Gumbers asked: I'd like to ask.....did elders usually give instructions to the witness parents of the victim such as NOT to mention this to anyone else? If so, where are these instructions found? Is it in a B.O.E. letter? If I'm not mistaken, you cannot find these instructions in the "Pay attention to the Flock" manuels. Are most elders familiar with the same guidlines as the ones you mentioned the service department gave you?
I'm under the distinct impression that the rules that elders are supposed to follow regarding this is not written down anywhere----it's all done word of mouth. That way, there's no incriminating evidence (or so the jackasses at Crooklyn thought). This more or less all came out in the open with Bill Bowen taped his phone conversation with the Legal Department when he was told to "just walk away" if the brother denied being a pedophile and to "leave it in Jehovah's hands".
Their whole method of dealing with this problem is really absurd. Neither the elders, or the Legal Department, or the Governing Body have any training whatsoever in Psychology, Sociology, Social Work or Early Childhood Education that would have trained them to deal with this shit. Instead, you've got a group of bullies (the GB), who, having never had children and with no education or experience in the field, protecting pedophiles, glossing over the whole thing, silencing victims and disfellowshipping anyone brave enough to speak out on the matter. And now, finally, they've paid the price: public exposure and lawsuits that they couldn't beat.
Looks good on them.