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  If you are in Germany and you are a former JW who is an activist there, ...

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  or if you know a former jw who is an activist exposing the wt organization in germany, please pm me or write me through my website, www.watchtowerdocuments.org at http://watchtowerdocuments.org/contact-barbara/ because i need some assistance.. thank you,.

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  Thanks tim hooper for the lead.

  Barbara
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  Please contact me if you're in the US and between 18 and 40 and want to be on TV telling your story.

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  contact me through my website at: http://watchtowerdocuments.org/contact-barbara/.

  thank you,.

  barbara.

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  Thanks for the suggestions which I'm following up on. Already received three replies from "younger" former JWs who want to talk to the producer.

  Barbara
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  Please contact me if you're in the US and between 18 and 40 and want to be on TV telling your story.

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  contact me through my website at: http://watchtowerdocuments.org/contact-barbara/.

  thank you,.

  barbara.

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  I don't make the rules for media. I spoke with the media representative for about an hour enlightening her. That's all I can do. We're grateful for what we can get. The program as I learned, will have quite an interesting format, so let's not be negative, OK?

  Barbara
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  Please contact me if you're in the US and between 18 and 40 and want to be on TV telling your story.

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  contact me through my website at: http://watchtowerdocuments.org/contact-barbara/.

  thank you,.

  barbara.

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  I expect that younger folks attract a larger audience. (Well, that leaves me out too!)

  However, glad you asked apostrate and Terry because exceptions will be made by the company. If you will send me an email, I'll send you the information from the media organization about what they are looking for in a story and then if you want to, you can email the company yourself to discuss your story.

  Contact me through my website at: http://watchtowerdocuments.org/contact-barbara/

  Barbara
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  "Witness to Murder" an upcoming program on US TV about a JW family will air August 20th...

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  i was informed yesterday that a us cable tv channel named investigation discovery will be broadcasting a 7-part series named "deadly devotion.

  " one program in the series is "witness to murder" which will air wednesday evening, august 20th, probably at 9 p.m. est.

  check the schedule on the internet which lists the date and time of broadcast two-weeks ahead.

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  Legacy: I didn't know that on Wednesday most JWs are at meeting?

  Not in our area. It's always been Thursday or Friday nights for meetings. Here's hoping that maybe those who watch the program Wednesday evening because they attend meetings on Thursday or Friday nights, will pass the information from the program to the Wednesday night meeting attenders.

  One thing for sure, lots of Bethelites (including certain Service Dept. folks) will be watching or recording the program.

  Barbara
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  Please contact me if you're in the US and between 18 and 40 and want to be on TV telling your story.

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  contact me through my website at: http://watchtowerdocuments.org/contact-barbara/.

  thank you,.

  barbara.

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  Contact me through my website at: http://watchtowerdocuments.org/contact-barbara/

  Thank you,

  Barbara
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  If you are in Germany and you are a former JW who is an activist there, ...

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  or if you know a former jw who is an activist exposing the wt organization in germany, please pm me or write me through my website, www.watchtowerdocuments.org at http://watchtowerdocuments.org/contact-barbara/ because i need some assistance.. thank you,.

  barbara.

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  AndersonsInfo

  Or if you know a former JW who is an activist exposing the WT organization in Germany, please PM me or write me through my website, www.watchtowerdocuments.org at http://watchtowerdocuments.org/contact-barbara/ because I need some assistance.

  Thank you,

  Barbara
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  "Witness to Murder" an upcoming program on US TV about a JW family will air August 20th...

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was informed yesterday that a us cable tv channel named investigation discovery will be broadcasting a 7-part series named "deadly devotion.

  " one program in the series is "witness to murder" which will air wednesday evening, august 20th, probably at 9 p.m. est.

  check the schedule on the internet which lists the date and time of broadcast two-weeks ahead.

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  DEADLY DEVOTION SEASON 2:

  WITNESS TO MURDER

  Wednesday night, August 20 th at 9PM/ 8c

  on INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY (check your local listings)
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  Breaking News :Charity Commission takes Wathtower to Tribunal in Britain

  by raymond frantz in

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  breaking news :charity commission takes watchtower to charity tribunal in britain.

  two weeks ago we run an article about the abuse case in moston manchester congregation .it would seem that the coverage from the main local newspaper manchester evening news and two national newspapers has alarmed the charity commission the official regulator for charities in england and wales and now for the first time !

  they opened an official investigation on both charities ,the local one ,moston congragation and the central one jehovah's witnesses of britain indicating that in their eyes these two are connected and liable for any misconduct .this is the time for a concentrated campaign from all of us to inform the charity commission why the watchtower should not be a called a charity .the article above has a link for the charity commission complaint page .follow it!.

