Religion

Tom Harley

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18. horror

Wed Jul 11, 2018, 10:00 AM

Jul 2018

InvisibleChildren.org states that 1 of 4 girls and 1 of 6 boys will be sexually abused before age 18 (even after 30 years of strenuously going after abusers). It is a plague that does not speak well for humanity.

A case of child sexual abuse 'properly handled' does not mean that it did not occur, and the child is only somewhat less damaged then if it was properly handled. It is rather like sending in the grief counselors after a school shooting. Of course, it is good to send them in, but it would be far better were they not needed in the first place. Jehovah's Witnesses press towards prevention and have reason to believe such efforts overall pay off.

That said, your family ended up needing prompt reporting AND grief counseling. It is a horrible thing. Nobody says otherwise.

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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