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Jehovah's Witness stands trial for pedophile sex offenses in Britain
God discussion ^ | 21 Sep 2011 | John Didymus

Posted on 10/06/2011 4:51:35 AM PDT by Cronos

A Jehovah's Witness in Suffolk, England, Paul Wood, has been accused of sexually assaulting three girls and attempting to rape one of them. According to reports, the Jehovah's Witness attempted to rape a 14 year-old girl in his home in Sudbury.

The girl, who was hit in the face while the Witness attempted to rape her, kept the trauma of the incident to herself for three years before she and another young victim told Jehovah's Witnesses elders. But the Jehovah's Witnesses elders did not intervene. They simply left it to the girls to decide for themselves whether to go to the police.

The girls could not find the courage to go to the police till 2009 when they learned that church leaders had appointed Paul Wood to a role in another part of the country which would bring him in contact with young women

In all, nine offences of indecent assault and one of attempted rape on an under-age girl have been brought against Paul Wood. He committed all the offenses between 1991 and 1997. One of the girls who went to the police only after her sister saw a press report on the court proceedings said that she did not go to the police earlier because she was afraid of Paul Wood and described him as a "bully." Paul Wood, who is now 40, married in 1997, and is a father of 2, denied all the charges brought against him...

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TOPICS: Current Events; Other non-Christian
KEYWORDS: jehovahswitness
More coverups? Well, I guess since according to the Jehovah's Witnesses the end of the world is in 2012, it's party time now.
1 posted on 10/06/2011 4:51:41 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: count-your-change

Wow so now the Jehovah’s Witnesses train the pervs? Interesting — any response back from your group’s leaders?


2 posted on 10/06/2011 4:52:33 AM PDT by Cronos (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2787101/posts?page=58#58)
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To: count-your-change

Incidently wasn’t Michael Jackson one of your illustrious group? No wonder...


3 posted on 10/06/2011 4:55:02 AM PDT by Cronos (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2787101/posts?page=58#58)
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To: Cronos

Jehovah’s Witness is a creepy cult.


4 posted on 10/06/2011 5:08:50 AM PDT by submarinerswife (Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results~Einstein)
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To: submarinerswife; count-your-change
Jehovah’s Witness is a creepy cult. -- that's true. Unfortunately it is also persistent.
5 posted on 10/06/2011 5:13:05 AM PDT by Cronos (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2787101/posts?page=58#58)
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To: Cronos

If this were a muslim, would the term muslim been used in nearly every sentence?


6 posted on 10/06/2011 5:19:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (Furthermore, I think Obama must be impeached....................)
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To: Red Badger
If this were a muslim, would the term muslim been used in nearly every sentence?

Not a chance.

7 posted on 10/06/2011 6:23:41 AM PDT by BBell
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To: Cronos

I’ve kind of lost track of the JW’s. So they’re now saying 2012? Before or after lunch?


8 posted on 10/06/2011 7:01:44 AM PDT by Mad Dawg (Jesus, I trust in you.)
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