Born in 1955 Jacko was baptized at 13 years of age in 1968.
His life story, printed in the August 2015 Watchtower doesn't state the year in which he married, it's fairly general when talking about it. Hmmm, I wonder why?
I've come across a recording of an interview with Jacko at a Hall dedication in another part of the US in 2009 which provides some further information.
He married his first wife, Jenny, in 1974 at the grand old age of 19. No wonder they didn't want to print it in the Watchtower.
Unfortunately his first wife, Jenny, was diagnosed with cancer in 1999.
In 2003 Jacko was sent a letter from the GB stating he was being transferred to HQ and his wife would be given appropriate work. He initially didn't know why they were being called to HQ as he felt they were being very productive in their Fijian paradise, he states that they brought 75 people into the truth. He's later told that he was to be part of the GB helpers and once they told him that he understood why he was invited????
Then one day, in 2005, whilst at HQ he was given a letter inviting him to be a GB member, he wrote back saying he didn't think he was ready but two weeks later they wrote back and said he was appointed. He was told to keep it secret for 6 weeks and specifically not to tell his wife anything. He wondered why he couldn't tell his wife and was told that it was her first lesson to appreciate that she was only one of the Bethel family and she would hear the news at the same time as everyone else, which he thought was appropriate. His wife was unable to attend breakfast most times and had undergone chemo. Jacko had to encourage her to attend on the morning of the announcement and even washed the dishes so everything would be ready for them to go to breakfast. However, no one passed the announcement on to Bro. Losch, the chairman and it didn't get read out. So Jacko had to go through the whole process again to get his wife to attend the next day. Just before it was announced she needed to leave the breakfast room because she has a coughing fit.
Fancy that, his wife had no say and no opportunity for discussion in the matter.
Why would Jacko even think of accepting the position of GB when his wife was gravely ill and why would he even attend a Hall dedication in another part of the country in 2009 which is the year in which she died? When it came to appearing at the Royal Commission, the managing of the protection of children just didn't rate highly enough for his attention.
Apparently four years later, in 2013, he married again, to Loraini. There have been reports that she was young.
This was reported on
https://www.theworldnewsmedia.org/topic/1488-geoffrey-jackson/
According to local newspaper Geoffrey Jackson was 57 when he married his second wife Loraini aged 30 in Jan 2013.
According to local newspaper Geoffrey Jackson was 57 when he married his second wife Loraini aged 30 in Jan 2013.
Geoffrey William Jackson, 57, Loraini Rokoloma Michell Sikivou, 30, Brooklyn, N.Y.
(http://www.knoxnews.com/news/l...
According to JW.ORG (https://www.jw.org/en/publicat...
Fact 1: Jehovah has blessed me with another beautiful wife, Loraini Sikivou. Loraini and Jenny had worked together at Bethel in Fiji, and Loraini too was a translator.
Fact 2: Sadly, my dear wife Jenny was not there with me. She had died in 2009, after fighting cancer for ten years. We were married for 35 years.
Fact 3: In 2003, Jenny and I were transferred from the Translation Department in Fiji to Translation Services in Patterson, New York.
Fact 4: Then, in 1996, we were assigned to the Fiji branch, where we helped with the translation work being done in the Fijian, Kiribati, Nauruan, Rotuman, and Tuvaluan languages.
The facts gathered from the article in JW.ORG, Jenny and Loraini would have worked together sometime in 1996 to 2003 before moving to NY. In that case, Geoffrey Jackson would have been introduced to Loraini between the age of 13 to 20 when working with Jenny as a translator.
Hmmmm.....According to local newspaper Geoffrey Jackson was 57 when he married his second wife Loraini aged 30 in Jan 2013.
The link above to the marriage information does not work but this is it
http://archive.knoxnews.com/news/local/marriages-for-sunday-jan-6-ep-359205307-356279461.html/
Unbelievable. It would be highly unlikely that they got her age wrong given that they are so particular with detail in using persons whole names.
At the time of the interview, Jacko was in the Writing Department, his work involved writing and editing. He states that everything that is printed has to be read by the GB members 2 or 3 times and each page signed before it is printed. He says a lot of their work is taken up by reading. He thought he was busy in the past but it was nothing compared to being on the GB. I guess with so much less being printed, he'll now have plenty of time to spend with his beautiful wife, maybe even fit in a few more holidays back to Fiji.
Jacko explains how all the GB members get along so well even though their backgrounds are probably the most diverse ever for a group of men. He says that they speak so freely that they all get 'egg on their face' at one time or another because they make suggestions that aren't accepted. That says volumes about these blokes, doesn't sound very discreet to me.
One of the most exciting things that Jacko feels is the way the GB makes decisions. He says that even if a GB writes a study article and submits it to the writing department, it is not spiritual food. There are 90 different steps it must go through, checking, proof reading, researching and then when it comes out the other end it's spiritual food. The same is true with the GB meetings. He's got one thing right, many times it's all too noticeable that it comes out the other end.
Jacko says that the Angels direct the preaching work but each day when going out, a JW doesn't necessarily see that direction but every now and again something happens and you go, wow, there must be angels involved. He says it is the same with the GB meetings. Before they go into a meeting, they do a lot of research, praying and careful consideration. Many things are mundane and could go one way or the other but the number of times he's seen 'something kick in' and the discussion goes another way and the decision is something that they totally didn't have in mind. Often times he finds himself walking out of the room and says to the other GB members, 'wow, what on earth happened there'. To him, it can only be the holy spirit.
That's very interesting and insightful. It really demonstrates how, at least for this individual member, he can be handled like a puppet on a string. How gullible and stupid can he be? And because he has no ability to fathom how decisions were changed he calls it HS.
If it's so exciting for him then why not share it with everyone? They've got all the facilities available and it's simply a matter of recording the meetings and putting them up on JW TV.