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Deranged40 t1_j1b4kc2 wrote

Just religions doing "religious" things....

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John_Denvers_Head t1_j1b5jpi wrote

I knew people from that congregation about 40 years ago and at first I thought they're probably not there anymore but I realized the JWs grow roots and never leave their home congregation. I hope they start naming elders.

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gleaming-the-cubicle t1_j1b8o5z wrote

Religious organizations and covering up sex abuse: Name a more iconic duo

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bk15dcx t1_j1b98pd wrote

Predators insert themselves into positions to prey on the weak and vulnerable.

Religion, for many, is a means to an end.

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FuzzyKittenIsFuzzy t1_j1cagi2 wrote

Replying to gleaming-the-cubicle (#1,015,755)

JW congregations are particularly dangerous because they have a policy not to pursue he-said-she-said allegations and they have a separate policy not to report anything to the state ever. There could be ten different child victims of a rapist who all come forward individually, and it wouldn't matter unless one of them can produce a witness. The church will not do a single thing about it unless there's a witness (or the rapist confesses). And even if there's a witness, they will not share any information with CPS, police, etc.

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Pixelated_ t1_j1d76ak wrote

His Elders compared his addiction to child rape as being the same thing as alcoholism. 🤬WTF!

I was raised in the JW cult and they destroyed my life. They are evil incarnate and MUST be exposed.

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16-Bit-Wizard t1_j1d8i24 wrote

“…it was common knowledge, that these things would be handled within the congregation, because the punishment that God gave was worse than the punishment that men gave you." That’s some cult energy right there

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SRod1706 t1_j1dmfn2 wrote

Replying to John_Denvers_Head (#1,015,468)

I have a family member the grew up as JW. She was raped by a member of the church, but because she did not have a witness, she was kicked out. They have a rule where a man and woman cannot be alone together, even in a office or car etc. Since she didn't have a witness, she broke that rule. Since she didn't have a witness it was considered to have never happened and her saying it did was her spreading lies against church members.

Since they kinda force you to not socialize with anyone, even family outside of the cult, she basically lost all her friends and family that she had any contact with growing up.

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