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McHenry County, Woodstock, IL
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Jehovah’s Witnesses elders guilty of failing to report sexual abuse of a 6-year-old child: McHenry County judge

Elders face up to one year of jail time at sentencing March 25

By Amanda Marrazzo
March 18, 2022 at 9:19 pm CDT

McHenry County State's Attorney's Office prosecutor Ashur Youash speaks during a hearing for defendants Colin Scott, left, and Michael Penkava, center, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, at the Michael J. Sullivan Judicial Center in Woodstock. (Patrick Kunzer for Shaw Local)

A McHenry County judge ruled Friday that two Jehovah’s Witnesses elders are guilty of “knowingly and willingly” failing to report to authorities in 2006 that a 6-year-old child in their church was being sexually assaulted by a congregant.

Not reporting the sexual abuse permitted the abuse to go on for another 12 years.

The ruling follows two years of hearings and a bench trial before McHenry County Judge Mark Gerhardt in a case stemming from the 2019 conviction of Arturo Hernandez-Pedraza.

Hernandez-Pedraza, 44, a church congregant, was convicted of sexual assault and other crimes related to the girl’s ongoing sexual abuse. Neither police nor the Department of Children and Family Services were notified until the victim was 18 years old, when she told church elders that the abuse continued.

The girl endured countless sexual assaults and death threats by her abuser throughout her childhood, according to trial testimony. Hernandez-Pedraza is serving 45 years in prison.

On Friday, the church elders, Michael Penkava, 72, and Colin Scott, 88, were found guilty of Class A criminal misdemeanor for violating provisions of the state’s mandatory reporter law. They each face up to one year in jail when sentenced March 25.

Defense attorneys argued that the elders were not mandated reporters. They maintained that Hernandez-Pedraza’s confession, as well as statements made by the child and another church member, were protected under clergy-penitent privilege.

Anything they heard related to the child’s abuse fell under the protection of the confessional process, in the same way a confession made inside a confessional booth in the Roman Catholic Church would, defense attorneys maintained. Gerhardt considered the child’s and the other church member’s statements in his ruling but not the confession made by Hernandez-Pedraza.

Rather than call authorities, Penkava, as he was trained to do as a church elder, said he sought the advice of attorneys at the Jehovah’s Witnesses world headquarters in New York. The abuse was handled through “spiritual guidance,” as was directed by the Jehovah’s Witnesses attorneys.

Scott, who participated in the bench trial via Zoom and did not testify, was part of the three-person judicial committee formed the day after Penkava learned of the abuse. His attorney, Terry Ekl, said he was not part of the decision to not call police.

Scott became involved in the days that followed and participated in “spiritual guidance.”

Under questioning Friday by McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally, Penkava testified that he made the phone call to headquarters but did not know who he spoke to or what their qualifications were as an attorney. But, he said, this person advised that he was not required to report the abuse and he trusted that advice, he said.

In closing arguments, Kenneally said under Illinois law Penkava and Scott are mandated reporters despite their claims they are not.
This case is the reason for which the statute was written, “to stop this in 2006,” Kenneally said.

It was “extremely irresponsible” of Penkava to take advice regarding the protection of a 6-year-old child from someone over the phone, in another state, not even knowing who he was talking to or what their qualifications were, Kenneally said.

“It was ignorance born out of carelessness, their own recklessness and stupidity,” Kenneally said.

If they decide to put themselves in charge of the well-being of a 6-year-old child, “then they better act responsibly,” he said.

“The purpose of the clergy-penitent [privilege] is to shield the flock and not protect the devil,” Kenneally said, adding that what they did protected Hernandez-Pedraza.

The girl and the other church member “already paid the price for [Penkava and Scott] not following the law; now it’s their turn,” Kenneally said.

Assistant State’s Attorney Ashur Youash said the elders knew the girl was an abused child and their defense “went from privilege to bad legal advice.”

He said the mandatory reporting statute is not to protect the church but “to protect a child, to protect an abused child. How absurd would it be to allow a church to cloak itself and avoid state law?” Youash said.

