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27 July 2015

Rule-bound church kept child abuse secret

Elders in the Jehovah's Witnesses forced a girl to confront her father who was abusing her, and who blamed her for seducing him. The elders were friends of her father who was a highly regarded member of the church, which likes to keep its members isolated from the rest of society, a royal commission has been told.
Counsel for the commission Angus Stewart, SC, said a witness known as BCG would give evidence that her father's sexual abuse did not appear to qualify as "wrongdoing" in the eyes of the Church.

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/07/27/03/35/jehovah-s-witnesses-face-inquiry