Matt C. Abbott
December 5, 2004
Child abuse and Jehovah's Witnesses
By Matt C. Abbott

With all the attention on the clergy sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, problems of abuse in other religions seemingly get overlooked to some degree.

I received the following information from Danny Haszard, a former Jehovah's Witness who says that "pedophiles 'per-capita' among the Jehovah's Witnesses exceed the Catholic Church."

The following are links to websites on this subject:

http://www.silentlambs.org/index.cfm

http://www.dannyhaszard.com/

© Matt C. Abbott

 

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Matt C. Abbott

Matt C. Abbott is a Catholic columnist with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication, Media and Theatre from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, and an Associate in Applied Science degree in Business Management from Triton College in River Grove, Ill. He has worked in the right-to-life movement and is a published writer focused on Catholic and social issues. He can be reached at mattcabbott@gmail.com

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