Another sex abuser

Honeybucket

I'm tyoing this up on my phone, so forgive me if I don't give all I do or spell anything correctly.

Today I saw in the local newspaper in Skagit valley Washington a local man was sentenced to prison for child pornography. At firat I wasn't I terested in the article until I saw the defendants name. Omg, I knew this guy, like really well, and his entire family. He was a brother in the congregation I used to attend.

This wasn't his first run in with this issue. He spent several years in prison for in his words," had sex with a little boy when he was on meth". This same man goes door to door, sits next to kids, and even attends function s where children of all ages are present. All the years I k ew this man. Nobody ever told me he was a pedophile. I knew he went to prison, I just didn't know what for. It wasn't until after I left the church and ran into him that he told me about this. Am I shocked? Not really, this guy had creep written all over him. Sedro woolley congregations should be ashamed for letting this sum around innocent children. Who knows what else happened?

2+2=5

*He took meth so he wasn’t a true JW... at the time he raped that child*

*Bad people take drugs and rape all the time.*

No need to respond Fisherman. I’ve got you covered.

amicabl

It hasn't been that long since I had a visit from an elder who, in response my question, looked me in the face and lied that "we always notify everyone if a paedophile becomes a member of the cong." I don't know how I stayed for the decades that I did.

Finkelstein

Churches/Kingdom Halls can be a hot place for sexual predators because everyone is perceived to be trustworthy wholesome and righteous.

Under that guise or social environment exploitative predators use that perception to their advantage.

VW.org

Meth and sexual perversion go together. Google meth and sexual perversion.

Satan's drug, if satan is real that is.

Honeybucket

The excuse of not being a true JW because true JW don't do bad Shit. Kinda funny how they call out Catholics for same stuff. If they want to use that excuse, so does every other religion get to use that excuse as well, or does it only pertain to JW?

Finkelstein

I've known elders who sexual abused young teens and I've known elders who committed adulatory.

I've known elders who also committed murder, they were all practicing JWS.

Honeybucket

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/crime/article/Anthony-Weiner-child-pornography-Seattle-12343193.php

Diogenesister

Ok there's no research on the subject, that I'm aware of, but this cannot be normal....the number of JW abusers is staggering.

Is it repressive rules that trigger abberent behaviour?

Are he peados just attracted to the org because of the treatment of women and kids makes it easier to abuse and stay hidden?

Churches/Kingdom Halls can be a hot place for sexual predators because everyone is perceived to be trustworthy wholesome and righteous.

Or is it as Finky says?

Are peado's attracted to religion in General and is this a problem within all religious groups? If so,why?

Or is it a ring, an informed organized ring with members that reach right up to the highest echelons within the org?

Can we have a debate? What do you guys think? I just think the figures must be staggering for such a small group of people.

Anders Andersen

I just think the figures must be staggering for such a small group of people.

You underestimate just how much children are abused in society as a whole. There is a staggering amount of abuse and abusers everywhere in society. Incidence within JW may or may not be slightly higher than average, we don't know.

Right now your perception is likely skewed because you notice and remember all the JW cases but not the others...

Research in North America has concluded that approximately 15% to 25% of women and 5% to 15% of men were sexually abused when they were children

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