[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by stillseekingtruth

I know a sister from a locality I used to meet him whose husband was abusive. She went to the bros over and over asking for help. She was told to submit to her husband, go to the meetings, and get into the ministry.

Unfortunately, I think this kind of situation is much more common then many of us ever imagined. Instead of "doing their job" and dealing with the obvious sin of the abuser, the elders demanded that the victim be silent and thus exposed her to further abuse. This was not only a patently evil and unrighteous thing to do by the elders, it was quite likely to be criminal.

Recently, in that meeting of 900 former FTTA trainees, Local Church PR man, Chris Wilde, boldly proclaimed that anything "criminal" will be reported to "the proper authorities". Probably too late for the hundreds of sisters and children you have been abused over the years. Better late then never? I guess we shall see.
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