In his ruling, Gerhardt said Penkava’s testimony “was not credible” and ruled that the elders are considered mandated reporters.

“The defendants had an obligation to report [the abuse] whether or not clergy-penitent privilege trumped that,” Gerhardt said. “The defendants chose not to contact DCFS knowingly and willingly.”
 
I am estranged from the Congregation because of a related issue.

A currently serving Elder sexually abused his younger sister. He was 8 years older than her and was 15-17 years old when the abuse happened. So he was 15 -17 and she was aged 7-9.

The Elder would visit me whilst I was inactive and wanted to go where young women served drinks in bars. He would practice pick up lines on the girls pretending to be a rich out of town Business man.

For some reason the Elder thought I'd be impressed by his "slick" behaviour. To me, he was nothing but a dirty old man. A 63 year old man slobbering over an 18 year old girl is repulsive in my opinion.

I enquired of the Bethel Service Department about the child abuse issue but they said since he was under the age of 18 and was legally a minor then this does not disqualify him from serving as an Elder.

My position is that regardless of the legal technicality of age..ie...being 17 rather than 18...as far as the young girl was concerned he was an Adult. Do you really think it matters to a 7=9 year old girl whether the abuser is aged 16 or 18???

Whilst this abuse occurred before the man became a JW, It is my firm belief that such a man should not serve as an Elder. The position is a trust position and anyone with a sexual abuse background should be excluded no matter how long ago the abuse (rape) occurred.

It is also my belief that the fact of the man being 17 rather than 18 is just semantics. State law still holds the abuse of a 9 year old girl by a 17 year old boy as a sexual assault and will still prosecute to the full extent possible under the law.

By blowing the whistle on this behaviour I have had my name slandered all over the Country and beyond. No one even remotely cares. I am a "Nobody" calling out a "somebody" so my viewpoint is irrelevant as far as the Brothers are concerned.

The Elder in question has a strong Organizational presence and I am an Organizational fringe dweller. My word counts for nothing. The Elder has gone to extraordinary lengths to discredit me to protect his position as Elder.

Judgement will come to these men make no mistake. All I can do is sit and wait.
 
Going to share without going into too much information.
Historical abuse was reported to the elders a few years ago. A young girl below the age of 12 and a older teenager around 15/16. The older teenager the abuser was associated with the congregation. He wasn’t baptised at the time although was baptised a short while after the abuse stopped. The abuse was reported many year later to the body of elders and it was admitted but the elders did nothing as he was baptised at the time. Even though he must of lied in his answers to the baptism questions. Later the abuse was reported to the police and when they were gathering evidence with the elders there was complete silence. They were referred to the legal department and nothing. Complete silence, no evidence was given about the meeting and confession with the abuser. To make matters worse once the case went to court , he pleaded guilty. The judge had asked for character references and many from the congregation came forward to give these. The abuser is still associated with the congregation, even as a convicted man (he received a suspended sentence)
 
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AndersonsInfo3 hours ago​

McHenry County, Woodstock, IL
Northwest Herald, Shaw Local News

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Jehovah’s Witnesses elders guilty of failing to report sexual abuse of a 6-year-old child: McHenry County judge

Elders face up to one year of jail time at sentencing March 25

By Amanda Marrazzo
March 18, 2022 at 9:19 pm CDT

McHenry County State's Attorney's Office prosecutor Ashur Youash speaks during a hearing for defendants Colin Scott, left, and Michael Penkava, center, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, at the Michael J. Sullivan Judicial Center in Woodstock. (Patrick Kunzer for Shaw Local)

A McHenry County judge ruled Friday that two Jehovah’s Witnesses elders are guilty of “knowingly and willingly” failing to report to authorities in 2006 that a 6-year-old child in their church was being sexually assaulted by a congregant.

Not reporting the sexual abuse permitted the abuse to go on for another 12 years.

The ruling follows two years of hearings and a bench trial before McHenry County Judge Mark Gerhardt in a case stemming from the 2019 conviction of Arturo Hernandez-Pedraza.

