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PreviewHow Some Of Jehovah's Witnesses Beliefs Create A ‘Perfect Situation’ For Pedophiles
"When you have an organization that is isolating itself from the outside world and demonizing the outside world, that is the perfect situation for a pedophile," says Professor Marci Hamilton in episode 1 of "The Witnesses." Also in this episode, former Jehovah’s Witnesses member Debbie McDaniel describes how people believed Jehovah himself was using Ronnie Lawrence, the presiding overseer, to run the congregation.