Wouldn't making it easier for pedophiles to stay and prey on childrendirectly cause the WTS to have a higher percentage of them than other religions?
It could be, but I was thinking that if you are looking at the population as a whole, x percent are pedophiles (I am not sure of the actual number), then you look at those who were born in or converted, the likelihood is that the same percent are pedophiles. (Unless you can make a case that pedophiles are more drawn to JWs than other religions, which would be a stretch, imo).
But Jehovah's Witnesses are more likely to be involved and active with others in the congregation than people in other religions, so you could make a case that JW pedophiles have more opportunity to meet and connect with vulnerable children within their own congregation than do members of other religions, which then gives them even more incentive to be active in the religion. Pedophiles in other religions probably have less incentive to to stay and be active in their church in order to find victims, unless they are in a position of authority. But they are still counted as members of that church, even if they rarely attend, while JWs are not counted unless they are active publishers.
So while I don't know if you can say there are a statistically higher percentage of pedophiles in the JWs, I think you could probably make a case that the guy sitting next to you at the Kingdom Hall is more likely to be a pedophile than the guy sitting next to you in church. I just think you need to be careful in making statements about child sex abuse that can't be proven, as it can be counter productive.