Hernandez-Pedraza, 44, a church congregant, was convicted of sexual assault and other crimes related to the girl’s ongoing sexual abuse. Neither police nor the Department of Children and Family Services were notified until the victim was 18 years old, when she told church elders that the abuse continued.

The girl endured countless sexual assaults and death threats by her abuser throughout her childhood, according to trial testimony. Hernandez-Pedraza is serving 45 years in prison.

On Friday, the church elders, Michael Penkava, 72, and Colin Scott, 88, were found guilty of Class A criminal misdemeanor for violating provisions of the state’s mandatory reporter law. They each face up to one year in jail when sentenced March 25.

Defense attorneys argued that the elders were not mandated reporters. They maintained that Hernandez-Pedraza’s confession, as well as statements made by the child and another church member, were protected under clergy-penitent privilege.

Anything they heard related to the child’s abuse fell under the protection of the confessional process, in the same way a confession made inside a confessional booth in the Roman Catholic Church would, defense attorneys maintained. Gerhardt considered the child’s and the other church member’s statements in his ruling but not the confession made by Hernandez-Pedraza.

Rather than call authorities, Penkava, as he was trained to do as a church elder, said he sought the advice of attorneys at the Jehovah’s Witnesses world headquarters in New York. The abuse was handled through “spiritual guidance,” as was directed by the Jehovah’s Witnesses attorneys.

Scott, who participated in the bench trial via Zoom and did not testify, was part of the three-person judicial committee formed the day after Penkava learned of the abuse. His attorney, Terry Ekl, said he was not part of the decision to not call police.

Scott became involved in the days that followed and participated in “spiritual guidance.”

Under questioning Friday by McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally, Penkava testified that he made the phone call to headquarters but did not know who he spoke to or what their qualifications were as an attorney. But, he said, this person advised that he was not required to report the abuse and he trusted that advice, he said.

In closing arguments, Kenneally said under Illinois law Penkava and Scott are mandated reporters despite their claims they are not.
This case is the reason for which the statute was written, “to stop this in 2006,” Kenneally said.

It was “extremely irresponsible” of Penkava to take advice regarding the protection of a 6-year-old child from someone over the phone, in another state, not even knowing who he was talking to or what their qualifications were, Kenneally said.

“It was ignorance born out of carelessness, their own recklessness and stupidity,” Kenneally said.

If they decide to put themselves in charge of the well-being of a 6-year-old child, “then they better act responsibly,” he said.

“The purpose of the clergy-penitent [privilege] is to shield the flock and not protect the devil,” Kenneally said, adding that what they did protected Hernandez-Pedraza.

The girl and the other church member “already paid the price for [Penkava and Scott] not following the law; now it’s their turn,” Kenneally said.

Assistant State’s Attorney Ashur Youash said the elders knew the girl was an abused child and their defense “went from privilege to bad legal advice.”

He said the mandatory reporting statute is not to protect the church but “to protect a child, to protect an abused child. How absurd would it be to allow a church to cloak itself and avoid state law?” Youash said.

In his ruling, Gerhardt said Penkava’s testimony “was not credible” and ruled that the elders are considered mandated reporters.

“The defendants had an obligation to report [the abuse] whether or not clergy-penitent privilege trumped that,” Gerhardt said. “The defendants chose not to contact DCFS knowingly and willingly.”
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After veiwing our sisters work it is obvious that an element of wickedness has been allowed to grow until the restraint: This scripture came to the fore:
Hosea 9:7 "The day's of reckoning will come; The days of retribution will come; Israel will know it. Their prophet will be a fool and the man of inspiration will go mad; Because your error is abundant the animosity agaist you is abundant."
 
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MickHewitt said:
Barbara Anderson Real Life Super Hero
After veiwing our sisters work it is obvious that an element of wickedness has been allowed to grow until the restraint: This scripture came to the fore:
Hosea 9:7 "The day's of reckoning will come; The days of retribution will come; Israel will know it. Their prophet will be a fool and the man of inspiration will go mad; Because your error is abundant the animosity agaist you is abundant."
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When the evil extent is revealed: Satanic Child Sexual abuse will be among the sins. Why? Well look at the Satanic symbols used; the prevalence of CSA within the organisation!
 
