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Welcome to americas diner. Thanks for joining us, im rebecca jarvis. Youre about to meet a young woman raised jehovahs witness who says she was molested by a fellow Church Member and the church had been protecting pedophiles within their midst. Now alleged victims from across the country are coming out with claims of their own. With a religion under siege, heres nightline coanchor dan harris. I can remember feeling like you know the inside of me is screaming out to the people in the congregation for help. Reporter this is the story of Candace Conti, a young woman stepping out of the shadows to take on the allmale leadership of a wealthy, secretive religion. On behalf of the north fremont congregation of jehovah jehovahs witnesses reporter who she says failed to protect her from a predatory pedophile. Screaming out for somebody to come protect me. Reporter what most of us know about the jehovahs witnesses is they may have knocked on our door as part of their global proselytizing campaign celebrated in Church Videos like these. Bringing solace to millions in a troubled world. Reporter but now Candace Conti is out to prove that there is a dark side that Church Leaders ensconced in their new york city headquarters, known as the watchtower have fostered a policy of silence on child abusers. Do not reveal the confidential talk of another. Reporter some of whom have gone on to repeatedly reoffend. Do you remember your First Impression of Jonathan Kendrick . Hes just a big person. Very scary. Reporter when candace was 9 years old she says she was abused by a wellliked member of her small congregation in fremont, california. While doortodoor evangelizing which candace would do without her parents, she says Jonathan Kendrick began taking her to his house and molesting her. I dont really want to go into everything else. Because i dont want to have nightmares nightmares. Right, understood. Reporter she testified that he abused her several times a month for what she says felt like two years. When you were a kid why did you feel like you couldnt come forward . Bringing that up just would demolish the only people that i knew. I was scared to. Reporter candace had nowhere else to turn. She says because of her beliefs, she grew up isolated. Do you remember what the church taught you about the world . Everybody outside of the jehovah jehovahs witnesses are pretty much walking dead. Reporter like all jehovahs witnesses she was taught armageddon is coming soon. There will be a new earth, a paradise earth. Reporter and that the only survivors will be true believers who will live in a heaven on earth. Growing up as a jehovahs witness, candace didnt celebrate birthdays or christmas and she didnt make friends outside of the church. Anybody outside of the jehovahs witnesses could be used as a tool by satan to pull you away from your christian family. Reporter so it was only years later after shed grown up and left the church when she found Jonathan Kendrick on the second oe sex offender fridge tree for abusing another child in a different congradation gation and she decided to act. I felt really guilty for not doing anything so that this wouldnt have happened. To somebody else. Reporter she went to local Church Leaders and told her story. They wouldnt listen to me unless i proved my case. How do you prove that youve been abused . You have two witnesses to the crime. Reporter according to the religions internal system of justice its believed the bible require there to be at least two witnesses in order for a crime to be punishable. Who abuses children with two witnesses . Nobody does. And that was precisely the point. Reporter though she went to the police instead, but with kendrick denying the abuse the police never brought charges, although they continue to investigate. Her next move was to sue the watchtower itself. She hired a lawyer, rick simmons, who had spent many years representing the victims of pedophile priests in the catholic church. If ever there was a group that needs the sun to shine on them, its this one. Because when your doorbell rings on saturday morning and your kid answers the door you dont want that guy to be a child molester. Reporter when can cass and her attorney began conducting depositions with local Church Leaders, known as elders they learned something astonishing. Do you recall becoming aware at any time of sexual abuse of a child by Jonathan Kendrick . Yes. Reporter even before candace was abused the elders knew that Jonathan Kendrick, who then held a leadership position in the congregation, had molested his own stepdaughter. His first known victim. He confessed to touching her one evening when he came home. Reporter yet the elders did not call the police and did not warn the rest of the congregation. Did that make you furious . Yeah. I was disgusted. I was absolutely disgusted. It was more damage control at that point than saving somebody. What was the reason that the congregation was not notified . We dont make that public to the congregation. Thats