A newspaper story today mentions an Irish Catholic Church coverup and then explains that Jehovah's Witnesses have done their own cover ups of molestation, too. I guess this comment must be the typical reaction of, I assume, a loyal JW--- blame the victims!- http://www.hvpress.net/news/155/ARTICLE/8576/2010-01-13.html
"What a shallow piece of journalism. I understand the outrage of those who genuinely experience molestation but your off hand story does not even suggest that some victims have not been prepared to go to the police and press charges. Often cases go 'hidden' by the victims themselves because they have not gone to police in a timely manner, evidence trail goes cold and then they expect prosecution years later. How can laymen be expected to interview, judge and prosecute those involved when even the police must be careful not contaminate evidence or taint statements that will be tendered to courts. JW victims are always told to go to the police and if they choose not to, why should molestation become a tool of the disgruntled, slandering possibly innocent people because no proper police investigation takes place. THAT is the stuff of inquisitions.
You should be more careful.