4JahandChrist said:
Estoy alejado de la Congregación por un tema relacionado.

Un anciano actualmente en servicio abusó sexualmente de su hermana menor. Él era 8 años mayor que ella y tenía entre 15 y 17 años cuando ocurrió el abuso. Él tenía entre 15 y 17 años y ella entre 7 y 9 años.

El Anciano me visitaba mientras estaba inactivo y quería ir a donde las mujeres jóvenes servían bebidas en los bares. Practicaba ligar con las chicas fingiendo ser un hombre de negocios rico fuera de la ciudad.

Por alguna razón, el Anciano pensó que me impresionaría su comportamiento "hábil". Para mí, no era más que un viejo sucio. Un hombre de 63 años babeando sobre una chica de 18 años es repulsivo en mi opinión.

Pregunté al Departamento de Servicio de Bethel sobre el problema del abuso infantil, pero me dijeron que, dado que era menor de 18 años y legalmente menor de edad, esto no lo descalifica para servir como anciano.

Mi posición es que, independientemente del tecnicismo legal de la edad... es decir... tener 17 años en lugar de 18... en lo que respeta a la joven, él era un adulto. ¿De verdad cree que una niña de 7 = 9 años le importa si el abusador tiene 16 o 18 años?

Si bien este abuso ocurrió antes de que el hombre se convirtiera en Testigo de Jehová, creo firmemente que tal hombre no debería servir como Anciano. El puesto es de confianza y cualquier persona con antecedentes de abuso sexual debe ser excluida sin importar cuánto tiempo haya ocurrido el abuso (violación).

También creo que el hecho de que el hombre tenga 17 años en lugar de 18 es solo semántica. La ley estatal aún considera que el abuso de una niña de 9 años por parte de un niño de 17 años es una agresión sexual y seguirá procesando en la medida de lo posible según la ley.

Al denunciar este comportamiento, mi nombre ha sido calumniado en todo el país y más allá. A nadie le importa ni remotamente. Soy un "Nadie" llamando a un "alguien", por lo que mi punto de vista es irrelevante en lo que respeta a los Hermanos.

El Anciano en cuestión tiene una fuerte presencia en la Organización y yo soy un habitante marginal de la Organización. Mi palabra no cuenta para nada. El Anciano ha hecho todo lo posible para desacreditarme y proteger su posición como Anciano.

El juicio vendrá a estos hombres, no se equivoquen. Todo lo que puedo hacer es sentarme y esperar.
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4JahandChrist said:
Estamos bien sentaditos, no estás solo en esta espera. Con la cabeza alta mirando allí arriba, con una sonrisa porque sabemos que Jehová hará justicia por todos nosotros. Gracias por esperar junto a nosotros.
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4JahandChrist said:
Whilst this abuse occurred before the man became a JW, It is my firm belief that such a man should not serve as an Elder. The position is a trust position and anyone with a sexual abuse background should be excluded no matter how long ago the abuse (rape) occurred.
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I absolutely agree with your thinking. Any sort of child molestation - regardless of the age at which is was perpetrated - should be an immediate and permanent disqualification from serving as an elder. Period. There is something permanently broken inside such a person, that won't be able to be repaired in this system of things.
 
Chloe said:
He said the mandatory reporting statute is not to protect the church but “to protect a child, to protect an abused child. How absurd would it be to allow a church to cloak itself and avoid state law?” Youash said.
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I mean, this pretty much says it all! And reveals the true extent of the hypocrisy.
 
Nomex said:
But didn't you know Jehovah's Holy spirirt appoints the Elders? Like the Stasi who infiltrated congregations.
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I've been around a long time, and have never seen anything like what you said with the Stasi. I'm not saying you didn't see it happen. Only that I've never seen it happen.

