for sex with Teenagers A West Milford man pleaded guilty to child endangerment offenses for sexual encounters he had with two teenage girls he met through his membership at the Jehovah's Witnesses. An elder contacted the police.
Sexual Abuse Suit Filed Against Jehovah's Witness Leaders Erica Rodriguez is suing the Othello Washington Spanish Jehovah's Witness congregation, and the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses because they violated Washington's mandatory child abuse reporting law.
Jehovah's Witness elders did nothing to stop the abuse of daughter by father Alison Cousins turned to the elders after her dad abused her for three years. The elders knew the man had preyed on another girl. He confessed to them two years earlier but police were not informed. The elders did nothing because they were "not sure of her claim"
Elder leaves faith to protest child molestation policies William Bowen resigned as an elder in protest of how the Watchtower handles accusations of child molestation.
Prominent sister accuses the Watchtower Society's of shielding pedophiles Once a prominent sister serving on Bethel, still a wife of an elder and now fighting for a change in the Society's policy regarding pedophiles, Barbara Anderson is a woman who can play an important role in informing the public about the Society's role in this matter.
Prosecuter asks court to violate sanctity of confession in Jehovah's Witnesses sexual abuse case A prosecutor has asked the Missouri Supreme Court to allow him to question JW elders regarding a JW who allegedly confessed to sexually abusing two children
JW parents murder their daughter by hitting her 160 times with a 5-foot stretch of electrical cable "This is the absolute worst I've seen," Assistant State's Atty. Robert Hovey whispered as the parents were led into the courtroom...
Jehovah's Witnesses and child sex abuse From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah's_Witnesses_and_child_sex_abuse
And then he posted someone's essay about how the WTS handles abuse cases. I suspect the man has had some experience with this
He sure has been busy. I think we can safely saw he sees them in a negative light
