Okay, I am actually doing this. I was a 4th gen born in. My adult children were the 5th. My mother was one of the newly'anointed' We have all left. I have been lurking since October.I was really too terrified someone would find out who I was and what would happen.Well we are out now so here is a part of my story. PLEASE, I am still a person of faith so please don't attack this in the responses.I accept those who are atheists, agnostic,Muslim,Jew,Mormon, Hindu Buddhist and evangelicals .
It all started when my daughter came forward with an accusation of molestation within the congregation.First, we went to a specialized therapist and gave a vague warning to all the parents in the congregation. When she was ready we went to the police. Then we went to the elders. I am a strong willed person who reads and researches everything. I NEVER just accept what I am told. Though we were told we were believed., nothing was done. At every step they would say well if we just had such and such then we could do something. So we brought medical records, other victims, eyewitnesses at a hotel with another minor, sexual paraphernalia.Then they told us we had to sit in the hall with this person,and we could tell no one.They started horrible false rumors. Then we received death threats from the perpetrator. We went to the police. We got a restraining order. The elders did not follow it and in fact helped the perpetrator violate it. This was reported to the police. We were told if we continued with this legal case our" implied invitation to attend the hall would be revoked".I had never herd of such a thing. I looked through all the literature- nothing. I asked for the articles concerning 'revoked invitation'- nothing. Here was when things changed. I did the unspeakable and looked up this term on the internet. I was still scared so was very careful. I had also began looking up news articles about jw's. This was last summer then I found ARC. I sat there screaming at the computer. I had thought everything was local, now my universe collapsed. It was everywhere. What was happening to my family was carefully directed by the org. I started to research everything. I came to this site. I started to join but chickened out but, I did keep reading. every book, elders letter, experience .Through this site I found Beorean Pickets. This was helpful. Through all this painful process we have managed to come out as a complete family including my anointed mother. The cult has had a hold on my family since Russell but now we have all left.