So.... Who were these people? Where did they come from? How did the infiltrate the congregation? What did they do?

BTW, Nomex... My colleagues and business partners have said over the years that my typing style is somewhat formal - and if people don't know that - it could be misunderstood as me being.... "snide". I assure you that the question I posed is not of that sort. BR
 
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BillyRay said:
and have never seen anything like what you said with the Stasi.
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This was actually reported on recently in one of the JW.org videos as experienced told by a GB member. There was a group of Witnesses who broke away from the official WT because they had become so distrustful, because of the infiltration by the Statsi. And this GB member recounts the experience of how they finally convinced some elders in that country to meet with them and then convinced them to "rejoin" the org. I'll see if I can find it, or maybe someone else can. BTW, this was within the last year or so, but I have know about this for decades, because this happened obviously before the Berlin Wall fell and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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it could be misunderstood as me being.... "snide". I assure you that the question I posed is not of that sort. BR
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Thank you for the clarification. I have come to understand that you and I may not agree on everything, but it's quite clear we agree on enough. I have no problem with you and obviously I can be misunderstood as well. ;)
 
Nomex said:
This was actually reported on recently in one of the JW.org videos as experienced told by a GB member. There was a group of Witnesses who broke away from the official WT because they had become so distrustful, because of the infiltration by the Statsi. And this GB member recounts the experience of how they finally convinced some elders in that country to meet with them and then convinced them to "rejoin" the org. I'll see if I can find it, or maybe someone else can. BTW, this was within the last year or so, but I have know about this for decades, because this happened obviously before the Berlin Wall fell and the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Thank you for the clarification. I have come to understand that you and I may not agree on everything, but it's quite clear we agree on enough. I have no problem with you and obviously I can be misunderstood as well. ;)
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Hi Brother Nomex, Here is the video from the Society. I admit I have to wonder if someone is saying they are a faithful Jehovah’s Witness but they don’t know about this? Do they not listen to the videos when they come out? It was common knowledge. Very suspect.

 
Driven said:
It was common knowledge.
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The interesting thing about this is I am pretty sure this happened in East Germany too. The Stasi were the Secret Police in East Germany. This was a topic that got brought up many times in our family when I was kid. The Stasi did not operate in Romania so that must have been the KGB.
 
Regardless we have Gerrit Losch admitting Elders from the Secret police of the Soviet bloc were appointed as elders. Every time I here someone claim elders are appointed by Jehovah's holy spirit it turns my stomach. The way elders are appointed is by instruction for the qualifications of Elders and M.S. from God's inspired word. That's how they make the stretch, but it is not even close to an honest appraisal of how elders are appointed. In any case it should not matter because even if they were, they are still imperfect, and the implicatioin of the claim that Jehovah's Holy spirit appoints elders is to suggest they elders do not make mistakes. Well even those appointed by Holy spirit can fall out of God's favor, King Saul, Judas Iscariot, Solomon...etc...
 
Nomex said:
The interesting thing about this is I am pretty sure this happened in East Germany too. The Stasi were the Secret Police in East Germany. This was a topic that got brought up many times in our family when I was kid. The Stasi did not operate in Romania so that must have been the KGB.
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Right. You are correct. I think in Romania it caused congregations to break away and not trust anything coming from the GB. But eventually they were able to reconnect, at least some but not all of the congregations. Loesch even referred to it in his video update from last year. But I vaguely remember other instances of infiltration.
 
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AndersonsInfo3 hours ago​

McHenry County, Woodstock, IL
Northwest Herald, Shaw Local News

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Jehovah’s Witnesses elders guilty of failing to report sexual abuse of a 6-year-old child: McHenry County judge

Elders face up to one year of jail time at sentencing March 25

By Amanda Marrazzo
March 18, 2022 at 9:19 pm CDT

McHenry County State's Attorney's Office prosecutor Ashur Youash speaks during a hearing for defendants Colin Scott, left, and Michael Penkava, center, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, at the Michael J. Sullivan Judicial Center in Woodstock. (Patrick Kunzer for Shaw Local)

A McHenry County judge ruled Friday that two Jehovah’s Witnesses elders are guilty of “knowingly and willingly” failing to report to authorities in 2006 that a 6-year-old child in their church was being sexually assaulted by a congregant.

