Anderson Cooper Supports Pedophile-Harboring Organization

It seems like Anderson Cooper put his name to a controversial religious organization and upset some former followers. Maybe this blogger is overreacting but merely typing the words "Jehovah's Witness" or "Watchtower Bible and Tract Society" in a Google search will show thousands of web sites that are negative about them.

From this blog:
www.watchtowerexposed.blogspot.com

It's been reported on the Jehovah's Witness Discussion Board that CNN's grey-haired anchor, Anderson Cooper, is supporting the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society's 'Puff Piece' film called Knocking. His glowing comments of this Jehovah's Witness-recruiting film is surprising to me. Maybe Cooper didn't do his homework but it's widely known the Watchtower Society covers-up child molestation and harbors the molesters in their church, even threatening victims with shunning if they come forward. A quick check on the internet shows their legal battles from many victims. www.silentlambs.org. How could Anderson Cooper not know? His own network, even reported on this problem in August 2002. 

The Watchtower has a Pedophile Database with over 23,000 names on it. Due to laws protecting Religious organizations from squealing on members, they are not required to turn this database over to authorities.

Latest News from Silentlambs:

Recent decisions in California Courts have ruled in favor of abuse survivors in that state. The Legal Department lawyers of Jehovah's Witnesses have fought with filing after filing trying to claim "clergy penitent privilege" with information that would lead to the possible conviction or implication of further crimes against children by Jehovah's Witness child molesters. The secondary issue regards civil damages brought upon victims due to negligence of church officials in not reporting allegations of child abuse putting additional children in danger.