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Jehovah's Witness jailed for grooming and abusing boy
by betterdaze 22 Replies latest watchtower child-abuse
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"When he became a teenager, the victim told elders at his church about the abuse.
"Advocate depute Alison Di Rollo said the church leaders told Gold his behaviour was wrong and warned that if it continued he would be 'disfellowshipped, or expelled, because the church disapproved of homosexual behaviour.
"They also tried to persuade Gold to go to the police."
The above BBC report paints a rather different picture to this one from STV ...
"But as a teenager the victim revealed to elders at his church what had been taking place.
"Advocate depute Alison Di Rollo said they told him it was wrong and warned that if it continued he would be "dis-fellowshipped" as the church disapproved of homosexual behaviour. They also tried to persuade him to go to the police.
"Gold was also spoken to ... "
- http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/200721/1/Another-JW-Pedo-Jailed-this-time-from-Glasgow... which gave the impression that, when the teenage victim told the elders, they told him he (the victim) would be disfellowshipped for homosexuality if he continued and that they tried to persuade him (the victim) to go to the police.
Are both reports accurate? Did the elders give the same 'counsel' to both perp and victim, I wonder? Or has the BBC better clarified the details?
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