Tcg wrote: ↑Sat Nov 21, 2020 12:57 am
There are plenty of them out there.
Yes there are. However I have read the Russia court proceedings and there is
no mention of sexual abuse allegations. The ban was of the Russia branch of the Watchtower Society (the corporation) on grounds of extremist activities with no charges of sexual misconduct. Indeed the defense invited (as they still do with the many subsequent cases) to present a single victim of our so called exstremist activity; so far none have been presented.
Furthermore the religious
practices of Jehovah's Witnesses have not been banned in Russia (which guaranteed freedom of worship in its constitution), so the many arrests against Russian Jehovahs Witnesses for
praying, reading the bible and speaking about their faith are illegal even by Russian law. None of the subsequent charges or arrests in Russia have been on sexual abuse allegations.
I have
admitted that sexual abuse does happen within our rank and will do so again publically here again; no religious organisation can claim to be totally free of this sad reality of our times. However, there is no evidence that this occurs at a higher incidence within our ranks in Russia or in and other country nor is sexual abuse encouraged or approved in our literature.
If your point is that the ban is nevertheless justified , (even though sexual abuses are not mentioned or include in the State case against Jehovahs Witnesses) because there must be, no matter how small the number, cases of sexual abuse in Russia, then it has been duly acknowledge and noted. Indeed I did start a thread where the topic of sex abuse is discussed in detail and invite you to read it HERE
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If you wish to discuss the question of sex abuse within the ranks of Jehovah's Witness members, I invite you to comment there or start your own thread. This one was started to discuss the Russian ban of Jehovah's Witnesses (the coropration) and the subsequent injustices that have taken place (including abuses perpetrated against them) and I respectfully request you stick to the topic.
Best regards,
JEHOVAH'S WITNESS