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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
What bothers me most is how does a so called spiritual brother full of spiritual discernment like WL put a lascivious man like PL into the position of office manager of the LSM. If you argue that he wasn't aware of what kind of man PL was that is equally heinous, this was his son and he doesn't even know what kind of man he was? If he was hoping for some kind of change in response to being put into this position it is still a failure on his part, yet as soon as Max confronted him that should have been the end of the experiment. Dealing with Max doesn't in any way explain the lack of dealing with PL, on the contrary it highlights the hypocrisy. And the hypocrisy continues as JI and others also complain about PL.
Cassidy's explanation is woefully inadequate. Why did WL put PL into that position in the first place? No explanation. Why didn't WL deal with PL when his sexual abuse was first brought to WL's attention? Why didn't WL deal with PL when others also confronted WL about PL? Why choose shipwreck instead of dealing with PL?
The first time I met PL it was abundantly obvious to me this was a lascivious man that had no business handling the things of God. Why didn't WL see this? Why didn't RG or BP see this? How can you trust their judgment when it is so plainly deficient.
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With both Phillip and Timothy, Witness loved his sons. I believe Witness wanted his sons to be successful businessmen. Through the local churches, Witness did what he could within his power to make that possible. First was Timothy's role in Daystar and later Phillip's role in Living Stream Ministry. Whenever there were issues with sisters where Timothy and Phillip were concerned, it was these sisters and their families that were sent out of the area.
I am sure there are those that have criticism towards the Anaheim elders when the PL issue first came up in the late 70's and didn't deal with it for another 10 years. In the late 70's if MR, FB, and GG knew about it, wouldn't AK and JI had known about it too? Maybe they thought WL had dealt with PL and it was considered closed until it happened again? I don't know which is why I'm raising these questions.
RG and BP knew about Phillip. They admitted knowing when JI and KU met with them in the late 80's. Maybe RG and BP tolerated and condoned Phillip's actions because they saw by supporting Phillip, it was just a "stepping-stone" to support Witness and his ministry? In another way to re-phrase it, "the end justifies the means".