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COUNTY OF ALAMEDA
DEPARTMENT 22
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JANE DOE,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND )
TRACT SOCIETY OF NEW )
YORK, INC., a
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corporation, et al., )
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Defendants.
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_____________________)
No. HG115588324
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JURY TRIAL
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JUNE 5, 2012
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DAY 5
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ATKINSON-BAKER, INC.
COURT REPORTERS
(800) 288-3376
www.depo.com
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JOB NO:
A604D27
A P P E A R A N C E S:
BY:
BY:
Hayward, CA 94541
Tel: 510-582-1080
Fax: 510-582-8254
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Email:
Kellyk@fjslaw.com
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Email:
Rick@fjslaw.com
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JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
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BY:
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Tel: 619-224-2848
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Fax: 619-224-0089
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Email:
Jim@mccabelaw.net
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(CONTINUED)
APPEARANCES (CONTINUED)
BY:
Sacramento, CA 95814
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Email:
Schnackr@jacksonlewis.com
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INDEX OF EXAMINATIONS:
PAGE
WITNESS:
CROSS-EXAMINATION BY:
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MR. SIMONS
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MR. SCHNACK
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MR. SIMONS
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OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES:
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WITNESS:
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CROSS-EXAMINATION BY:
BERNICE MUNOZ
MR. McCABE
MR. SIMONS
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WITNESS:
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CROSS-EXAMINATION BY:
SYLVIA MUNOZ
MR. McCABE
MR. SIMONS
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WITNESS:
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CROSS-EXAMINATION BY:
PAMELA FIGUERIDO
MR. McCABE
MR. SIMONS
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(CONTINUED)
INDEX OF EXAMINATIONS:
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PAGE
WITNESS:
CROSS-EXAMINATION BY:
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WITNESS:
CROSS-EXAMINATION BY:
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ALLEN SHUSTER
MR. McCABE
MR. SIMONS
MR. McCABE
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS:
NUMBER
ADMITTED
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JUNE 5, 2012
8:02 A.M.
PROCEEDINGS
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THE COURT:
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THE COURT:
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Welcome.
And let
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THE WITNESS:
Thank you.
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elder.
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mother.
Witnesses.
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THE WITNESS:
these down.
Let's do that.
So let's go topic
number one.
on both sides.
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THE WITNESS:
Okay.
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THE WITNESS:
Okay.
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MR. SCHNACK:
Correct.
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THE WITNESS:
Okay.
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Candace.
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as a child, period.
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THE COURT:
All right.
sexually abused.
THE WITNESS:
Jehovah's Witness?
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THE COURT:
Right.
Absolutely.
That's part
of my orders.
THE WITNESS:
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Uh-huh.
THE COURT:
Okay.
But we don't want any association
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THE WITNESS:
Thank you.
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MR. SCHNACK:
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cannot be mentioned.
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THE WITNESS:
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MR. SCHNACK:
Sure.
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THE WITNESS:
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Syndrome.
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MR. SCHNACK:
delayed.
THE WITNESS:
Okay.
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THE COURT:
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As to
what?
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THE WITNESS:
All right.
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credibility of reports.
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in.
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MR. SIMONS:
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delayed disclosure.
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THE COURT:
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many times you have been an expert witness, but the jury
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has its function, you have yours with the expertise you
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bring to it.
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credibility aspects.
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THE WITNESS:
THE COURT:
THE WITNESS:
Okay.
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Conti's reports.
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THE WITNESS:
understanding.
MR. SCHNACK:
Yes.
THE WITNESS:
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that at all.
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THE COURT:
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activity.
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THE COURT:
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whatsoever here.
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THE COURT:
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THE WITNESS:
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I will do my best.
But just,
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that?
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I agree.
THE COURT:
will.
I am having this little session to avoid --
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presentation.
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So I
I think you
That's my suggestion.
THE COURT:
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So, counsel,
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THE WITNESS:
So I
to follow this.
That's all.
I know.
so there is no misunderstanding.
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So that should be
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not an elder.
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THE WITNESS:
He never was.
You get that in
But I
ministerial assistant.
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call it.
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right.
Yeah.
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THE WITNESS:
A ministerial servant.
Okay.
THE COURT:
THE WITNESS:
THE COURT:
Yes.
Okay.
And actually, it has been a
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structure.
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title.
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testimony.
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issue.
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And I didn't
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MR. SCHNACK:
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of Paul Inman?
THE WITNESS:
Not to my knowledge.
