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In Reply to: Re: THE ANSWER posted by Jim LaMattery on December 08, 2005 at 10:50:42:
"How would you ask these folks if they ever abused my, or their own, children?"
Who are "these folks" to whom you are addressing your questions about abuse?
Assuming that by "these folks," you mean people who post at Exfamily & NDN, I think you are extremely niaive about the appropriate use and potential misuse of internet forums. Neither one of these sites was designed to assist an aggrieved parent with an child abuse investigation.
Secondly, assuming I actually abused my own or someone else's children while in the cult, why should I help you by incriminating myself? If you want to demonstrate a pattern of widespread abuse, you'll need to convince me that any affidavits I might give to support that case won't be used in my own prosecution. You're not going to do that through emails and electronic bulletin board posts.
"How would you ask them if they would be willing to publically state such, so that their children didn't have to file all the criminal/civil complaints, stand up in the media, etc.? How would you ask them why they haven't provided affidavits to the FBI, and IRS with specifics as to abuse, money transfer, life in TFI, etc.-information that would substantiate the claims of their children?"
Both of these questions are highly rhetorical and come across with a self-righteous, accusatory tone.
Speaking to the substance of your first question: You obviously have no understanding of the dynamics of child abuse in families and the larger society, or you wouldn't ask why perpetrators of abuse don't make public statements to the effect that, "Yes, I beat the living crap out of my 5-year-old and gave him a skull fracture." Abuse perpetrators 1) frequently do not define their behavior as abusive, 2) minimize the extent to which their abusive actions actually hurt their children or cause lasting harm, 3) justify their behavior with a wide range of rationales, such as "spoil the rod, spare the child" or "I was drunk", and 4) repress the memories of the abusive events to the point that they honestly cannot recall what took place.
It takes a trained investigator to get an admission of guilt from an abuse perpetrator. I've never heard of an abuse investigator going online to interrogate people.
Speaking to the substance your second question: How would you know who has provided affidavits and who has not? What business is it of yours whether Acheick (for example) has filed an affidavit? No one is under any obligation to tell you anything about what they may have reported to the FBI or IRS. Some people prefer to keep this type of activity private, and they have every right to handle it in this way without being upbraided for failing to publically sign on to your campaign.
