Critics say church elders have treated child sexual abuse as a sin rather than a crime, carefully documenting cases in internal files but not reporting allegations to authorities.
A Pennsylvania grand jury in recent months accused nine men with connections to the Jehovah’s Witnesses of child sexual abuse in what some consider the.
Multiple people connected to Jehovah's Witnesses were recently accused of child sexual abuse in Pennsylvania. Some defendants allegedly used their positions to prey upon victims.
The sets of charges filed in October and February have fueled speculation the jury may make public more about what it has uncovered from a four-year investigation.
The sets of charges filed in October and February have fueled speculation the jury might make public more about what it has uncovered in a four-year investigation.