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Video: My Molester Is Still A Jehovah's Witness Elder

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jehovah\'s witnesses child abuse video In 1965 a boy was molested by a ministerial servant in a congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses en route to an assembly, where the molester was due to give a talk at the convention.

Revulsed, the boy was nevertheless forced to be around this molester in the years ahead in agonizing cruel ways.

When the matter came up before the Service Dept. of the Watchtower in Brooklyn, and the elders in the local congregation, no reply was given, no apologies, no offer for counseling an abuse victim, just the warning that you “could be disfellowshipped for gossip.”

See his compelling testimony in the following 20 minute video.That in spite of the fact that the molester not only acknowledged his dirty deed to the young man later on, but that the other elders and Brooklyn had “taken care of the matter.” The molester moved on to be a Special Pioneer and elder in the boy’s congregation. He remains an elder in Jehovah’s Spiritual Paradise to this day. No offers for help were ever given to the young man, who will remain anonymous as he is still technically a Jehovah’s Witness.

The following video is a shocking reminder that in spite of the Watchtower’s Public Relations Dept. and their statements on their website, the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society is still VERY MUCH INTERESTED in keeping molesters a secret in the congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses, even using such ones in responsible positions! Will such a one be coming by your door soon? In his letter to Brooklyn dated March 2005 the victim, who chooses to remain anonymous because he is still a Witness, writes the Governing Body these questions in the light of their refusal to address his previous letters to Service Dept. Rep. Lon Schilling:

1. Why was I never contacted by the Service Dept. or a Judicial committee as a sexual assault victim?

2. Why was I not offered psychological and emotional help as a victim of sexual assault?

3. Why did you not keep him away from me?

4. Why was this action committed in Jehovah’s Visible Organization?

5. Why did the Governing Body torment me by having such an unhealthy and inhumane child abuse policy?

6. You paid him to be in my face while I was still a minor; you paid him as a special pioneer and appointed him to be my elder in Mountain City, TN. Why? Were you not psychologically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually beating me up in the JW Spiritual Paradise by appointing him as the Presiding Overseer of my congregation?

See the compelling testimony in the following 20 minute video. The video is seperated into 3 parts:

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Categories: (Sexual) Child Abuse
  1. kim
    March 12th, 2010 at 08:52 | #1

    I was born a jw and its true it was a elder in cincinnati who got disfellowship for molestation and the police were never informed and he is still there around kids.it is a cult ,ibeen thru so much it would take years to tell the story.my mom. Is brainwashed.I tried to comment suicide when. I was 10,11,and twelve the doctors wanted me to get counciling my mom said to the doctor that jw don’t believe in counseling.people just understand that there giving you a little truth but a lot of lies.

  2. otto marconi
    February 25th, 2010 at 01:56 | #2

    @Kim Dear Kim, how right are you! The jehovordure destroyed my family too. All you say is right. Real jehovordures are the worst criminal ever.
    they are shockingly masochist, they hate themselves to death, to the most loathsome degree of self degradation.
    they are also blasphemously sadist dying and praying and chanting and destroyeing their own worthless lives and that of their children in order to sit in the front row when their shit-devourer, turdish, pukish scum cockroach-shit god the crap they name je-shit-hovah or jehowhore or jehovordure the cursed sewer of the universe brings ANALGEDDON about.
    They’re dyin to see planetary carnage with the planet flooded and drenched to the core with innocent human blood after having spent their lives mass-murdering, child-raping, screwing the tax people with their shameless frauds and tax dodging and especially covering up their child raping activities.
    I wish no jehovordure quit their shit-eating cult cos i wanna them to shrivel up and croak like monster deformed shiteating cockroaches.
    This is what these blaspemous and loathsome and venomous child grabbers whores depraved and perverse excreta are.
    and the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger is doing a great job in crushing more and more of their cockraoches asslickers and ass-suckers, monster madmen wishing only to clean white the governiong bloody body’s crap-hole.
    in the meantime the throat of jehowhore their sluttish shit-eating god is my personal puker shitter and pisser.

  3. Kim
    February 24th, 2010 at 21:29 | #3

    @anomynous
    The Problem is that he is not lying about what happened to him.
    You evidently have the “Ignorant and being led factor” changing your brain to call someone a liar when you did not live his life.
    I have been around them since 1960… they are a cult under the guise of representing God.
    It’s hogwash.
    If you are so scared of the world do something to change it instead of waiting for God to turn on the switch that will transport you to Paradise.
    Not being part of the World does not mean to go and sit in a cave and talk about how bad the World is with other Fear motivated mentally ill People.
    But then again you may deserve each other.

