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Originally Posted by Drake
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So you are saying that Warren Peterson’s eyewitness testimony is inaccurate and that brothers John and Godfred received a confession and repentance from the sister when they should not have since she was a victim and not a willing participant.
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The evidence presented suggests the sister was a willing participant. Else what did she have to repent for.
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Originally Posted by Drake
If you believe that then why didn’t they call the cops?
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Again, you are right bro Drake. But more often than not it doesn't work that way. Consider that all parties are devoted to selling to the world Christ and the Church. So the last thing any of them would want to do is to degrade and stain that message. Going to the authorities would make it public, and would give the church a bad rep. Their reflex would be to keep it in house.
If the sister was forcibly violated then, she shouldn't have taken the assault to anyone in the church. She should have gone straight to the cops. But there again, since she said that, she "served [LSM] sacrificially and faithfully" her reflex would be to protect the reputation of that which she was devoting her life to.
The best way to do that was to take it to the elder(s). And if you ask me, the elder(s) should be legally obligated to report it to the authorities. But again, everyone would want to protect the message that they were giving their whole life to. To accomplish that, if her devotion was still intact, it's likely the sister would carry that as her silent cross, while going on with Christ and the Church.
Surely you understand that ... right bro Drake?
It's been a long time, but I can still put myself into that mindset. And I can tell you right here and now that, in that devotional mind set, the last thing I would want is for any of this to reach the public eye.