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Offline kimmy

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Re: JW's in the news again
« on: May 31, 2018, 01:02:30 am »
1) Most of the stuff listed is the same as with other religions.  The exception is shunning which seems so cruel to me.  But do people really do it ?  It would be easy to get around.

2) Again... same as the others.

The JWs and Scientologists aren't the only ones who use shunning:
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/faithbased/2012/02/mars_hill_pastor_mark_driscoll_faces_backlash_over_church_discipline_case_.html


And in regard to covering up abuse, there has been a major controversy recently regarding Paige Patterson, one of the major figures in the Southern Baptist movement.  Patterson had been facing allegations that he counseled battered women to stay with their abusers during his time as a minister. Once the **** started hitting the fan on that front, more accusations came forward, more controversial statements from his past were uncovered, and it snowballed. He issued an "sorry if you misunderstood me" type apology, which didn't make many people happy.  A week ago he was removed as President of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, one of the major Southern Baptist colleges, and made "President Emeritus".   Then another accusation, this one from a former student of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, where Patterson was president before he moved to the Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary.  She said that when she went to the school administration to report a **** by a fellow student, she had been shamed for being out on a date with a young man, and that she had been pressured to forgive him and to not go to the police.  This was the straw that broke the camel's back. SWBTS investigated, SEBTS confirmed the story, and today they axed Patterson from his "President Emeritus" position.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/05/30/southern-baptist-seminary-fires-paige-patterson-over-handling-of-sex-abuse-case/?utm_term=.ff1ed9efa935

Patterson felt that protecting the abuser's future, or the school's reputation, or both, was more important than pursuing justice for the victim.


The Catholic coverups are well known. The Mormons have been in the news recently for sex abuse coverups.   In the #MeToo controversy over Scientologist actor/has-been Danny Masterson, one allegation was that the Church of Scientology used its influence within the LAPD to stall the investigation. It was also claimed that the Scientologists pressured his victims to not report him to the police:
http://www.newsweek.com/who-chrissie-carnell-bixler-danny-mastersons-****-accuser-speaks-out-713498



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