My Brother inlaw is an Elder and my sister still is a JW. Me and her were talking today and the subject of molestation came up and she agreed that there were a ton of them out there in the congregation..She does fault the people for not taking the LEGAL matter and that the ELDERS can not tell them to do so - I kinda agree and do not (she said she can tell because she isnt an elder but that will weigh some problems on her husband).
What I did enjoy is that my brother in law is a free thinker, there was a story she told me that one of the young sisters - very early teens was manipulated by an elder who was in his 30's to have sexual relations with him..My brother in law was so mad hearing the story, Knowing he can not tell her to seek legal matter, he requested to be removed from the panel, the society had to assign an outside elder to fill in for him - he wrote a letter to the society about his stance on this.. Nothing was done outside that they BOTH got disfellowshipped..
I told my sister about silent lambs and she knows about it but called it an APOSTATE guided..she does NOT agree with the way the GB handles these cases. I even asked her if the society helps people with medical help on these situations where people are effected deeply, she said only sheparding of what she knows...One thing is that my sister told me if this happened to her children , that her and husband are going to bring who ever did it to them into legal matters.