MR. SCHNACK:
Okay.
fine.
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given.
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from history.
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here in order.
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Doctor.
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THE COURT:
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All right.
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opportunity.
All right.
We start at 8:30
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All right.
Anything else?
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He's
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I'm having my
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bring it so --
MR. SIMONS:
THE COURT:
Yeah.
-- you know, with plaintiffs'
MR. SIMONS:
Yes.
without it.
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hold you to --
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THE COURT:
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Mr. Simons?
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THE CLERK:
and spell your first and last name for the record.
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Certainly.
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Q.
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formal education.
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Yes, I will.
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Northern Wisconsin.
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Medical School.
in adult psychiatry.
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I trained in childhood
And I have
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Psychoanalytic Clinic.
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psychiatry.
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in 1985.
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certified"?
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written exam.
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That's correct.
I do.
I love writing.
You
addition to chemistry.
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But writing is my
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in a class suit.
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clinicians there.
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Psychiatry.
The
I have written
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Yes, I am.
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1980.
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abuse?
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Yes.
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And they
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report them.
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reporting.
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You call
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hospital at UC.
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And there
We
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cancer.
unit.
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week.
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people, both boys and young men who have been abused
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I try to get
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trauma?
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the earthquake.
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cases.
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THE COURT:
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THE COURT:
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DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MR. SIMONS:
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Candace Conti?
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I did.
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I did.
I want to follow all the guidelines here, but
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this case.
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adolescent years?
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I did.
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And when was the last date that you saw her?
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War II.
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reportings of it.
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syndrome.
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anxiety disorder.
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mind.
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Fears.
But they are
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similar.
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different way.
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That is how
And that is
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abuse?
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stress disorder.
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refer to?
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six months.
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That's correct.
I have.
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That's correct.
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she needs.
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age 9 to 13.
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disclosure.
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She also
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elementary student.
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It is really an
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not reporting.
disclosure.
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bar, please?
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THE COURT:
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Sure.
(Sidebar Discussion)
BY MR. SIMONS:
Q.
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at UC.
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on it.
And so it is changing.
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Yeah.
Yes.
"SOAP notes."
It is actually "SOAP".
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notes.
check boxes.
challenging.
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So SOAP is
So it is
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and insomnia.
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treatment plan.
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thoughts.
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them.
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seen.
record.
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the experiences.
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disorder.
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this.
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Thank you.
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of shorter duration?
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What
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that.
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I am.
to talk about.
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Simons, though.
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child?
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I do.
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symptoms.
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we buy or use and they are not what we wish for people
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antidepressants.
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I do.
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multiple episodes.
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significant.
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Ms. Conti?
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Conti?
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I did.
Q.
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doing.
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civilian variant.
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about them.
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So this
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breathing or sweating.
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So that is a key, I
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traumatic event.
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die young.
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happen to her.
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is a major problem.
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So that
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overall condition?
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I strongly
supported that.
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time you saw her to the last time you saw her?
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finding?
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Yes.
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about it and really figure out how it made them feel and
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now that the abuse story has come out, is really very
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prognosis.
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re-triggers it.
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Meaning
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with is dysthymia.
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Dysthymia is more
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the time of the abuse and felt like harming herself, did
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abused.
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diagnoses?
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types of diagnoses?
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paranoia is.
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is very clear.
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to light.
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animals.
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favorite.
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upon that.
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CROSS-EXAMINATION
BY MR. SCHNACK:
Q.
ma'am?
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Yes.
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doctor.
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Okay.
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okay.
There is no malice intended there.
THE COURT:
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that.
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But that's
BY MR. SCHNACK:
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you that she had been abused, quote, more than twice per
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Yes.
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appreciate that.
A.
Okay.
Q.
Certainly.
been abused, quote, more than twice per month and often
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Jonathan Kendrick?
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I have it here.
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interview.
Q.
And -- okay.
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deposition.
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for my staff.
And then
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testimony.
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relatively quick.
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Yes.
Correct?
me.
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I probably --
And that's up
I put it in my
comp plan.
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MR. SIMONS:
Okay.
No further questions.
Mr. McCabe?
No, thank you, your Honor.
Mr. Simons?
Yes.
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REDIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MR. SIMONS:
Q.
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you personally?
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Right.
And
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MR. SIMONS:
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THE COURT:
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your time.
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All right.
We wanted to
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All right.
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Because I
(Break taken)
THE COURT:
All right.
first witness.
MR. McCABE:
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BERNICE MUNOZ
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THE CLERK:
and spell your first and last name for the record.
