The Jehovah's Witnesses have lost their appeal to avoid investigation by a New Zealand Royal Commission.
"A legal bid by the Jehovah's Witness church challenging a ruling by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal."
JW's lost their appeal to avoid investigation by a New Zealand Royal Commission
by AndersonsInfo 9 Replies latest watchtower child-abuse
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AndersonsInfo
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Listener
It's disgusting how the organization does everything it can to avoid scrutiny of their damaging policies rather than humbly accepting assistance to improve.
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NotFormer
Hooray! Time to grill the bastards.
Not that anything of use hasn't already been shredded, of course...
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TonusOH
They welcome scrutiny... of anyone else.
I'm sure their experience with the ARC left quite a sour taste in their mouths (and pocketbook). I can only imagine what will be revealed in this inquiry.
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Vidiot
The Golden Age of court victories is a thing of the past.
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Diogenesister
Well done and congrats to Rachel EXJW @RapunzelAwake and all the New Zealand Apostates for all their hard work!!!
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Beth Sarim
We really see what this organization is really all about
When it comes to legal matters or things which could affect the bottom line. $$$$
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karter
They can appeal to the supreme court and my guess is they will.
They have a $1000 ( about $600 usd) an hour Kings Council lawyer and his high priced hangers on .
My hope is the supreme court will not hear it.
They have awarded cost to the crown so keep those donations comming they need it.
Karter.
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NotFormer
I reckon that they'll appeal. They have much to lose and keeping out from under another inquiry benefits them*. You can't bet on a court result, generally, so their bet could pay off, should they decide to appeal.
The WT is trying very hard to strain out the gnat of the wording "in care". The royal commission has already decided that the WT is within its ambit. Even if the supreme court sides with the WT, what's to stop Parliament establishing an investigation specifically into CSA as handled by the WT?
I can't imagine the royal commission pussyfooting around, once they have the WT in their clutches. With the precedents from the ARC and Norway, this time around they'll be well informed and know what to look for.
As usual, the WT is playing the "religious freedom" card. Religions are afforded various freedoms by governments, but there is one freedom that they don't have: the freedom to handle and investigate criminal matters and to exclude government police and judicial processes.
*The upper management, of course.
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TonusOH
"We welcome transparecy."
"Great! We are starting a commission to investigate CSA..."
"L-leave us out of it! We mean it! We'll sue!"