I think it is a great problem when all socail contacts, family and friends, can be found in one and the same church.
In this video*
(German language), a Jehova Witness explains that she is convinced to have been sexually abused by her father.
Yet she stays in that church (minute 6:50). She says, in case of leaving the church, she would lose everything: family and friends.
I can understand that.
However, in my opinion, there is no environment that's more toxic to a victim of sexual abuse... than the place where the perpetrator goes to and receives backing.
The problem that I see here is isolating oneself to the extent that 100% of your contacts can be found in one single church. This is running the risk of losing everything, if that particular church goes wrong.
Parents, in general, must ensure that children have contacts into more than one environment, I think. Otherwise it could get dangerous.
The problem of isolating oneself to one single church is not limited to Jehova Witnesses though, as I see it.
* I'm posting this German vid to an English site only to provide a checkable source - at least some can check it here if they want.
In this video*
Yet she stays in that church (minute 6:50). She says, in case of leaving the church, she would lose everything: family and friends.
I can understand that.
However, in my opinion, there is no environment that's more toxic to a victim of sexual abuse... than the place where the perpetrator goes to and receives backing.
The problem that I see here is isolating oneself to the extent that 100% of your contacts can be found in one single church. This is running the risk of losing everything, if that particular church goes wrong.
Parents, in general, must ensure that children have contacts into more than one environment, I think. Otherwise it could get dangerous.
The problem of isolating oneself to one single church is not limited to Jehova Witnesses though, as I see it.
* I'm posting this German vid to an English site only to provide a checkable source - at least some can check it here if they want.