.... A black female member of the jehovah?s witnesses congregtion in norway was verbally abused and bullied with racial overtones ,by a white american man once a 'hippie type', turned watchtower missionary, turned circuit/district overseer visiting her congregation, He apeared to apologize to her and her husband but then said to her husband he 'wanted to see how she reacted'??? when she wrote a letter to speak of the incident, hoping to resolve it although still very hurt by the abuse, He (with the help of other elders) took action to further abuse his authority toward her, along with other elders followed his lead. They then libeled against her reputation, and character, appeals of her husband and father were ignored! Within this structure many have experienced ( My active pioneer friends, missionaries have witnessed cases like these) been abused, spiritually, emotionally, psychologicallly. And most appear fearful to speak out about this as they have been told (ambigously) that the authority of elders are not to be questioned dpending on who you talk to( althought watchtower claims there does not exist any clergy-laity) sadly some deviant,narccistic elders destroy individuals, seemingly with impunity.....for how long??????
