Yet Another JW Moelstation CoverUp (Re: TOBS: Yet another Budikkka hole: the Reptile/Mammal Colossal Hole)

June 24, 2002, U.S. Edition 

SECTION: SOCIETY; Ripple Effects; Pg. 81 

LENGTH: 270 words 

HEADLINE: Witness To Shame 

BYLINE: By Julie Scelfo 

HIGHLIGHT: 
Another religion faces a scandal of its own 

BODY: 
As Roman Catholic bishops issued a mea culpa last week, Jehovah's
Witnesses, a cloistered group of 980,000, moved closer to facing a
sex-abuse scandal of their own. In January a woman from Sacramento,
Calif., filed a lawsuit charging that church leaders knowingly failed
to notify civil authorities that she was raped by a member of her
congregation. A former church leader in Maryland was indicted in
February for sexually assaulting three women who say they were told by
elders not to report the abuse, and were excommunicated when they did.
After additional stories aired recently on TV, a victims' support
group run by William H. Bowen was deluged with e-mails and phone
calls. "Catholics only protect the priests. Jehovah's Witnesses do it
for any member of the church," says Bowen, a former elder from
Kentucky. Sara Poisson says that prior to her husband's conviction for
sexually abusing her daughters, church elders told her to "pray more
and be a better wife." Church spokesman J. R. Brown says the group
instructs local leaders to notify police when required by law. They
also conduct their own investigation: "That consists of going directly
to the accused." If someone confesses, says Brown, he will be
prohibited from going door-to-door--unless accompanied by another
Witness. Brown points out that people who accuse the church are often
lapsed Witnesses, and "open prey" for exploiters. But victims like
Poisson's daughter, Heather Berry, 20, say it's the church that does
the exploiting. "They're letting the kids down. I don't think there's
anything Christian about allowing abuse to continue." 


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