confidential. Reporter a confidentiality policy set by the Church Leaders back in new york. In a series of letters to elders across the country on the issue of child abuse, the watchtower made its policy clear. Though they acknowledged that some states have child abuse reporting laws they said allegations should otherwise be kept secret to all but Church Leaders. Because worldly people are quick to resort to lawsuits if they feel their rights have been violated. We kept an eye on his actions. While he was in the congregation. Reporter they also removed kendrick from his leadership position per watchtower policy on the grounds of uncleanness. The members of the north fremont congregation of jehovahs witnesses abhor child abuse of any form. Reporter in Court Attorneys for the church argued its not the responsibility of a religious organization to protect children from sexual abuse by other congregation members. The jehovahs witnesses are not a youth group. Reporter they said the Church Provides education to parents on the risk of sexual abuse but they argue that candaces alleged abuse never took place on Church Property and they also questioned whether she was specifically assigned by the elders to go door to door preaching, known as Field Service, with kendrick. The elders did their jobs spiritually. I think thats all we can ask of these men. Reporter the watchtower denied our requests for interview but sent us a statement peppered with bible citations that said victims of child abuse have the right to report to governmental authorities, and that the church wont stand in their way. Adding that they do not shield abusers from authorities or the consequences of their actions. The jurors sided with candace. In a landmark verdict in 2012 she was eventually awarded more than 15 million. The watchtower is appealing the case. I felt wrong and i felt dirty. Reporter Candace Contis victory has opened the flood gates. I just want him to be behind bars where he belongs. Reporter apparently inspiring around two dozen other alleged victims from across the country to File Lawsuits accusing Church Leadership of covering up charges of abuse. Absolute silence. To protect itself from scandal. Reporter but as these alleged victims muster the courage to tell their stories, their alleged abusers, like Jonathan Kendrick are steering clear of the spotlight. Going up to his house. Reporter he was absent from the trial and he denied our repeated requests for an interview. So we went to see him. Mr. Kendrick . My name is dan harris im from abc news can we talk about Candace Conti . My statement is this. Ive never been alone with Candace Conti. Ive never molested Candace Conti. Do you really think shes just making this up . What do you mean, think . I just told you. You never did any Field Service with her alone . Never. Ive never okay. Get this right. Ive never been alone with Candace Conti, ever. Never have i been alone with Candace Conti. Kendrick strongly denied it. Im sure thats the smart thing for him to say. But do you expect honesty from a child molester . Really. When you told Church Officials about what happened with your stepdaughter do you think they should have told the rest of the congregation . Thats not hey, you know what . Im calling the police. Did they tell you to keep it secret . No, of course not. Wa you please send the police to reporter this woman is kendricks current wife. Theres newspaper people here trying to get a story. Reporter you may remember that candace only decided to step forward after learning that kendrick had abused another child. A crime that landed him in jail for seven months. That child kendricks third alleged victim was his wifes 7yearold granddaughter. Can we ask about the case of your granddaughter . No, you cant. Why not . Because its none of your business. He paid for that crime. Reporter candace is now trying to move on with her life. She graduated from college and recently got engaged. But she says she will continue fighting on behalf of all of the victims of child abuse. Its not just me. I dont hold a monopoly on pain. And if we can change that momentum instead of being victims, we can have our words speak for change. This pain might be a little bit worth it. Reporter since candaces verdict, the church appears to have made some adjustments to its confidentiality policy when it comes to child abuse. But critics, including candace, say its not enough. And Jonathan Kendrick . He says hes still a member in Good Standing of the jehovahs witnesses. You know what . If reporter for nightline, this is dan harris in san francisco. Next meet the home whisperer to the stars who helped them pull off incredible transform medications like this. Tonight, shes talking halle berry berrys dirty laundry and what you can do to spruce up your digs. Oking. I would quit then id go right back to it. Chantix absolutely helped me quit smoking. Along with support, Chantix Varenicline is proven to help people quit smoking. Chantix helped reduce my urge to smoke. 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