Charges put focus on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ handling of abuse
By MARK SCOLFORO and PETER SMITH
Associated Press
YORK HAVEN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania grand jury in recent months accused nine men with connections to the Jehovah’s Witnesses of child sexual abuse in what some consider the nation’s most comprehensive investigation yet into abuse within the faith. The sets of charges filed in October and February have fueled speculation the jury might make public more about what it has uncovered in a four-year investigation. But documents made public so far include nothing about what critics have long maintained has been a systemic coverup and mishandling of child molestation within the insular religious group. State prosecutors say their investigation is continuing.
