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EternalSoul
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The greatest crime in human history is the sexual abuse of an innocent child. Many are familiar with the child abuse cover-up revealed in the Australian Branch of Jehovah's Witnesses in 2015. During the publicly televised trial, Mr. Jackson (GB member) stated there were 1006 cases of pedophilia in the congregations of JW throughout Australia with 1800 victims of child abuse. When Mr. Jackson was asked by the prosecutor how many of the 1006 cases had been reported to the authorities, Mr. Jackson said not a single one had been. Many, if not most victims never come forward, especially with the two-witness-rule. That means the 1800 victims could easily have been twice that number and probably even more. Parents of JW's teach their children to pray to Jehovah when they are not around. The children are told Jehovah can see them when their parents are not there. Here is the sad part. The act of rape is usually committed one time by the perpetrator. Child abuse can occur over a period of weeks, months and many times even years. When these children prayed to Jehovah for help, as they were taught, how many times did Jehovah answer the prayers of these 1800+ victims? ZERO!!! The bible says, 'If we pray according to his will, he hears us." Why did Jehovah not answer a single prayer of those 1800 victims? If you don't know the obvious answer, you are suffering from cognitive dissonance. The Australian protection services recommended 3 provisions for future protection of children. #1. Always report this crime immediately to the authorities. #2. They recommended having a trained woman to be involved when the child is being questioned. #3. The two-witness-rule has to be changed since there is almost never a second witness. My last comment involves one of the victims who was being molested by her father from the age of 4 to age 12. When she finally got up the courage to approach the elders they told her what they always tell the children - since there is no second witness they said she should go home and leave the matter in Jehovah's hands. She went home and her father continued to molest her for 2 more years. At the age of 14 she went to the police and the ordeal ended.