Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00471)

The testimony given by the mother of the second boy:

The mother of the second boy noticed with sorrow 
and regret that the relations between Mr. L.
and her son had become strained and that some 
change, the cause of which she did not understand,
had been the result of a short visit which he 
had made to Mr. L. when fourteen years of age. 
After this visit she noticed that the tone of 
his letters to Mr. L. was changed and the he 
never answered Mr. L.'s letters to him without 
repeated reminders from her of his neglect, 
whereas, before the visit, frequent, intimate 
and affectionate letters passed between them. 

When the mother questioned him with regard to his 
loss of kindly feeling for Mr. L. the boy always 
replied: "Mother, I cannot tell you." Before his 
visit to Mr. L. it would have been his greatest 
joy to travel with him and help as ______ did; 
but after his visit, when asked: "Would you like 
to travel with him?" he replied firmly: 
"No, I never would." 

After learning of the 
charges made against Mr. L. the mother again 
questioned the boy. With great reluctance he 
admitted the facts of Mr. L.'s immoral conduct 
and in reply to the question: "When did it 
happen?" he said: "The first night I
visited him, when we slept together." When 
asked what excuse Mr. L. gave for such conduct, 
the boy's words were: "Mother, I think that 
was the worst part of the whole thing. Somehow he
made me believe it was Theosophical."


Quoted from:
http://blavatskyarchives.com/ton2.pdf