So, he's not going to bother to come here and answer these well thought out questions of yours. Too bad, because you have raised very pertinent issues and I would love to hear what Tim's response would be. It's true what you say, this is not about destroying his work, but about destroying his ties to the F. By him saying that he cannot continue on in his work without the F's cover and support, then he is giving them just the power they need to continue on. He will have to answer to that one day.

> For me, the issue is not so much your
> activities, as your declared allegiance to
> the Family, and the fact that you are proud
> to be a member of it. Nowadays, to be a
> member of the Family means to have sworn
> numerous pledges of allegiance to Maria and
> Peter, and to have agreed to accept without
> question whatever M&P publish as being the
> revealed word of God. There is no room for
> dissent. This has all been spelled out in
> numerous Family publications in the past
> year, most notably the "Conviction or
> Compromise" series that I imagine you
> are familiar with. So if Maria says,
> "Mene was never sexually abused,"
> you, as a good member of the Family, are
> bound to beleive her and not question her.

> So Tim, the question I have for you, or
> perhaps the questions, are how can you
> pledge your allegiance to people such as
> Maria and Peter, who have a published track
> record of encouraging the sexual abuse of
> minors, and of subsequently covering it up
> and to this day, being unwilling to admit
> the extent to which it took place and their
> responsibility?

> As a Christian missionary, how do you deal
> with that? Is there outrage? Does it not
> bother you that you cannot write your
> spiritual leaders and ask for an
> explanation? Does it not disturb you that
> you send 10% of your income to support a
> movement with a long record of sexual abuse
> of minors, religious prostitution, and other
> forms of abuse? And if it does not disturb
> you, don't you think it should?

> Look what happened to Mene. Maria and Peter
> were directly responsible for most of the
> abuse she suffered, and to this day they
> refuse to ackowledge the abuse or their
> complictiy. they lie, deny and cover up.
> What does that say about them? And what does
> it say about you and other Family members
> who are not outraged by such conduct?

> And if it does not outrage and disturb you,
> don't you think reasonable people can be
> forgiven for wondering what is wrong with
> you, that you are willing to sweep such
> atrocities under the carpet and not demand
> accountability? What does it say about you,
> your character?

> Tim, when you say that you are proud to be a
> member of the Family, you are saying that
> you are proud to be associated with the
> unacknowledged atrocities that Maria and
> Peter and the Family organisation and many
> family FGA's have inflicted on the second
> generation. People like you allow Maria and
> Peter to continue on, with less and less
> acountability. And I think this is what
> people take exception to, not your
> humanitarian aid project.

> you can't have it both ways, Tim. If you are
> going to associated with the Family, you had
> better be prepared to take the heat. Your
> outrage and indignation should not be
> directed to people who criticise the Family,
> but to Maria and Peter and their continued
> refusal to acknowledge their criminal
> conduct. Maria and Peter have committed many
> criminal actions. The Family is an
> inherently criminal organisation that has
> caused the severe abuse of thousands of
> young people raised in its care. By saying
> you are proud to be a member of such an
> organisation, you are making yourself a
> party to its crimes.You are implicitly
> condoning the conduct of your fearless
> leaders. "Yeah, well they advocated the
> sexual abuse of minors, and yeah, they
> covered it up and lied, but it's no big
> deal. I can suck it up -- ther's no ethical
> dilemma for me."

> So talk to us Tim. Tell us it ain't so. Tell
> us what you think of Maria and Peter's
> conduct with Mene, their cover-up. Tell us
> how you can reconcile the massive abuse that
> the Family has inflicted on young people
> with your present day loyalty. Tell us how
> it works. Because we just don't understand
> how any thinking, caring, feeling, christian
> person with a sense of morals and ethics can
> allign him or herself with such a criminal
> organisation. We just don't get it.