The root cause of the child abuse within the WT Society and JW's problem is - An 136 year old organization called the WT Society built on patriarchal principles that emphasizes the control of men as " heads " over women and children and minimizes the need for or importance of women and children to even exist , let alone to have rights .
The self important, pompous, arrogant attitude of WT leaders thinking that they know better than law enforcement officials in how to handle pedophiles, child abuse crimes- so much so - that they try to hide the crimes and handle it " in house " so as to fake out the public and fake out even it's own JW members and have an APPEARANCE of being a " righteous, clean " organization - when in fact the WT Society is nothing more than a CRIMINAL organization posing as a religion. So this is another root cause.
These are the root causes of what allows WT officials to flout the law allowing child molesters to serve again as elders once time goes by. WT leaders feel entitled- they feel they are above the law because they feel they ARE the law. They feel they speak for " God " - or ARE " God " - so they answer to nobody. So they must be brought to justice and forced to face their crimes. It's how I see it