“Can the Local Church Leadership Say, ‘We Were Wrong’?” (An Open Letter)

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Terry

"We brothers listened to many testimonies and admissions before making any judgment."

Whose testimonies? Whose admissions? A few? Was "Judy's" testimony taken into account? Was it just the testimony of one or two? Was there a spirit of partiality exhibited towards Jane?

It sounded to me, after reading that section in the book again, that BP held numerous interrogation sessions with many others such as the Mays' and the Andrews' before he conducted this second session with the Anderson's.

In BP's mind, he had "heard enough."

And this is perhaps the most pathetic and destructive characteristic of the whole "deputy authority" thingy. Here is BP, the supposed "deputy" of the greater Texas region, beating all others into submission, and then declaring that this is how "we brothers" feel. WL was a master at this.