  4. Kim
    February 24th, 2010 at 21:21 | #4

    The JW religion is a great place fro criminals to hide.
    They treat Women like Garbage and Kids as Property. It’s still an “Old boys” Religion.
    If you are a man… and work your way up. You will feel like a King because of the Power they start handing out to the Men.
    Some of the most immature, Mentally ill, and Power tripping Individuals can be found there.
    This is the Religion for you if you are mentally ill, sick in the head or need someone to tell you every step you can or cannot take.
    They ruined most of my life with the Brainwashing and Fear of Armageddon.
    They are Brainwashed plain and simple.
    So sad about your Story. I believe you from the bottom of my heart.
    My sister became Pregnant at the age of 14. They announced at the Kingdom hall about her “Sin”, and had the Audacity to say that she was not a “Lover of God.”
    How dare they say that about her.
    They treat Family members that are not JW’S as if they are dead, disfellowshipped or not.

  5. February 15th, 2010 at 11:09 | #5

    concordo!

  6. February 15th, 2010 at 11:08 | #6

    ka!ka1ka!

  7. anonymous
    January 31st, 2010 at 13:40 | #7

    @steph

    because Caps Locks is the cruise control for cool /sarcasm

  8. otto marconi
    December 22nd, 2009 at 04:37 | #8

    @steph
    Dear Steph:BLOODBATHS, MASS MURDERS, GENOCIDES, WANTON PAEDOPHILIA, MASS RAPE, UNTOLD SEXUAL PERVERSION DEPRAVITY AND REPRESSION, TOTALITARIANISM, BLACKMAIL, FRAUD, AND MUCH MUCH MORE are the things, deeds and ideologies of blasphemous bible and its Y-shxt H-crxp W-scxm H-coxkrxxch god AND THEIR STOOGIES YOU INCLUDED.
    Just read the bible and the literature thrown up by the Towers of All Terrors, courtesy of the Filthful and Disgraceful Slavebugger.
    That’s why i wish ya remain one of jehovordure witlesses, ya deserve nothing of a good and dignified life cos ya just the worst scum ever.

  9. steph
    December 21st, 2009 at 13:00 | #9

    SO HOW MUCH ARE YOU MAKING FOR SELLING OUT JEHOVAH? U KNOW DARN WELL THAT NONE OF THE CLERGY GET PAID IN THE KINGDOM HALL! IF IT WAS A PROTESTANT THAT MOLESTED U, YOU WOULD NOT BE SAYING THAT A BABTIST WAS STILL IN THE CHURCH OR ANOTHER RELIGION. AND IF THAT REALLY HAPPENED TO YOU THE WITNESSESS WOULD NOT BE COVERING IT UP. THEY DO THEIR BEST TO UPHOLD BIBLE STANDARDS. WHILE THERE ARE WOLVES IN EVERY RELIGION , I NOTICED THAT WHEN A WITNESS DOES SOMETHING ITS IN THE FRONT PAGE.WELL JESUS WAS SOLD OUT FOR A FEW PIECES OF SIVER I GUESS U WANT TO JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON TOO!!ALL I CAN SAY IS PRAISE JAH!!!

  10. anomynous
    November 7th, 2009 at 15:15 | #10

    Excuse me, but um…THAT”S SO A LIE!!! I am a Jehovah’s witness and I know for a fact that anyone who sexually harassed someone in our congregation would be disfellowshipped. Read 1st John 4:8 it says that Jehovah is LOVE. I am someone who is currently growing as a Jehovah’s Witness and the only thing that keeps me in the religion is my safety. I don’t want to be apart of the world and aparently you need to go to this Sunday’s talk. It deals with liars and people who call us a cult. One of the boys in my congregation is baptized and told me that Jehovah listens to everyone’s prayers. Even if they aren’t a witness. Read Mathew 7:13,14!