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  On June 13, 2014, I wrote to the Charity Commission regarding a Canadian JW molestation victim who was made to appear before a JW tribunal and her molester as was the victim in the Manchester New Moston Congregation of JWs. Today I received this reply:

  Dear Mrs Anderson

  I acknowledge receipt of your email about Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain and regret not having responded before now.

  I think you are aware that the Charity Commission opened a statutory inquiry (investigation) into the charity on 27 May. You may have seen our public statement. It is available here: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/news/charity-commission-investigates-jehovahs-witnesses-charities/

  Thank you for offering to provide the investigation with material related to events in Canada. However, given the limits to the jurisdiction of the Commission (England and Wales) and the historic nature of the events, we take the view that the material is unlikely to assist the investigation. We will, however, retain your details on file should we change our view. (Underline mine.)

  For your information, please be aware that we do not enter into correspondence about action that we may intend to take or provide updates on the progress of our investigation, but we usually produce a report published on our website about the investigation once it has been concluded.

  Our publication CC46 - Statutory Inquiries into Charities: Guidance for charities and their advisers, although aimed at trustees, contains information about our regulatory role and the framework within which we will be carrying out this investigation, which you may find useful.

  Yours sincerely,

  Jonathan Cooper

  Investigator

  Investigations and Enforcement

  Charity Commission

  Here's what I wrote to the Charity Commission back on June 13, 2014:

  "I have a copy of a 2012 Canadian news article (not a pdf) about Vicki Boer who hoped to shine a light on abuse within Jehovah's Witness communities when she filed a civil suit against the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada and the elders of her congregation more than a decade ago over how her complaint of sexual abuse had been handled. She was made to appear before a Jehovah's Witnesses tribunal and her molester like in the Manchester New Moston Cong. of Jehovah's Witnesses. Vickie won her case. Would you like to have a copy of the article for your investigation?"
  
  (I then partially quoted a Canadian news article which was primarily about the victorious Candace Conti lawsuit in California in 2012)

  Landmark U.S. verdict against Jehovah's Witnesses may prompt Canadian sex abuse lawsuits
  
  ... Boer told the court how in the 1980s, between the age of 12 and 16, she was abused by her father. They belonged to a Jehovah's Witness congregation in Shelburne, Ont. and when she told church elders, she was forced go over her allegations in detail in front of her father.
  
  "It was the process that was damaging, them putting me in a room, making me sit in front of my father when I was explaining the abuse, when I went to them first because I was suffering," she said from Fredericton, where she now lives.
  
  The Jehovah Witnesses have a strict rule that the accused produce an independent witness of the alleged wrongdoing. As well, Watchtower policy states that when a Jehovah's Witness is accused of abusing a child, elders must meet with both the accused and the accuser, individually and then together.
  
  "If during that meeting the accused still denies the charges and there are no others who can substantiate them, the elders cannot take action within the congregation at that time," says the Watchtower's online child-protection statement. Why not? As a Bible-based organization, we must adhere to what the Scriptures say, namely, 'No single witness should rise up against a man respecting any error or any sin.'"
  
  According to former members, elders have told children and their families that if there are no witnesses to the alleged abuse then they should not speak about it as that would be slanderous. To do so can be grounds for "shunning" whereby the outcast follower is cut off from friends, family, his or her former way of life.
  
  Boer eventually won the high-profile case, heard in Toronto, but was then ordered to pay the legal costs for all parties. ...
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  Jim Penton's beloved wife Marilyn died today.

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  her suffering is finally over.

  marilyn has been battling cancer for about three years and at times it looked like she would win.

  but in the last few months the cancer spread.

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  Her suffering is finally over. Marilyn has been battling cancer for about three years and at times it looked like she would win. But in the last few months the cancer spread. Jim is devastated. They were married for over sixty years.

  More later.

  Barbara