Hi,
Can anyone link me the thread where the number of Watchtower companies in Australia was compared to other religions? My search-fu is weak this morning. :(
Cheers!
Watchtower in Australia - Number of Corporations
by Onager 3 Replies latest watchtower scandals
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Onager
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shepherdless
If you are just after names, you can try:
Try searching using "Jehovah", "Kingdom", and "Watchtower". Most will be state registered "business names", not ASIC companies, because charities are usually just state registered "incorporated associations", not federally registered Pty Ltd companies.
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Da.Furious
You need also to look for IBSA or International Bible Student Association. That's how they are registered also in UK.
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jwleaks
Try the following link which is from the Australian Child Abuse Royal Commission which will help you with part of your query. See page 18 (facsimile copy below) of the final finding re: JWs and Watchtower.
Add to the 821 legal entities the following:
- Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of Australia Ltd (branch office)
- Watchtower Travel Ltd (a travel company that is set up allowing it to receive financial kickbacks from conventions and hotel accomodation)
- Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Ltd (set up in up 2013 to deflect child abuse lawsuits and to protect the assets - this corporation is operated differently from the corporation of the same name registered in the USA)
By having each congregation registered this means the three elders who are registered as trustees have accepted all legal responsibility on behalf of Watchtower and the governing body.
"Jehovah's Witnesses", the religion in itself, does not exist as a legal entity. Technically and legally speaking it exists only in the minds of people who claim they are 'Jehovah's Witnesses'.