Biahi,
Since the article says her name, I am declining to disclose what happened. It was appalling and mortifying that it "got out" and spread through the community. If she could be embarrassed like that, any woman in the congregation could. It was the last thing I ever wanted to happen to me. And she had no control over it-not what was done to her (not by her), or that she was the one disciplined, rather than the doer, or that everyone found out.
I felt a lot of compassion for her. She was probably the last person I ever did service time with before I quit. (I actually had already made my decision and was waiting for a certain event to pass before I went public.)
She later left, or was disfellowshipped, or something. I am not exactly sure, because I had already left. But I had some non JW related contact with her during the few years immediately after I left.
That was when she doing normal non-JW things that would have gotten her marked at a minimum. It was nothing sinful or even questionable-just career related endeavors. But this was the late 1980's in the wine country, when, special needs talk or no, members were marking each other (and talking about it) if they "heard" you were letting your kids watch MTV.
If she is in regular contact with her son, who is definitely not JWing, maybe that means she never completely returned to the fold.
She was always very kind, sincere, and real with me. I hope she is OK.
