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Raymond franz10/29/2022 ![]() The article was in the "Associated Press," dated 2-11-2001 it was entitled "Elder Leaves Faith to Protest Child Molestation Policies" Franz was quoted as follows by the reporter: This was of concern as a few months earlier Franz had been quoted in one of the first articles written about the abuse problem. Franz was asked if he understood the extent of the abuse problem in the organization. The purpose was not to request support for silentlambs but to help track down a story of abuse in the state of Georgia as it was thought he might know some old timers in that area. In the fall of 2001 a telephone call was placed to Ray Franz. For anyone who has ever served in a position of responsibility in the organization and knows the way matters are handled it is a statement that is hard to believe at best.Ĭhild molestation is always considered a difficult problem and it invariably involves the Watchtower Service Committee as well as the CO (Circuit Overseer) and DO (District Overseer) in finding solutions. For these reasons it is extremely suspect when Ray Franz chose to comment publicly that in 40 years as a CO, DO and nine year member of the Governing Body who served part of that time as a member of the Service Committee in the Service Department up until 1979, that he never ONCE dealt with a case of a child being involved in underage sex. Silentlambs also has numerous pedophile surveys that go all the way back to the 1940's, many cases are given, a part of which describe the Service Department's involvement with dealing with individual cases and cover up. The individual who wrote the letters along with his wife were eventually disfellowshipped for not keeping quiet about it. Silentlambs has in their records a case that was started in 1975 regarding a child molestation that involved correspondence to the Watchtower Service Department and the Governing Body that spanned over four years. With that being stated it is highly inconceivable to believe that the author of material written in the OR book could have no idea that those directives would be applied to wrongdoing involving child abuse. This is significant in the fact that the "OR" book was used to direct how judicial matters were handled, much of that material was removed from the "OM" book when it was released. #Raymond franz series#The elders were given the first in a series of three elder booklets that eventually evolved into the KS 91 or "Pay Attention to Yourselves and all the Flock" book as we know it today. Years later in 1982 the OM book "Organized to Accomplish Our Ministry", was changed to be more of a publisher handbook (standard congregation member). ![]() #Raymond franz how to#The OR book was an attempt to provide direction to elders on how to handle problems in the congregation with specific instructions for doing so. When the elder completed the school held at Kingdom Farm in upstate New York, he was required to turn his copy in and nobody was allowed to take the book home other than what was written in their notes. When elders went to school they were given a textbook that was blue called "The Kingdom Ministry" book. It was written as an elder/publisher guidebook in handling or organizing matters in the congregation. It all started with the 1972 book authored in part by Ray Franz that was called, "Organized for Kingdom Preaching and Disciple Making" it was referred to as the OR book. The following comments are offered for those who may have concern why many have concluded that Ray Franz and certain ones from his group have displayed a lack of support for child abuse survivors and taken a position that endorsed certain 'Watchtower Policy' positions instead. ![]()
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