THE WITNESS:
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THE WITNESS:
THE COURT:
I think so.
Okay.
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DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MR. McCABE:
Q.
A.
Fremont, California.
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Yes, I am.
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Daniel Munoz.
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Four sons.
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Yes, I do.
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How many?
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Twelve.
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Wow, congratulations.
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Eleven.
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Okay.
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Witnesses?
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Yes, I am.
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Jehovah's Witnesses?
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In June of 1987.
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Witnesses?
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Yes, I was.
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congregation?
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Yes.
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Yes, I did.
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Yes, I do.
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Yes.
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What is this?
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Jehovah's Witnesses.
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Okay.
Yes.
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Yes.
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What is it?
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Okay.
there.
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Yes.
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Yes, it is.
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Yes, uh-huh.
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Yes.
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Okay.
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Yes, I do.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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of the aisles?
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Maybe 25.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Yes.
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Yes, I do.
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Yeah.
girl.
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A little
was?
brown hair.
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names were?
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I'm sorry.
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Kathy Conti.
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Okay.
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Yes.
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Q.
Did you
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Right.
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meetings?
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Yes.
Q.
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Yes, I do.
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All right.
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family?
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child.
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first name?
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No, I don't.
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on his lap?
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No.
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No.
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No.
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No.
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Yes, I do.
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children.
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It is an Awake Magazine.
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Okay.
A.
In the mail.
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A.
Yes.
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the 1990s?
A.
Yes, I do.
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A.
Uh-huh.
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A.
Yes.
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No.
It is talking about
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them.
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Okay.
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Yes.
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Correct?
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No.
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A.
Yes.
Q.
A.
Yes.
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home?
in your home?
A.
Yes.
Q.
A.
Yes, it does.
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Q.
11
12
A.
Yes.
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subject?
A.
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Yes.
MR. McCABE:
Honor.
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THE COURT:
Mr. Simons?
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CROSS-EXAMINATION
BY MR. SIMONS:
Q.
Kendrick?
A.
Special attention?
MR. SIMONS:
No.
Thank
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you.
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time.
MR. McCABE:
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SYLVIA MUNOZ
WAS DULY SWORN TO TELL THE TRUTH BY THE CLERK
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THE CLERK:
and spell your first and last name for the record.
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THE WITNESS:
M-U-N-O-Z.
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DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MR. McCABE:
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Q.
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A.
Good morning.
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22
please?
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testified?
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Yes.
Q.
A.
Daniel Munoz.
Q.
A.
Twenty-seven years.
Q.
A.
Two sons.
Q.
A.
10
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11
A.
Yes.
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A.
Yes.
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North Fremont.
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That's my mother-in-law.
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Yes.
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the 1990s?
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Yes.
25
Q.
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Q.
sick.
meetings?
A.
Yes.
Q.
10
A.
Yes.
11
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What is this?
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today?
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Yes.
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Okay.
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Yes.
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Yes.
the interior.
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A.
Yes.
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A.
Yes.
Q.
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ends?
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Sometimes.
They
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friends.
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that.
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No.
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A.
Yes.
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daughter, Candace.
3
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A.
Yes.
Q.
A.
Yes.
Q.
10
A.
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Do you
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She was
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Yes, I do.
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Yes.
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No.
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A.
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after a meeting?
A.
No.
Q.
years old.
10
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No.
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appropriate?
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A.
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Q.
Okay.
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drove?
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No.
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No.
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car together?
A.
No.
Q.
A.
No.
Q.
Why not?
A.
Q.
10
A.
No.
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12
It is an aerial photo.
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closer.
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board.
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Yes.
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A.
Yes.
Q.
A.
do park.
for that.
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area?
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Yes, uh-huh.
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nice dresses and even the young ones, little boys, wear
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remember?
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4
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Never, no.
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A.
No, never.
Q.
10
A.
No.
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12
A.
No.
13
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Why not?
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It's dangerous.
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Yeah.
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It is an Awake Magazine.
Awake Magazine.
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Yes.
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Yes.
Q.
magazine?
A.
Q.
picture in this.
A.
Yes.
10
Q.
All right.
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8 of the exhibit.
13
Excuse me.
14
15
But there is
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CD-ROM, yes.
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A.
Yes.
73
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A.
Yes.
Q.
A.
articles.
10
Q.
11
A.
Right.
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13
14
depicting?
15
16
A.
Yes.
to a young child.
17
Q.
Okay.
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coaching a child?
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A.
