We Protect Our Children

It has been nearly 5 years since this public announcement has been made. Surely God’s loving organization has made significant improvements in its handling of this problem since then. Hasn’t it? Certainly they have by now apologized for any negligence on their part that led to the pain and suffering endured by the victims. Certainly by now they have joined the redress scheme in Australia so that victims can be compensated for medical and psychiatric treatment. Surely by now they have instructed elders to report all allegations of child sexual abuse to the authorities. Especially since such laws do not conflict with God’s law. (See The Watchtower May 2019 page 10 paragraph 13)

Surely by now we would expect them to have alerted their congregants that such a problem exists not just in the world at large but even within their congregations, that even men serving in an appointed capacity have been perpetrators.

Abuse allegations are not apostate lies.

We would expect them to share confidential records of such perpetrators with authorities so as to prevent these from victimizing children in the future either within or outside the congregation.

We would expect an organization run by men who imitate the God whose dominant quality is love (1 John 4:8) to either have the best child protection policies in place or to be humble enough to accept help in any areas such policies need improvement. Otherwise this public service announcement (PSA) would be nothing more than a public spin article. A vain attempt to merely give the impression that they protect their children.