  11. Markus
    October 9th, 2009 at 06:12 | #11

    @fouche
    Well its your brain and you can believe what you like. Personally I would stay away from a religion founded by a mason, and has real blood on their hands like the killing of innocent children by brainwashed parents failing to allow their child a full life as they did not allow blood transfusions. How about the others that came down with diseases when the JW did not allow inoculations? How about the many families that have been broken up because of disfellowshipping? Read all the articles on this site, they are accurate and are true. Most JW are good folk who are ignorant of the real facts around this religion.
    Cheers,
    Markus

  12. fouche
    October 8th, 2009 at 12:59 | #12

    I’ve been one of JWs, was disfellowedship and after about 7 years I went back to be reinstated.

    I’ve studied many religions, but I believe JWs are the ones most on target.

    I have a questions of this person who probably was molested but has some real issues with actually knowing how the Watchtower Society is run. The biggest issue is the fact (I have now been a JW of over 30 years)…pioneers, Ministrial Servants, Elders, Missionaries and traveling overseers are not really paid. Missionaries and Travel Overseers have some bills paid for them. But Elders, servants and pioneers work for free. Like a second job…volunteers.

    It is a tradegy that this persons hurts were not addressed. Sometimes people don’t see what they need to see. But believe me…Justice will be done, Jehovah God is Almighty and He sees. And his son Christ Jesus will not tolerate injustice…they will repay.

  13. monica
    September 25th, 2009 at 10:41 | #13

    it a shame what happen to the guy and the person that raped him is still in an elder do you guys think about the kids its a darn shame that you guys let him run a hall with him in it and the mothers and father better watch there kids since you guys are not leting a boy get raped by an elder wow thats as low as it gets i hope jehovah strikes you died when the is here

  14. Richard E
    July 11th, 2009 at 06:12 | #14

    @laura
    Dear Laura, you do have some concerns. If I were you I would have a lot of concerns! If you want to study the Bible, you can do it with less sectarian folks.

  15. laura
    July 10th, 2009 at 19:46 | #15

    I am currently studying the bible with the J.W. however I do have some concerns about this sexual abuse issues. It is true that they do cover up this things because they want to have a good reputation in society and in the world, they don’t want to be looking bad and is better to have one suffering that a whole congregation or many of them. I read in many publications of the J.W. magazines to keep quiet if something like that happens to you. It is cruel and evil and even though not every J.W. is like that we do have to be careful in any religion to watch for this stuff. And just one advice to give here to anyone who has children. No religion is worth the safety of your child so always, always believe what you children have to say. Thank you.

  16. Thomas P.
    January 28th, 2008 at 16:40 | #16

    Let me tell you something,

    The Jehovah’s Witnesses are nothing more than a cult. These people deliberately try to cover up their child molestations, suicides, and the break-up of families. These people have ruined my family and my life. They are a DANGEROUS, Satanic cult. KISS MY ASS JEHOVAH!

  17. January 27th, 2008 at 02:22 | #17

    Really interesting post!
    Never stop iterating and don’t fear failure. Choose well-understood conventions where they will do to the most good , shortcuts you might take will cost you more to fix later than to try to get right up-front today.

    Thanks , Zoli Juhasz

  18. James NON-JW
    December 26th, 2007 at 04:52 | #18

    Look, another mindless JW. One of my friends was DF’ed for smoking. I don’t agree with this practice for health reasons; however I still cannot find it in the Bible.
    By the way, could you please provide us simple folks the definition of brainwashing?
    As well, could you please factually support much or even any of the JW doctrine?

    My point here is that since none of the Watchtower prophecies have come true and are personify all aspects of cult-like practices, just how does that entitle you the capability to discern what is truthful or not?

  19. December 26th, 2007 at 03:00 | #19

    You people are mad at the Jws, when you NEED to be mad at GOD because VERY SINGLE LAST ONE OF YOU that used to Be JWSare Guilty of ONE thing, and that is, Doing SOMETHING that is CLEARLY not Right to do in the bible. Likely Sex Or something like that.

    I am No coward, I am Not brainwashed (you people dont even KNOW what Clinical Brainwashing really is!)
    Jws are Not a Cult, and Most of you dont even KNOW the real definition of CULT.

    Here is a Clue, Find me a church that Follows the bible CLOSER than the Jws and I will Join Tomorrow. But the FACT is, there aint one. Heck, Celebrating Christmas ALONE will throw out virtually EVERY Group in the Usa! And CLEARLY that is a Holiday from the devil! So Get a friggin Life.

    Its funny how many of you use Sexual words on here. Are You Christian talking like that? you people are mad At GOD not at JWs. because I KNOW that They threw you Out Or You left Cuz you were about Some Wickedness that You wanted to do and they weren’t havin it.
    Oh Look, A Childish antispam word for me to fill out below!

