Jehovah Witness Jailed Over Child Sex Abuse Which Was Covered-Up
On August - 24 - 2013
A Jehovah’s Witness who sexually abused a child and then had his wrongdoing covered up by the church has been jailed for 13 years. Gordon Leighton, 53, admitted sexually abusing a child when he was confronted with the allegations by church elders at Washington, Tyne and Wear. The elders knew about the 53-year-old’s admissions for three years, but refused to co-operate with the criminal investigation, and said what they had heard was confidential. Leighton hit the headlines in the 1990’s when his wife Yvonne, 28, died after refusing a blood transfusion after childbirth on religious grounds. READ MORE HERE
By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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