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MineralMan

(148,161 posts)

14. There are JWs in my family.

Reply to Tom Harley (Reply #10)

Tue Jul 10, 2018, 06:56 PM

Jul 2018

Your last statement is not supported by evidence. One of my cousins was sexually molested at age 12 by a trusted JW leader. It was covered up, even by her parents. At age 18, she took her own life. She shared her story with me that year.

I saw this horror in action.

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Jehovah's Witnesses destroying evidence of child sex abuse "because Satan is coming." [View all] DetlefK Jul 2018 OP

Thank God(Yahweh) safeinOhio Jul 2018 #1

Oh, noes! Lying for the Lord? MineralMan Jul 2018 #2

They are not lying. DetlefK Jul 2018 #3

That's their claim. I see lies. MineralMan Jul 2018 #4

Child sex abuse is not something you get to deal with internally. Pope George Ringo II Jul 2018 #5

Well, the Roman Catholic Church did it for decades. MineralMan Jul 2018 #6

Aren't all the spin-off churches? Pope George Ringo II Jul 2018 #13

Joe Tom Harley Jul 2018 #9

Paterno was a moral failure by any yardstick, and it cost him. Pope George Ringo II Jul 2018 #12

Going Beyond the Law Tom Harley Jul 2018 #16

Oh yes they are Andy823 Sep 2018 #20

They investigated and in doing so left a 'paper trail' Tom Harley Jul 2018 #10

I'm confused on your point backtoblue Jul 2018 #11

reporting abuse allegations Tom Harley Jul 2018 #17

NO you are wrong Andy823 Sep 2018 #21

There are JWs in my family. MineralMan Jul 2018 #14

horror Tom Harley Jul 2018 #18

Good thing Satan has a lower tolerance for child rapists than the JW Major Nikon Jul 2018 #7

How is Satan Not Coming After Them? Tom Harley Jul 2018 #8

Always with the persecution complex Pope George Ringo II Jul 2018 #15

Exactly Andy823 Sep 2018 #22

Reply to first articel Tom Harley Jul 2018 #19