Recently the UK press has reported that Michael Porter was convicted as a child
molester with a long history of molesting little boys. Elders
from the Mill Hill Congregation assured media that Porter would be “supervised”
as he attended meetings and door to door ministry to offer bibles studies with
families.
Mill Hill is
one of the most significant
congregations in United
Kingdom, as it is the official home
congregation for the Branch Office of the IBSA (International Bible Students
Association). Porter is listed as a “Trustee” for the Mill Hill
Congregation with the UK Charities Commission. You can read this information at
this LINK . If you look
closely at the trustees you will see another name listed in the Mill Hill
Congregation, a fellow elder Ronald Drage. Drage is listed as the
Chairman for the IBSA in UK.
(See scans of information to confirm this scan 1 scan
2 )
The key administrative
leader for Jehovah’s Witnesses apparently became aware of a pedophile that
molested multiple children in his congregation. If he were to follow the directive (UKletter) that was
sent out to all congregations in 2002, Porter would have been reported
immediately by Drage or any of the other “elders” in the Mill Hill
Congregation. Yet the media reported,
“one of his victims threatened
to go to the police”
So here we see the Watchtower
Policy on Child Abuse is still being covered up in a scandal that goes all the
way to the Chairman of the UK
Branch of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Ronald Drage
and his fellow elders that direct the work of JWs in UK will not answer questions or
take responsibility for their actions. In the end it ends up as the title
of the Panorama program described in 2002, “Suffer the
Little Children .”
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David Porter has the support of his local congregation and will be "supervised" by the local elders. It is interesting to note that often pedophiles are supported by their local congregations. Paul Berry had 27 JWs testify at his sentencing hearing as "character" witnesses. The judge gave him 56 years for molesting his step daughter. The local elders refused to release records and as a result he was protected from more convictions of this second daughter. Porter is in good company.
silentlambs
Please click this link below for Associated Press Google News wire
http://www.google.com/search?q=Jehovah%27s+Witnesses+Settle+Abuse+Cases&...
Jehovah's Witnesses settle abuse cases
5/10/2007, 6:14 p.m. ET
By ROSE FRENCH
The Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A victims' rights group released documents Thursday that showed the Jehovah's Witnesses recently settled civil suits with 16 people who claimed they were sexually abused by church elders or that church officials failed to act on abuse allegations.
The group, called silentlambs, held a news conference in Nashville to demand that the denomination change its policy for responding to sex abuse reports.
Settlements were reached in late February and early March, according to court records obtained by silentlambs and posted to the group's Web site. Fourteen of the cases were filed in California; the other two were in Oregon and Texas.
Details about the settlement terms could not be disclosed under confidentiality agreements negotiated between the parties, said Stephen Owens, a plaintiffs' attorney involved in the California cases. Other cases are still pending, according to silentlambs, which couldn't say how many.
William Bowen, silentlambs' founder, was a Jehovah's Witnesses elder from Kentucky who quit the denomination after he said it took no action against a molester. Bowen said the settlements were bittersweet.
"On one hand, we're glad a few victims are finally getting some financial help," he said. "On the other hand, we're sad and worried because they've essentially been forced to give up their right to protect others by speaking out about their abuse to the public."
Bowen's group has criticized the Jehovah's Witnesses' policy that if an accused abuser denies the charge, two credible witnesses are required to establish guilt — due to literal application of such Bible verses as Deuteronomy 19:15 ("only on the evidence of two witnesses, or of three witnesses, shall a charge be sustained").
If two witnesses are lacking, the accused is deemed innocent, charges remain confidential and — silentlambs says — parents who warn others are subject to disfellowshipping for slander.
Disfellowshipping is an extreme penalty that means a total cutoff of relationships by family members, friends and business associates who are Witnesses.
There are about 1 million Jehovah's Witnesses in the United States, and followers are known for distributing Awake! and Watchtower magazines door-to-door.
Bowen also said Jehovah's Witnesses have a long-standing policy of not reporting molesters to police. He claims that the denomination has a secret database of accused abusers that they have not shared with law enforcement officials.
"They keep putting innocent kids and unsuspecting families at risk of horrible crimes because they value their secrecy and reputations more than they value children's safety," Bowen said.
Since establishing silentlambs in 2001, Bowen says about 7,000 people who claim they were abused have contacted his group.
Angelique Taylor, 42, a silentlambs member from St. Louis, said she was molested by a Jehovah's Witnesses elder when she was about 12. Taylor said she told her father, who was also an elder, and he said she was making a big deal out of nothing.
"I want every elder, every Jehovah's Witness, whenever they suspect any abuse, they go to the police and tell them about the problems," Taylor said. "The devastation of sex abuse is unbelievable."
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Associated Press reporter Allison Hoffman in San Diego contributed to this report.
Sexual Abuse and Child Abuse Among Jehovah's Witnesses
http://www.exjws.net/sexabuse/index.htm
http://www.rickross.com/reference/jw/jw136.html Witnesses to pain
-tell the truth don't be afraid-Danny Haszard