by kelsey007 4 Replies latest jw friends
The article supplied through this link gives ample reason that laws must be enacted and used to fight child abuse. The reality is that the WT is just average or maybe even below average in the amount of child abuse and cover up that exist. This is the reality.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0405/p01s01-ussc.html
Edited by - kelsey007 on 10 October 2002 21:38:1
American churches has averaged 70 a week. The surveys registered a slight downward trend in reported abuse starting in 1997, possibly a result of the introduction of preventive measures by churches.
And that represents a downward trend
"I think the CMR numbers are striking, yet quite reasonable," says Anson Shupe, anIndiana University professor who's written books about church abuse.
"Church insurance carriers implemented educational programs and policies that have helped decrease and then stabilize the trend,"
Edited by - plmkrzy on 10 October 2002 21:52:4
"What drove leaders to begin to respond to this issue was not the welfare of children," Cobble says. "It was fear of large, costly lawsuits."
Does this have a familiar ring to it or what?
Bring on the lawsuits, then. Amen.
kelsey007 said:
The reality is that the WT is just average or maybe even below average in the amount of child abuse and cover up that exist. This is the reality.
Is that, perhaps because there are only about 6 million JW's, and what 60 million+ Catholics.