Yes.
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A.
Yes.
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him?
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Q.
A.
Yes.
Q.
he came by himself?
A.
Q.
10
A.
No, never.
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12
A.
No.
13
MR. McCABE:
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CROSS-EXAMINATION
BY MR. SIMONS:
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Q.
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A.
Hello.
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on Jonathan Kendrick?
A.
No.
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MR. SIMONS:
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THE COURT:
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MR. McCABE:
25
THE COURT:
Nothing further.
Are we done with Ms. Munoz?
She can be excused, your Honor.
Thank you for your time this
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morning.
MR. McCABE:
Pam Figuerido.
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PAMELA FIGUERIDO
WAS DULY SWORN TO TELL THE TRUTH BY THE CLERK
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THE CLERK:
and spell your first and last name for the record.
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13
THE WITNESS:
P-A-M-E-L-A, F-I-G-U-E-R-I-D-O.
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THE CLERK:
Thank you.
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DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MR. McCABE:
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Q.
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A.
Good morning.
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Q.
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please?
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A.
Fremont, California.
23
Q.
24
A.
Let's see.
25
Q.
Since 1983.
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A.
Yes.
Q.
A.
Gary.
Q.
All right.
A.
Yes.
Q.
A.
Q.
A.
Seven.
10
Q.
11
A.
Yes, I am.
12
Q.
13
Witnesses?
14
A.
In 1961.
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Q.
16
A.
Thirteen.
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Q.
18
Congregation?
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Okay.
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No.
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5
6
A.
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A.
Yes.
Q.
10
A.
11
us was sick.
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Okay.
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Oh, yes.
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A.
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Okay.
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arrangement?
25
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corner?
A.
That's correct.
Q.
A.
Q.
10
side?
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A.
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Q.
Yeah.
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A.
The same.
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Q.
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A.
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Okay.
17
currently on Sunday?
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A.
19
Q.
A hundred?
20
A.
Uh-huh.
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similar?
23
A.
Similar.
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7
8
Q.
Children are
meetings last?
A.
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Q.
11
A.
Absolutely not.
12
Q.
Okay.
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like that?
A.
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A.
Yes.
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Q.
A.
Yes.
Q.
Okay.
A.
I do.
Q.
What is that?
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A.
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12
in.
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Q.
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A.
Every meeting.
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Q.
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A.
Uh-huh.
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18
A.
No.
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A.
Same.
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meetings?
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A.
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two.
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A.
Q.
Okay.
A.
Yes.
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Q.
What is it?
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Yes.
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Yes.
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A.
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'96?
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Witnesses?
A.
Q.
A.
Yes.
Q.
A.
Yes.
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uncomfortable with.
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I did.
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Yes.
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Q.
What is that?
A.
children.
Q.
A.
I did.
Q.
A.
Q.
10
A.
Yes.
11
Q.
12
article?
13
A.
I do.
14
Q.
16
A.
On CD-ROM.
17
Q.
What is a CD-ROM?
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A.
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you?
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Q.
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A.
Yes.
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24
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Yes.
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2
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A.
It would.
Q.
mid-1990s?
A.
Yes, I do.
Q.
A.
Yes.
10
11
stepbrother, Ricky.
12
13
Q.
Okay.
today?
14
A.
Yes, I do.
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Q.
A.
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girl?
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that.
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own.
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Q.
22
before.
23
I mean, she
That's okay.
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25
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A.
Yes.
Q.
A.
his stepdaughter.
Q.
Okay.
Well, it was
time?
A.
Yes.
10
Q.
11
12
A.
No.
13
Q.
14
and then holds on to her until she said, "You do" and
15
16
A.
Never.
17
Q.
18
remarkable to you?
19
A.
Absolutely.
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Q.
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22
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A.
No.
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Q.
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A.
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Q.
Yes.
A.
Yes.
Q.
It was inappropriate.
A.
No.
Q.
A.
No.
Q.
10
11
12
A.
No.
13
Q.
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15
16
17
themselves?
18
A.
No.
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Q.
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ministry?
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A.
No.
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Q.
23
24
A.
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Q.
Yes.
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3
Inappropriate.
MR. McCABE:
Honor.
THE COURT:
Mr. Simons.
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CROSS-EXAMINATION
BY MR. SIMONS:
Q.
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That's correct.
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That's correct.
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A.
Yes.
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years that you have been there, that the families have
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A.
Yes.
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the services?
A.
Q.
A.
Q.
10
A.
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Q.
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A.
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in the middle.