  20. James NON-JW
    December 25th, 2007 at 22:34 | #20

    Man, can you believe this ignorance?

  21. James
    December 25th, 2007 at 18:29 | #21

    This sight is a playground for (some) people who love to speak without quoting the scriptures. May Jehovah himself be glorified in the world-wide, faithful activity of his own servants, whom he himself knows.

  22. Anonymous
    December 11th, 2007 at 21:26 | #22

    SO ARE YOU BLAMING THE POLICE OR THE CHURCH FOR THE ACTIONS OF THE PERSON WHO TOUCHED YOU? SHOULDN’T YOU JUST BLAME THE PERSON AND IF THAT PERSON IS NOT PUNISHED BY THE POLICE OR BY THE CHURCH THEN CAN YOU NOT WAIT FOR JUSTICE, WHAT MAKES YOU SPECIAL I WAS TOUCHED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE ALL LIFE UNTIL I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO STOP IT MY SELF, AND I CAN’T SAY THAT I HAVEN’T HAD SO EMOTIONAL TIMES, BUT I ALSO WOULD NEVER BLAME MY PASTOR OR THE POLICE THEY ARE BOTH THERE TO HELP ME NO I DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL THAT THEY DO BUT I RESPECT THAT THEY ARE AS IMPERFECT AS I AM AND CAN NOT SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS, SO I JUST HAVE TO WAIT. IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO GET TO THIS POINT BUT I DECIDED THAT I WAS NOT GOING TO ALLOW MY ABUSER TO CONTINUE TO RUIN MY LIFE.I HAD TO TAKE CHARGE OF MYSELF.

    IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO BECOME HAPPY I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD DO THAT SAME THING I DID TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE AND FIND HJAPPINESS BY NOT TRYING TO JUDGE OTHERS EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERY THING THAT HAPPEN IN THERE LIFE.

    BEST WISHES

  23. Anonymous
    December 11th, 2007 at 21:10 | #23

    instead of going to the jw’s with your complaints if they are indead true go to the police. if my house got robbed i’d call the police not the church leaders.

  24. September 27th, 2007 at 04:35 | #24

    i have been desfellowshipped, according to them, but i feel i was misjuded they did’nt even visited with me in a group ,like i have seen them do others. but yet they try to treat me as if i am some kind of murderer or something. where is jehovahs love here?

  25. Markus
    September 18th, 2007 at 23:32 | #25

    Liz,

    Yep, no doubt about it Jehovah is love:

    Classic example: seeing as you are too brainwashed
    to tune in again, this is for other readers. I do pray you have the guts to tune in again, all this is in your very own Bible. Hey if don’t believe me pick up your good book and read the goodness, wish I could love HIM like you but somehow I lost the plot, and would rather be eaten alive by sharks than grovel to your God.

    Numbers 31: 1/13-18
    1 The LORD said to Moses,

    Lets Skip a few, no Lizzy, not out of context read and understand:
    13 Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went forth to meet them outside the camp.
    14 And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who had come from service in the war.
    15 Moses said to them, “Have you let all the women live?
    16 Behold, these caused the people of Israel, by the counsel of Balaam, to act treacherously against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and so the plague came among the congregation of the LORD.
    17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.
    18 But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

    Now I’m quite sure the above ladies were then given honourable jobs like doing the washing and cooking.
    How could one possibly rape a woman guided by a God, who allows the murdering of little children, and would allow a raping of an young virgin. After all he has his standards, as you will notice by reading on.

    Biblegod also gave orders to kill off ALL the little boys. “Onward Christian Soldiers”, get your sword and thrust it thru the little five year old’s belly- yeah, the cute little boy with the angelic smile- that’s the one, right over there, crying over his bloody dying mother YOU just sliced and diced. And slice up his little four year old buddy- cut his arm off, cut his legs off- play with him first and then just let him bleed to death. Keep killing the little boys until your arms are so tired you don’t think you can kill another one.

    As you mentioned Jehovah is love for what else could he be. Hell I love him too, for he is God so I should only grovell and pray, perhaps one day I too can be in paradise.

    Cheers,
    Markus

  26. Anonymous
    September 18th, 2007 at 13:44 | #26

    Liz you scared me so much with your response that my balls are still shaking.

