http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/sexual-child-abuse/suit-charges-church-coverup-jehovahs-witness-group-is-blamed-in-abuse-of-girl/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:24:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/sexual-child-abuse/suit-charges-church-coverup-jehovahs-witness-group-is-blamed-in-abuse-of-girl/comment-page-1/#comment-15013 shavraj Fri, 28 May 2010 15:07:18 +0000 http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/?p=88#comment-15013 i don,t know zey done the same thing when i was 10 years old.the higher one come to my house in order to advice my dad instead molest me when i was 10p yr one i don,t know zey done the same thing when i was 10 years old.the higher one come to my house in order to advice my dad instead molest me when i was 10p yr one

]]> http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/sexual-child-abuse/suit-charges-church-coverup-jehovahs-witness-group-is-blamed-in-abuse-of-girl/comment-page-1/#comment-763 Rebecca Hardwick Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:55:40 +0000 http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/?p=88#comment-763 I have left the 'truth' now 10years ago after a similar situation. My grandfather was caught by my father, in the act, and after my grandfather left the house, the first thing my father did was call the elders. Then took me to the hospital, where it was confirmed that i had been tampered with. But in 1981 the health system did not have a mandatory reporting law (now it does). My father did not get the police involved, because it was his dad, and it would give shame to the congregation. So a judicial committee questioned my grandfather, not me ( I was 11yrs old). He denied it happened more than the time he got caught, and that was that. No one asked me, i was so ashamed and the isolation started. No one knew till i got married yrs later that it had gone on since i had been 4 (i knew because i remembered a particular couch that he sat in in melbourne, and we were in Adelaide when he got caught). Years into my marriage i started to gain the courage to voice the injustice and dark motive in covering up the filth by the Society. Gradually i started to process the whole situation, and as an adult realised no one had been adult enough to protect the child. So I left. Ileft everything that represented their hold, control and expectation. I had no respect for those in power, men, and it took me a long time to realise not all men are like what i experienced. They have never had to answer for their secrecy, but if there is a god, i am glad i am on this side. If there is a God, their justice will be permanent. I have thought about suing, but i want to get on with my life. The pain is past, my life is full, i am functional, and with good conscience, and at least no one can say i molested a child or kept it a secret. That is their shame, and nothing can remove that stain from their skin, just like my memory is there for good. I have left the ‘truth’ now 10years ago after a similar situation. My grandfather was caught by my father, in the act, and after my grandfather left the house, the first thing my father did was call the elders. Then took me to the hospital, where it was confirmed that i had been tampered with. But in 1981 the health system did not have a mandatory reporting law (now it does). My father did not get the police involved, because it was his dad, and it would give shame to the congregation. So a judicial committee questioned my grandfather, not me ( I was 11yrs old). He denied it happened more than the time he got caught, and that was that. No one asked me, i was so ashamed and the isolation started. No one knew till i got married yrs later that it had gone on since i had been 4 (i knew because i remembered a particular couch that he sat in in melbourne, and we were in Adelaide when he got caught). Years into my marriage i started to gain the courage to voice the injustice and dark motive in covering up the filth by the Society. Gradually i started to process the whole situation, and as an adult realised no one had been adult enough to protect the child. So I left. Ileft everything that represented their hold, control and expectation. I had no respect for those in power, men, and it took me a long time to realise not all men are like what i experienced. They have never had to answer for their secrecy, but if there is a god, i am glad i am on this side. If there is a God, their justice will be permanent. I have thought about suing, but i want to get on with my life. The pain is past, my life is full, i am functional, and with good conscience, and at least no one can say i molested a child or kept it a secret. That is their shame, and nothing can remove that stain from their skin, just like my memory is there for good.

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