Watchtower found guilty ruled to pay 7 million to 1 victim? wow

by yourmomma 361 Replies latest watchtower scandals

  • BlindersOff1
    BlindersOff1

    Very well said

  • skeeter1
    skeeter1

    This is the old post I was talking about (and, don't you love that Memorial tract about False Religion)! I think that it was shortly after these rulings that the Watchtower settled the class action cases out of court.

    majornewsin2006Re: Major OCTOBER 2006 SURPRISE: court says open ped files per silentlambs.org posted 5 years ago (10/20/2006)



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    Since 10/20/2006

    http://www.silentlambs.org/courtrulingnapa.htm

    Please congratulate Love and Norris. If you know of additional pedophile misdeeds not in the files as they open, then please contact their law firm.

    Love and Norris Cracks Watchtower Pedophile Database!

    Click here to read ruling here in PDF

    Recent decisions in California Courts have ruled in favor of abuse survivors in that state. The Legal Department lawyers of Jehovah’s Witnesses have fought with filing after filing trying to claim “clergy penitent privilege” with information that would lead to the possible conviction or implication of further crimes against children by Jehovah’s Witness child molesters. The secondary issue regards civil damages brought upon victims due to negligence of church officials in not reporting allegations of child abuse putting additional children in danger.

    This ruling from the court states simply that the church cannot use “clergy penitent privilege” as a way to protect pedophiles from law enforcement. The ruling further states information stated in judicial hearings of Jehovah’s Witnesses as well as documents generated by those hearings are not “privileged” and will have to be released to the courts as any information that is relevant to the case. In addition, the Legal Department will have to produce all documents related to their abuse policy and how they investigate child abuse allegations. Most importantly the ruling states; “records kept by or under the direction of the Legal Department concerning allegations of abuse,” that directly involves the pedophile database reported by silentlambs in April of 2002. This represents the first official ruling of the court that opens the database for public scrutiny.

    Page 1 This judgment is bitter sweet as in 2003 in New Hampshire silentlambs officials watched as Jehovah’s Witnesses attorneys defended the “religious right” of convicted child molester Paul Berry to prevent further convictions on allegations of his abuse of other children. Thousands of dollars in donations to Jehovah’s Witnesses known as Worldwide Work monies were spent silencing the victims of Paul Berry. Each time you donate to Jehovah’s Witnesses a portion of that money will be spent defending the rights of convicted Jehovah’s Witness pedophiles from their victims. The California case above to date has involved hundreds of thousands of dollars of Jehovah’s Witness donations to stop victims of abuse from getting needed treatment for the crimes committed against them. The religious hypocrisy of offering articles on abuse issues while secretly protecting pedophiles using “clergy penitent privilege” is far worse than the Catholic Church abuse scandal. This month the Jehovah’s Witnesses are distributing this tract worldwide. They openly condemn the Catholic Church for their abuse scandal and use it as a basis to call them a “false religion.”

    Do members realize their Legal Department Lawyer elders are protecting pedophiles in the courts using the money they collect door to door to do so?

    At silentlambs we appreciate the determination and courage of abuse survivors in going forward in the courts to bring these criminals to justice. We look forward to the day when the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses follows the example set by the Pope of the Catholic Church and apologizes for their role in allowing polices that continue to hurt children. The "truth" will prevail and no amount of Worldwide Work Donations spent to protect child molesters will stop the real truth of these matters from being discovered in the courts. The pedophile database holds the key to that “truth.”

  • shamus100
    shamus100

    On the Canadian news tonight it was announced that the Boy Scouts must make public their list of suspected child molesters.

    I wonder if the same thing would ever happen to the WTBTS one day.

  • skeeter1
    skeeter1

    I quote from the Watchtower; "Even churches that condemn immorality have tolerated religious leaders who have sexually abused children . . . . . Do you know of religions hta tcondone immoral sex?"

    You bettya I do!

    Good for the Canadian Government on the Boy Scouts! It will be interesting to see that large list.

    Skeeter

  • shamus100
    shamus100

    Better quote it now before they 'edit' it.....

  • skeeter1
    skeeter1

    The news has to get a copy of that tract!

  • Billy the Ex-Bethelite
    Billy the Ex-Bethelite

    If this news makes it into the media, the blinded dubs may try to ignore the reality. However, it will make the door-to-door work impossible. Could you imagine a cargroup trying to work a territory where householders are aware of this scandal? Any new members they can recruit would come from the least informed members of society... but probably more criminals might join.

  • harleybear
    harleybear

    Holy crap!!! A friend from Alamaba just called me to tell me about this. WOW! It is about time. I too have been molested by my biological father who is still in good standing. I was told to not say one word about it from my Mother. I know of a young sister (age 16) who was raped and got pregnant by her bio father. He is now in good standing. She on the other hand is a complete mess. How in the hell can the WTBTS allow these monsters to go untouched. Going in Field Service. Would you want such a sick o come to your door and have your 9 year old answer the door? Would you want your child in the same car group or a bible study. This organization has no conscience, no morals, no regard for anyone or anything except their image and MONEY!!! Hope this bankrupts the bastards

  • shamus100
    shamus100

    Oh Billy you're giving me goosebumps! :D And it's not because of the usual monkey B.S. ;P

  • purplesofa
    purplesofa

    Just a suggestion on Twitter. How many people associate Watchtower with Jehovahs Witnesses? I think JehovahsWitnesses is more recognizable. Thats just my opinion....and as far as Trending, it takes allot of work from allot of people to get something to trend. If you want to do it, you need to have it organized and block out a specified time slot to do it in...like a two hour window and have everyone ready to blast Twitter at the same time. I have worked on allot of twitter campaigns and this is kind of how they do it. You might want to start a FB page to organize the Twitter campaign. Do it when you think it will make the biggest impact. What country is your main target as well. Just a suggestion.

    purps

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