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In Reply to: Dito posted by Bognor Regis on October 12, 2006 at 14:03:25:
1) The statute of limitations for this crime varies from country to country. In the U.S., the statute has run out, and there's no way Rick could have had his case prosecuted under current laws.
2) In which countries did the crimes depicted in the Dito Book? Assuming they occurred in Tenerife or Portugal, which are apparently where Rick lived as a toddler, how would he, as a U.S. citizen, go to authorities in those countries to prosecute the crimes depicted in the Dito Book?
3) Assuming that the statute of limitations on the Dito Book crimes haven't run out in Tenerife and Portugal, why would officials in either of those countries actually charge U.S. citizens like Karen Zerby or Sara Kelley with crimes if neither of these women are residents of those countries? How would these countries serve a subpoena on Karen & Sara to appear in court, and why would it be in their national interest to spend a barrel of money to attempt to prosecute people who don't live there?
4) Who would file criminal charges against an organization called The Family International in lieu of Rick? Under what laws in which countries is it possible to prosecute a church group on behalf of a deceased person?
One of the reasons that Rick committed murder and suicide was because he felt absolutely hopeless that his case and that of other Family victims like him could ever be successfully prosecuted in a criminal court.
Look at the case of Abi Freeman in your own country. She walked away without charges, despite the fact that her own daughter was involved in filing the allegations. Other victims of TFI's institutionalized abuse also filed affidavits in that case. How did it happen that Abi walked away from prosecution in a British court? Perhaps someone threatened Abi's daughter to back off? This has happened in other cases where victims filed allegations with the police against TFI members. TFI strikes back by harrassing the complaintant, defaming their reputations ("crazy," "slutty," "liar") and further alienating their extended family members who are still in the group.
It takes an extremely courageous and strong person to take on TFI in the court system. Very, very few people or institutions have done it successfully. If you look into the Australian court case, you'll see the provincial child welfare department failed to anticipate just how good the defense lawyers for TFI would be. The child welfare authorities made some procedural mistakes in their investigative work that came back to bite them in the ass big time.
Many people who take on TFI as followers or foes have no idea who and what they're dealing with. TFI is lead by a clever group of criminals who have hidden under the cloak of religious activity for over 30 years. This is one reason the Internet is so important, because it has given survivors an opportunity to archive documents and testimony about the crimes and unethical practices of the group.
Check out the Love of God True Komix series on xfamily if you think your gag reflex can handle it. TFI leadership have never repudiated FFing as a doctrine. They've only said, "We don't practice witnessing that way any more except in certain special cases."