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MR. SIMONS:
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MR. McCABE:
I think it is 132.
BY MR. SIMONS:
Q.
19
seats?
20
sitting?
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A.
Yes.
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Q.
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A.
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A.
Yes.
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4
5
Q.
of the seats and then out through one of the doors there
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A.
You would go
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A.
No.
15
Q.
Okay.
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A.
17
were pointing.
18
Q.
To here?
19
A.
Yes.
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going outside.
Q.
Okay.
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23
24
25
A.
That's correct.
90
Q.
A.
Right.
Q.
A.
That's correct.
Q.
Right?
10
A.
Yes.
11
Q.
12
to kind of run out and maybe mix with the other kids
13
14
congregation?
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A.
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the building.
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A.
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23
Thank you.
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MR. McCABE:
25
Very good.
I agree.
your Honor?
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THE COURT:
MR. McCABE:
Applewhite.
10
organizations.
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THE COURT:
All right.
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13
purposes?
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MR. SIMONS:
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THE COURT:
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MR. McCABE:
All right.
Honor?
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MR. McCABE:
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Fremont, California.
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MR. SCHNACK:
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York.
(Sidebar Discussion)
MR. McCABE:
Honor?
THE COURT:
MR. McCABE:
10
You may.
MR. McCABE:
Thank you.
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of Fremont, California.
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MR. SCHNACK:
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15
York.
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MR. SIMONS:
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MS. KRAETSCH:
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VIDEOGRAPHER:
Thank you.
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witness?
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DIRECT EXAMINATION
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5
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7
Monica Applewhite.
It is M-O-N-I-C-A.
A-P-P-L-E-W-H-I-T-E.
Q.
A.
Yes, I am.
10
Q.
11
A.
Yes, I do.
12
Q.
How many?
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Yes, I do.
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sexual abuse.
Q.
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11
entities?
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Sure.
I have worked with residential treatment
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A.
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Yes, I do.
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Scouting programs.
organizations.
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9
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these organizations?
A.
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Yes.
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5
Q.
Sure.
I have worked with the United Methodist
congregations of men.
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churches.
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these organizations.
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Q.
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21
child abuse?
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response.
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actual cases.
group of cases and you try to figure out how did that
happen?
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10
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Q.
Yes.
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organization.
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A.
Yes.
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them.
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Q.
And so I
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abuse.
It
And I began
And in many cases
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10
didn't believe.
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12
standard of care.
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Q.
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Sure.
A standard of care in the area of -- in
21
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time frame.
25
100
And then
10
Q.
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A.
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of education programs.
21
I do those types
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abuse.
25
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Q.
A.
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Q.
15
A.
Yes, it is.
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Q.
17
A.
Yes.
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Q.
19
A.
Yes, I did.
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Q.
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22
23
24
25
Okay.
So what is that?
102
A.
Q.
A.
Q.
What are
A.
10
abuse.
11
12
organizations.
13
14
15
16
Q.
17
A.
18
19
investigate.
20
Q.
Okay.
21
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case?
24
25
A.
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case.
social workers.
7
8
I reviewed
Q.
Okay.
this case?
A.
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Q.
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12
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specifically.
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Okay.
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activities occurred.
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10
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your opinion?
A.
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19
We really
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2
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4
Q.
I do.
Q.
A.
Q.
Yes.
8
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10
A.
Yes.
11
Q.
12
A.
Sure.
13
14
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Colorado in 1982.
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10
United States that we had a law that said that that was
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Q.
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A.
It was named
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then in 1998 when the Federal law said that every state
22
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notification.
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25
Q.
notification"?
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Q.
of California?
8
9
10
11
12
13
A.
Yes.
14
Yes.
The other significant changes would include
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19
volunteers?
20
children?
21
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24
volunteers.
25
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organizations:
Procedures.
7
8
Q.
A.
Yes.
10
Q.
11
12
13
Yes.
With respect to access and responsibility
14
15
16
be members.
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18
19
The
20
spiritual leaders.
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religious organization.
3
4
Q.
leaders.
8
9
10
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A.
Okay.
12
13
question:
14
15
with children?
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A.
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access to children.
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class and take ten children into a room and teach them
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Q.
opinion then?
A.
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Witnesses Organization.
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servant.
to speak.
children.
And elders
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Q.
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16
17
So they do
Thank you.
Could we hear your fourth opinion.
What is
that?
A.
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own parents?
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Q.
That's
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abuse.
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an exceptional job.
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Take this.
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5
Q.
