Jehovah's Witnesses allowed abusers to confront victims

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The official line of the Jehovah's Witnesses is of course that they don't do this, but those of us who have had the experience of being in the organisation know different. Thankfully a very brave woman has recorded these proceedings to shine a light on what happens.

After Jonathan Rose abused two girls aged 5 & 10, while an "elder" (effectively a priest though each Kingdom Hall has a number of them) Rose was allowed to confront the now women in a all male meeting of the other Elders.

"One of the elders asks: "Did you ever egg him on?""

"She added that another of the women had burst out of her meeting in tears, claiming Rose had asked if "she'd enjoyed it"."

The Jehovah's Witnesses are a Registered Charity and when the Charity Commission looked into this rather than be open they sued to commission to try and stop the investigation.

I am of the sincere opinion that they are a cult and this is just a rare glimpse into how the organisation operates. Pity the victims.

BBC article interviews people who have been shunned. Including vicctims of abuse shunned and expelled from their families for speaking out.
www.bbc.com/news/uk-40704990

Link to full story

www.bbc.com/news/uk-40719773

I saw some of this on the news. Fucking horrifying and I hope that his 'church' expel him or whatever it is they do.

An old friend of mine is a JW and she told me she was so unhappy in her marriage but her family wouldn't speak to her if she left him.

As far as I am aware he wasn't abusive they were just not happy together.

She now has left him and luckily her family are still in touch with her, I am not sure how strained it is though.

My mother had a bad experience with a guy who is also a Jehovahs witness, I was bought up round this guy and didn't find out till I was 18 what he had done. Their excuse was that he and my mother had had meetings with the elders to discuss it and it was sorted. He is an elder now. I still feel sick now knowing the position I was in and it means my mom will never be allowed to have my DD without me there. It's sad that safeguarding seems to be their final concern for children when they are so OTT about the rules for teens and adults.
I had some bad experiences where the result was that as a woman he was believed over me everytime and I was given "council" over my behaviour.
I left home at 18, haven't attended a meeting since then but when my first DD died my mother and father came to my home and announced that contact would be cut now under the elders advice because of the wrong I had done. (I wasn't married, DD had a blood transfusion in an attempt to save her).
My nan said 2 words to me at DDs funeral and hasn't spoken to me since and they didn't come to the hospital when I had a major breakdown and was rushed in for the sake of my physical and mental health. They text to see how I was a month later.
That religion has a lot to answer for in my opinion and very little surprises me anymore.

My aunt is one and she has been absolutely abused by them as an organisation. Agree wholeheartedly that it's a cult.

Definitely a cult. I have only experienced them as door knockers thankfully but they are very pushy.

JWs are the worst of the worst.

I just tell them when knocked at my door that I am a blood donor and to piss off.

Ffs at asking people if they egged the abuser on when they were 5 and 10