Not reporting the sexual abuse permitted the abuse to go on for another 12 years.

The ruling follows two years of hearings and a bench trial before McHenry County Judge Mark Gerhardt in a case stemming from the 2019 conviction of Arturo Hernandez-Pedraza.

Hernandez-Pedraza, 44, a church congregant, was convicted of sexual assault and other crimes related to the girl’s ongoing sexual abuse. Neither police nor the Department of Children and Family Services were notified until the victim was 18 years old, when she told church elders that the abuse continued.

The girl endured countless sexual assaults and death threats by her abuser throughout her childhood, according to trial testimony. Hernandez-Pedraza is serving 45 years in prison.

On Friday, the church elders, Michael Penkava, 72, and Colin Scott, 88, were found guilty of Class A criminal misdemeanor for violating provisions of the state’s mandatory reporter law. They each face up to one year in jail when sentenced March 25.

Defense attorneys argued that the elders were not mandated reporters. They maintained that Hernandez-Pedraza’s confession, as well as statements made by the child and another church member, were protected under clergy-penitent privilege.

Anything they heard related to the child’s abuse fell under the protection of the confessional process, in the same way a confession made inside a confessional booth in the Roman Catholic Church would, defense attorneys maintained. Gerhardt considered the child’s and the other church member’s statements in his ruling but not the confession made by Hernandez-Pedraza.

Rather than call authorities, Penkava, as he was trained to do as a church elder, said he sought the advice of attorneys at the Jehovah’s Witnesses world headquarters in New York. The abuse was handled through “spiritual guidance,” as was directed by the Jehovah’s Witnesses attorneys.

Scott, who participated in the bench trial via Zoom and did not testify, was part of the three-person judicial committee formed the day after Penkava learned of the abuse. His attorney, Terry Ekl, said he was not part of the decision to not call police.

Scott became involved in the days that followed and participated in “spiritual guidance.”

Under questioning Friday by McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally, Penkava testified that he made the phone call to headquarters but did not know who he spoke to or what their qualifications were as an attorney. But, he said, this person advised that he was not required to report the abuse and he trusted that advice, he said.

In closing arguments, Kenneally said under Illinois law Penkava and Scott are mandated reporters despite their claims they are not.
This case is the reason for which the statute was written, “to stop this in 2006,” Kenneally said.

It was “extremely irresponsible” of Penkava to take advice regarding the protection of a 6-year-old child from someone over the phone, in another state, not even knowing who he was talking to or what their qualifications were, Kenneally said.

“It was ignorance born out of carelessness, their own recklessness and stupidity,” Kenneally said.

If they decide to put themselves in charge of the well-being of a 6-year-old child, “then they better act responsibly,” he said.

“The purpose of the clergy-penitent [privilege] is to shield the flock and not protect the devil,” Kenneally said, adding that what they did protected Hernandez-Pedraza.

The girl and the other church member “already paid the price for [Penkava and Scott] not following the law; now it’s their turn,” Kenneally said.

Assistant State’s Attorney Ashur Youash said the elders knew the girl was an abused child and their defense “went from privilege to bad legal advice.”

He said the mandatory reporting statute is not to protect the church but “to protect a child, to protect an abused child. How absurd would it be to allow a church to cloak itself and avoid state law?” Youash said.

In his ruling, Gerhardt said Penkava’s testimony “was not credible” and ruled that the elders are considered mandated reporters.

“The defendants had an obligation to report [the abuse] whether or not clergy-penitent privilege trumped that,” Gerhardt said. “The defendants chose not to contact DCFS knowingly and willingly.”
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Wow, Woodstock congregation was the next closest congregation to mine (Algonquin) back in the day. Penkava’s name rings a clarion bell.
Hope these two get what they deserve.
 
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