[jstarfish]

> How are cults allowed to do the same without any repercussions?

I am not a friend of the JW, but as an adult, you're expected to be your own advocate. You opted in to a system of faith, not science.

Regarding child molesters, any organization that spells out a code of silence in its doctrine is always fun to deal with. The JW are hardly unique with their theocratic warfare, there's also mesirah, deceivers-yet-true, keep sweet, omerta, "snitches get stitches", etc. You can't penetrate such a culture from the outside, so no witnesses testify, hence no repercussions.