Question:
Jehovah's witnesses: Pedophiles? Are they turned over to law enforcement?
anonymous
2011-05-18 09:51:25 UTC
Or do you still adhere to the 2 eye witness rule
I ask this because of an answer a Jehovah's Witness gave me to a similar question.

Look at the answer Linda gave...

"The two witness rule applies to condemning the perpetrator. It does not mean that he has to do something twice before being accused. The elders of a congregation cannot send someone to the police. It is the responsibility of the victim or the victim's parents to do this.

We do everything we can to protect our children. There is a former child molester in our congregation. He has repented of his sin and shown true repentance by his actions, Nevertheless we are aware that this weakness cannot be cured.. Therefore he can never be a ministerial servant or an elder because that might involve being alone with a child. No child is allowed to go to the bathroom by himself or herself.

We love our brother. His sin is no worse than ours in the sense that the wages of any sin is death.
If we are able to control ourselves and avoid sin until God brings the new world He has promised, we will no longer be plagued by sinful inclinations.

We are forced to watch our brother but then again we are also forced to watch ourselves."
Three answers:
troll to troll
2011-05-18 17:04:28 UTC
1.

Child molesting is not a "weakness".

It is a state of mind that the perpetrator does not consider abnormal. see research on causes and conditions of pedophilia.

It is an insanity that can not be cured.



2.

Why would a ministerial servant or an elder be alone with a child?!

Is there any reason of a ministerial servant or an elder be alone with a child?



3.

If a person goes to the elders for spiritual counseling and resolution to a traumatic event should the elders say"Do not bring reproach on jehovah's Organization". Victims do not bring reproach - the perpetrators bring reproach.

or

Should they say "Call the police", this perpetrator brings reproach upon us and harms children for their lifetime.



4.

Are the JWs actually forced to do anything? or is is as most of them claim here on Y! - being a Jehovah's Witness is a person's choice.



5

Do the anointed governing body members care at all?

Pedophiles go door to door.



For example

Delroy Grant, a Jehovah's Witness went door to door and came back and committed atrocities,



Say there are kingdom halls at these addresses

3158 Custer Drive

400 Kingston Road

110 Shannon Park



The Watch Tower has "compartmentalized" the congregations.



Custer Drive congregation(s) will not know at the Kingston Rd congregation(s) let alone Shannon Park.

Do authorities know?

Does the general population know there may be a pedophile at their door?



Pedophiles are so widespread in the Watch Tower organization -

The Watch Tower organization has been called pedophiles paradise.



Yes other religions have sick people in them but the Watch Tower sends pedos door to door, does not keep the different congregations appraised, and discourages by saying it brings reproach.



Rank and File members should note who elders keep their children away from because the COs do tell them.



"L" is quite naive
?
2011-05-18 14:14:57 UTC
Basically the policy of the Wt is that in states where the law forces them to report these cases to the police, they do it. If the law does not specify this, then they don't.



What she says about children not being able to go to the bathroom alone is unheard of, in every hall i have been to, there is no such rule.
?
2011-05-18 09:57:14 UTC
no, in most cases, the victim is drummed out of the church when he/she speaks up, just like the pentecostals, southern baptists, and church of god members.


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