    Hum, or are they still shaking because because of the elders wife I just screwd this morning, apparently she complains the husband is to busy with kingdom hall affairs and not time for her. Food for though!

  27. LIZ
    September 17th, 2007 at 18:39 | #27

    Everone on here is extremely immature, I thought I would be able to listen to some Kingdon melodies, but this is crazy! Well, you all are being watched by Jehovah and only he knows what he has in store for all of you, For all of your cruel Gossip!! Jehovah is LOVE

  28. Anonymous
    September 8th, 2007 at 02:20 | #28

    BULLSHIT !

  29. Anonymous
    September 8th, 2007 at 02:16 | #29

    Get a reality check !!!! This shit happens ! To cover up for these sickos is even sicker than the pedofiles. It all boils down to not defaming the name of Jehovah…..that is all the organization cares about, they don’t give a damn about the innocent victims. I grew up as a JW, and left mainly because of all the hypocrisy. The ”do as I say, not as I do” attitude from them went out the window when I became an adult !!! I finally wised up and got the hell out. Give your head a shake, really think about what goes on around you.

  30. bluesmurf92
    August 26th, 2007 at 05:42 | #30

    Josh,

    Your arguement, which I’ll sum up as “every religion has its bad apples, not just JW’s”, seems odd, considering that they believe theirs is the only TRUE religion, led by Jesus Himself, and that ALL OTHER religions are led by satan.

    But in my mind, it’s not a matter of which religion believes what, or does what. It’s a matter of PROTECTING our children from harm. I think that’s more important than ANY religion.

  31. James NON-JW
    July 15th, 2007 at 14:09 | #31

    Retribution time may soon be here!
    A day of reckoning may indeed arrive for all of the JW victims.
    Read of the settlement in California from the Catholic Church: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289321,00.html

    Can you imagine if payouts of this nature were bestowed upon the JW victims? I personally would love to see this happen. First and most importantly, it would give the respect & spotlight to those suffering from this indignity and secondly it will be a huge blow to the arrogance & wealth of the Watchtower Society.

  32. jbs
    July 6th, 2007 at 12:08 | #32

    Watch Tower Society is not the tower of all terror, you are an obvious slanderer.

  33. Tosh
    June 26th, 2007 at 18:32 | #33

    I understand that some people who have been jehovah’s witnesses in the past, and were removed from the congregation now feel ostracised and bitter. But to act like these issues: ostracism, overpowering parents, sexual abuse, are unique to the organization of jehovahs witnesses is ridiculous. There are sick people of all faiths. There are fanatics of all faiths. The catholics who stand outside abortion clinics screaming at patrons. The islamics who commit murder and suicide in the name of their god, and so on. The fact that certain people have a personality type that causes them to take their beliefs to the extreme is an indvidual issue. not a religious issue. I was raised a jehovahs witness. I currently dont attend because i know i cant live up to bible standards the way i should. The same reason so many catholics only attend church on easter. Because they know that even a church that harbors child molesters would not approve of their overdrinking, fornicating, adulterous ways. So why go and pretend to be holier than thou knowing you’re not? There are many JW’s who lead double lives because they don’t want to be judged. BUt thats true of anyone who comes from a devout christian family. How many spanish and italian catholic women have parents who are still under the impression that they are virgins, because their daughters have never had the nerve to admit to them that they’ve fornicated? I know i can’t fool god. so i dont bother attending at this time. Tho i still know right and wrong. And not based on what a watchtower told me, but based on what i read in the bible itself. whether it be king james version, new world translation or other. The same principles apply in all. You’re either living by it or you’re not. Just because you can’t doesnt mean you should judge people who still try.

  34. June 14th, 2007 at 22:57 | #34

    as a christian currently a member of the elim [penticostal] i cannot get round the jws obcession with blood transfusions as i have worked with quite a few of them in my time they even have cards stating that they must not be given blood in any circamstances but they do not follow the dietry law as stated elsewhere in levicticus as followed by the jewish muslem and 7th day adventist congregations.Also here in the uk all churches have to follow the safe from harm which have to be posted on the noticeboards stating the police have to be informed in such serious matters as this and not an internal matter this applies to all places of worship jim

  35. Anonymous
    June 14th, 2007 at 14:48 | #35

    i think you need to seek professional help there hun. those words are really not good. And you need help to loosen that anger.

    jessica.struthers@gmail.com

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