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Not on JW.org: SIX Texas victims acuse Jehovah's Witness Elder & Circuit Overseer of sexual abuse, and bring lawsuit against Watchtower for cover-up.
by Balaamsass2 70 Replies latest watchtower child-abuse
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blondie
Even with irrefutable non-jw proof, most if not all jws will not believe it. Hey, even many parents of the victims do not. There is always the world is against us and controlled by Satan.
There were 2 jws found guilty and sent to prison and the WTS did not df them.
Berry--NH
Fitzwater-NV
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/child-abuse/73972/1/JW-Child-Abuse-on-the-News
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/53155/1/Watchtower-to-pay-for-Silentlambs-trip
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flipper
For those of you who did NOT read the links to the court filings as to the extent that some of these young JW victims were tortured and abused horridly by this JW elder and circuit overseer I'm quoting some of this filing information so any that lurking JW's or others can READ how bad these crimes are: ( cautionary note : not for the faint of heart but it needs to be exposed. )
1. Jane Doe # 1 being forced to perform oral sex on 3 men when he was 12 yrs.old
2. Being digitally penetrated, causing him extreme pain and bleeding
3. Being forced to solicit approximately dozens of other prepubescent boys to come to the organization, who were later sexually abused, and being forced to watch approximately 12 other boys be sexually abused by elders
4. Being threatened with death if he did not perform physically and sexually as instructed
5. Being threatened with death of his family if he did not perform physically and sexually as instructed
This is just part of what happened. And there were 5 more victims filing charges against the elder and c.o. Now you understand why I'm always referring to the WT Society as a CRIMINAL organization - aiding and abetting child molesters such as this . The world needs to know, the media needs to know , and current and fading Jehovah's Wtnesses need to know. It's time to stand up folks for what is right and ethical. Tell everybody you know
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3rdgen
Thanks for the post Flipper Amen
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RagingBull
OKAY!!! I NOW SEE WHY ...they decided to leave the appointment of C.O.s and Elders to the BRANCH offices. GB are distancing themselves. LOL And everyone else things it's a BLESSING FROM JEHOVAH!
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Zoos
Good Lord, here we go again.
I was going to read the legal documents but with the comments that have already been made about them I probably don't have the stomach for it.
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skin
How timely it was that the meeting last week warned us that satan will use the worldly media to spread these lies about jehovahs organization.
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TheOldHippie
What has happened in the meantime - since the abuse and to this day? I ask because I find what took place against Jane Doe #1 VERY hard to believe (please don't sharpen your knives, I know that the most unimaginable things DO happen!), so for the victims and the case I just hope this is not a case of repressed memories and thus something which proves to be "nothing" in the end, because of over-eager psychologists.
It's a tough world out there. Things take place that are hard to believe, yet they do take place.
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AndersonsInfo
Latest newspaper coverage containing more details on the newly filed lawsuit against the Watchtower.
Lawsuit alleges exploitation, negligence, fraud throughout organization
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Posted: Sunday, October 26, 2014 9:30 am
Plano Jehovah’s Witness congregation sued for sexual abuse
Kevin Cummings [email protected] Star Local Media | 2 comments
On Thursday, Dallas-based Turley Law Firm filed a civil lawsuit against the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York Inc. (WBTS) – one of the legal corporations that presides over the Jehovah’s Witness faith in the U.S. – stemming from allegations of appointed members of the organization sexually exploiting and abusing children in Metroplex congregations in Plano, Dallas and Greenville.
The local congregations are also defendants in the lawsuit, as well as Reginald Jackson and an unknown individual - elders who were directly appointed by the WBTS to oversee congregations in the area’s regional circuit.
“[WBTS is] the top of the chain of command; they oversee and are involved in the decision-making ... daily function – everything has to be approved,” said Steven Schulte, a lawyer with the Turley Law Firm. “They are intimately involved ... have absolute authority over the congregation and had every reason to know [of the abuse].”
Officials at WBTS did not return calls for comment.
According to the lawsuit, six individuals from the Dallas, Plano and Greenville congregations were sexually, physically and emotionally abused in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when they were between the ages of 4 and 14. The plaintiffs in the case are unnamed due to the nature of the allegations.
The six plaintiffs in the case did not report the alleged abuse while it was occurring because they and their families were threatened by Jackson and the other individual with discipline and harm if they spoke to anyone about the acts, the lawsuit states. Within the Jehovah’s Witness faith, members are told to handle issues within the organization. However, the organization’s policy requires leaders to hold internal investigations of claims of abuse and wrongdoing.
“[Jackson] was directly appointed to that position, which is a leadership position in the organization. ... There would have been a circuit overseer who would have oversaw ... and would have reported,” Schulte said. “At some point you reach a point where it’s your time to come forward.”
Schulte said the male plaintiff was likely a member of the Kingdom Hall Jehovah’s Witnesses of Plano. However, it is likely that the alleged abuse occurred at multiple locations since he “regularly took them on trips and other religious outings.”
In addition to sexual exploitation and abuse, the lawsuit claims that the defendants were involved in negligence and various forms of fraud stemming from allegations that congregation leaders misrepresented themselves as people of trust and that the WBTS should have been responsible for oversight since its “authority flows down from it to the local levels.”
Each of the six plaintiffs in the case are seeking about $1 million in damages for the alleged lasting psychological and emotional damages that the abuse has caused in their lives since the instances described in the lawsuit took place. The suit says they are also seeking punitive and exemplary damages in hopes that it will deter future acts from occurring.
“Sex abuse victims oftentimes suffer lifelong pain and drama,” Schulte said.
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Balaamsass2
First Newspaper to pick -up story. (a Local). Be sure to visit and comment! More to follow if it gets a little more traction. Be sure to share on Twitter and Facebook.