A.
I think it did.
Q.
Okay.
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18
19
20
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Q.
organizations?
A.
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Yes, it does.
Q.
A.
10
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work with or spend time with Jane Doe or any other child
14
15
that assignment.
16
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Q.
18
A.
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Q.
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23
A.
Yes.
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25
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Q.
protecting children?
A.
In the mid-1990s?
10
Q.
Yes, ma'am.
11
A.
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13
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15
Q.
18
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opinions?
16
17
Okay.
But I
Okay.
What is that?
A.
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stepdaughter.
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stay married.
family.
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But
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A.
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Q.
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I find it to be appropriate.
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A.
Yes.
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contemporary cases from '93 and '94, but they would have
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all upon which you rest your opinions with regard to the
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We have been
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lawyers.
anybody.
everybody on Monday.
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Okay.
All right.
(Break taken)
Thanks.
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So,
Housekeeping.
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Because certainly I
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request.
Thank you.
I'm not surprised by your
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All right.
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potentially.
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THE COURT:
10:00 a.m?
Fair enough.
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All right.
Mr. McCabe.
Mr. Shuster,
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WAS PREVIOUSLY SWORN TO TELL THE TRUTH BY THE CLERK
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BY MR. McCABE:
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Monmouth, Illinois.
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school?
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the ministry.
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I was 15.
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job assignment?
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shop.
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child abuse?
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January or February.
I think it was
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of Jehovah's Witnesses.
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13,400 congregations?
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congregations.
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Yes, I do.
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some questions.
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body.
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world.
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evangelizing work.
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of the congregation?
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Pastors, ministers.
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They do mostly
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A variety of things,
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Yes, we do.
That is somewhat of a
We do believe in Jesus.
We
treated people.
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United States?
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home.
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I know at
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in heaven.
as an organization.
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knowledge.
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taking the knowledge of the only true God and the one
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don't tithe.
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visit?
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our meetings.
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Is that true?
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minister?
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ordination as a minister.
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school.
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members as ministers.
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That's right.
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Witnesses?
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No.
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That's correct.
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Of Jehovah's Witnesses?
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Of Jehovah's Witnesses.
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Society?
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congregation.
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than that?
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congregation.
more conducive.
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In 1979.
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child abuse.
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We hate it.
It is an egregious sin.
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activity.
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congregation?
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No, he cannot.
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Absolutely not.
Jehovah's Witnesses?
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Awake Magazines.
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Yes.
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in there?
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addressing?
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children.
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back in 1985.
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of child abuse?
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Awake Magazine?
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their children.
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It's
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THE COURT:
No objection.
Plaintiff's 60 is in.
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is public awareness."
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That's correct.
By publishing magazines of
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of 13 of this exhibit.
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protect themselves?
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Yes.
I think we have
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Was it a policy of
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to hush-hush.
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child's.
That
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as possible.
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of child abuse?
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of elders.
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evidence.
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child abuse.
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the protect our young people and then report that to our
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present time?
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search engine.
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the congregation?
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What is it?
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scars.
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in your congregation?
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Yes, it was.
MR. McCABE:
BY MR. McCABE:
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handout?
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victims.
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yourself?
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THE COURT:
MR. McCABE:
MR. SIMONS:
MR. McCABE:
Yes, sir.
MR. SIMONS:
No objection.
MR. McCABE:
Thank you.
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It shall be admitted as
requested.
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letter?
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congregation.
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It is also
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It shall be admitted.
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policy?
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It begins in paragraph 4.
It raises the
question:
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or ministerial servant.
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congregation.
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No objection.
So admitted.
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Is that correct?
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children.
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distribution of magazines.
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hush-hush manner?
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MR. McCABE:
Thank you.
I have no further
questions.
THE COURT:
MR. SCHNACK:
THE COURT:
MR. SIMONS:
Mr. Schnack?
No.
Mr. Simons?
Thank you.
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Correct?
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individuals, yes.
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pioneer.
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gospel?
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exhibits.
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weeks.
I don't recall.
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children who did not know and whose parents did not know
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situation.
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letter.
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public in general?
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Watchtower New York and there never has been that says a
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child.
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it enough.
We have seen
In any Awake
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It is hard to remember.
It
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That's correct.
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victims.
Would telling the mother of a 13-year-old
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because she was not having enough sex with the molester
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If
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individual threat?
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that proclivity.
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Nothing further.
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Nice work.
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I, KATHRYN LLOYD, CSR No. 5955, Certified Shorthand
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