Federal Investigation into JW procedures

by kenmayo1 10 Replies latest watchtower scandals

  • TonusOH
    TonusOH

    I just want to point out that clergy-penitent priviledge doesn't prevent a religious organization from encouraging victims of abuse to report it. One of the criticisms of the WTS is that they took the approach of wanting to keep things "in-house" to 'protect Jehovah's name.' This included discouraging victims from reporting crimes to the police.

    They have since been forced to change this stance. I would hope that they continue to emphasize the importance of reporting crimes to the authorities, who have the personnel, procedures and training necessary to investigate them. Leaving something so serious in the hands of inexperienced and unprepared men whose only options are to ask "did you do it?" is not good enough. I daresay that allowing people to get away with CSA does more to sully the name of Jehovah than anything else.

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