The number of sex offenders working as charity trustees trebles

by Dogpatch 3 Replies latest jw friends

  • Dogpatch
    Dogpatch

    Wow, more evidence that child molesters are in the congregations. What percentage of these convicted molesters who are still JWs are allowed to go door-to-door?

    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6881322.ece

    Growing numbers of convicted sex offenders are being appointed as charity trustees, bringing them into contact with vulnerable people, the Charity Commission has found.

    The watchdog removed or suspended 30 such trustees last year, three times as many as the year before. The people involved included rapists and paedophiles, the commission says in a report out today.

    It urged charities to refer potential trustees to the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) for vetting before making any appointments where children might be put at risk.

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    Organisations that faced a statutory inquiry from the commission over “vulnerable beneficiaries” included the World Children’s Fund, the Shiloh Pentecostal Fellowship Trust and the London Mill Hill Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The Commission instructed the Mill Hill congregation to introduce a “robust child protection policy” after one of its trustees, Michael Porter, was convicted of indecent assault and gross indecency with 13 children. The offences were committed before Porter was made a trustee. He was removed from the post after his arrest but was allowed to remain a member of the congregation.

    Randy

  • flipper
    flipper

    DOGPATCH- Good thread. Thanks for posting it. Stands to reason that Jehovah's Witnesses would also be under " a statutory inquiry from the commission " about this danger of child abuse. Good luck on getting the Mill Hill congregation to introduce a " robust child protection policy " . It will only be as " robust " as the WT society and WT legal allows it to be. Good article though

  • flipper
    flipper

    Also- Wanted to add isn't it ironic that the " worldly authorities " that the WT society so rails against - are much stricter against child abuse and demand more accountability than an alleged religion claiming to represent God ? Bizarre

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