by yourmomma 361 Replies latest watchtower scandals
Well,finally,I always knew their policy on child molesters is their greatest liability.
I especially hope every single one of Jehovah's Witnesses hears of this case. I'm so sick of them self-righteously condemning other religions for this,and in the same breath denying it even exists in the Watchtower organization.
For clarity sake - Watchtower of NY is not really where most of the money is. Watch Tower of PA is where the money is. I wrote about this in an article that is on Freeminds.org. which explains which entity owns what.
Exactly Barbara. If the judge recognized all the various legal entities as one giant monster (which it actually is), the cash amount would be much higher than $30 million. You could probably add a couple of zeros.
Great work by the way, I know you did work on this behind the scenes. It's appreciated!
Cedars
So how was it determined that the defendant in this case would be WT of NY and not WT of PA?
I'm sure they're going to appeal and then try to settle for something less than 7m. It's not the money that is the problem but the bad PR. I'm shocked that they didn't get this settled out of court.
I will be bringing this up to my wife. The punitive award again will largely be symbolic and may not stand on appeal but hopefully the mainstream media will pick this up. Especially with they Sandusky trail going on right now here in the US (a football coach charged with sexually abusing disadvantaged kids and the university he worked for accused of covering it up). I've heard many comparisions between Penn State and the Catholic Church and other religions where the organization hides wrongdoing for the sake of its reputation. I think the common person is getting sick and tired of this and wants to punish those institutions for putting it's PR over an attacked child.
by their fruitage, you'll know them - yes WT, we know you!
I found this on the website. It shows the WBTS of Pennsylvania as a defendent. (It could be outdated information. I don't know.)
Plaintiff Jane Doe
Defendant The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., a Corporation
Defendant The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, a Corporation
Defendant The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, an unincorporated association
Defendant The North Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Freemont California
Defendant Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, a Corporation
Defendant Jonathan Kendrick
Defendant Fremont California Congregation of Jehovah's Witness, North Unt
I went to http://apps.alameda.courts.ca.gov/domainweb/html/index.html and used case number HG11558324
They have multi-layered corporate structure to prevent heavy losses. WT of NY is responsible for administration so it is the one that can be held liable. WT of PA gets to hold the money, but it has no direct control...so it cant be suited.
If the WT does not disclode these other funds avail, they can be held in contempt of court. We all know of a certain person who is back in jail because they fibbed about a 6 figure savings
Thanks you Barbara for the update on this.
Diest you have a PM
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If the WT does not disclode these other funds avail, they can be held in contempt of court. We all know of a certain person who is back in jail because they fibbed about a 6 figure savings
You know my ex?
