Gizmodo and Faithleaks

[Shiwiii]

I've read some interesting information that has leaked from the wt through various sources and was curious what this group thought. It has to do with the plethora of known child molesters and the covering of those individuals. I'm sure this isn't too much of new news as we have already experienced the ARC (Australian Royal Commission) and the position made by gb Geoffrey Jackson and the folks in charge in Australia. From what I have heard from the average jw is that the ARC was made all just made up lies by apostates to make the org look bad. Well here comes round two? three? The evidence is pretty damaging to the way in which the org cares for its children and their staunch position to keep the org in a good light regardless of who may be collateral damage. While I won't post the actual link to what has been distributed, it is quite easy to find. Look up Faithleaks and then the latest press release. 

Now I am quite sure there are going to be some here, quite a few actually, who would rather ignore things like this instead of actually finding out if in fact it is true or not. I don't find that in any way unusual from jws actually. When someone is told not to question the answers given, only listen-obey-and be blessed, then the only ones who will actually question those answers are those who actually care about others. After all, isn't that what we are commanded to do by Jesus? Care for others and you would yourself. This is why I am posting this, because if these things were constantly being brought forth about an organization I belonged to, I could not dismiss the claims that ring very similar from country to country. I would have to find out more.  Is this all just apostate lies all around the world made up by people who left the org, or could there be some truth to it? Also, its not like there is a single organization on this planet that is without its faults or bad people who reside within the org, but it is more about how the org deals with these matters. 

So the simple question posed in this thread is do you approve of the way the wt handles abuse (child, domestic, sexual, etc.)? Do you know how the wt deals with such cases? 

[Matthew9969]

I have a feeling your going to hear crickets on this question.

[Jack Ryan]

• Documents relate to alleged sex abuse allegations against local church leader
• Two adult women came forward in 1999 with accusations against their dad
• Claimed he physically and sexually abused them as kids decades earlier
• Church leaders tried to keep the matter internal, documents indicate
• 'Disfellowshipped' the father, a local leader, but reinstated him following year 

Quote

The younger daughter alleged her father had begun molesting her at age three, and that she suffer 'four years of continuous rape' starting at age eight.

'She described that her father would sit on the bed afterward and cry as he prayed with her,' the congregation's elders wrote in a letter to religion's global headquarters in New York, The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. 

 

[Shiwiii]

On 1/10/2018 at 4:53 AM, Matthew9969 said:

I have a feeling your going to hear crickets on this question.

Sadly, you are correct. 

What does that say about the acceptance of such policies and practices? To me it says that the avg jw may not like it, but has to swallow it because the gb/wt says so. The silence is an indication to me of one of two things or both,  shame and/or ignorance. Remember the wt article where they said to accept what we say even if it sounds absurd and against your better judgement (I paraphrased the article)? Is this what they were talking about or is more to come? If this was it, then who in their right mind with ANY morals, biblical or not, can accept the way that the wt org handles abuse of any kind?