Daily News | ‘We bought a shredder’: Jehovah’s Witnesses accused of destroying teen’s sexual abuse records
When Sarah Brooks was 15, living with her family in York in 2003, two adults in her life began sexually assaulting her. They were people she thought she could trust — fellow Jehovah’s Witnesses.
“We bought a shredder,” one York elder told others, according the lawsuit, “and headquarters has told us to shred.” “Child sexual abuse in particular is a twisted act of evil,” read part of the statement. “... Anyone who has been victimized has the full support of the congregation to report the matter to the authorities.”“I’ve come to terms with what happened to me, and pieced my life back together a little at a time,” she told The Inquirer. “Sometimes, I’m just doing what I need to do in order to survive. Other times, my backbone is stronger, and I feel like I can fight this fight.
Brooks’ family were devout followers of the religion. At 14, though, she began to sense that the Witnesses’ community might not the safe space that she imagined. “They don’t see that they’re putting children in harm’s way. The rules they have in place are still in place,” Brooks said. “I just wish their eyes would open to the fact that they’re creating a prime breeding ground for pedophiles, and doing nothing for their victims after it happens.”
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