Did You Personally Know Any JWs That Were Sexually Molested By Other JWs?

I knew of a handful (which is too many) that were molested by a Jehovah's Witness. It was not typical in my experience. What about you???

Yes.

No.

50 50 so far.

Yes.

Yes, one of the young elders in my last hall was molesting a number of the pre-teen girls. He was disfellowshipped and then committed suicide the night before his sentencing.

Yes! To the credit of the BOE the CO, appeal committee and the branch the situation was properly dealt with. The authorities were involved and the offender was disfellowshipped. When the guy asked for reinstatement he was told by the CO that it was unlikely he would ever be readmitted to the congregation.

Yes

No

Yes. I know of two "brothers" in this area that are child molesters, and both are still attending meetings, and in good standing so far as I know.

Yes. Several JW's that were molested by other JW's.

I was aware of 4 cases in the kh I grew up in.

When I came to the 2nd congregation I was not an elder right away. One family had a secret that the elders were aware of and it was that an elder's son was a pedophile with his at least 2 younger sisters. They kept it hush hush except for a couple of elders. They were quite prominent as a spiritual family. The father was an elder. The wife a Regular Pioneer. They still are. The daughters all married elders and Bethelites. The son went to a different Hall. They made him a MS. He told them about his sordid past. It didn't matter. He remained a MS. A few years later they wanted to make him an elder. They sent a letter to our BOE and at this time I was an elder and I became aware of what had happened.  It was around the same time the society began to acknowledge there were problems with pedophiles within the congregations. We sent a letter stating we could not assist them in their endeavor to make this guy an elder, especially since there were so many letters being sent from the Society on this very issue. They took it up with the CO when he visited and of course he said he could not be an elder and would have to be deleted as a MS.

1 in a neighbouring hall - dealt with badly

, 1 in my own hall - dealt with well , guy spent max sentence in prison and is on sexual offenders register

Yes , a lttle girl fondled by a study at a bookstudy. The Girl & family were moved to a different BS.The fondler was later baptisted, there was no public reproof.

Yes also to a second case. Don't know the details.

Yes.

I have a bad experience with a pioneer bro touching my 8 year old daughter.This is a very long time ago.Nothing was ever done to him except a slap on the hand.I have often wondered what ever happen to him...I have read that this kind of a problem doesn't go away.I'm just now reading about all the problems of child molesters in the cong.Years ago it wasn't something you even talked about....UNBIEVEBLE... this bro was 18 years old.

A pedophile is a pedophile is a pedophile. . It won't just go away.

Then What?Is it kept a secret.????

Until they were FORCED to handle it (and you still need 2 witnesses), it was swept under the carpet.