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Jehovah’s Witnesses girls molested, police say; Santa Ana man held
by OrphanCrow injehovahs witnesses girls molested, police say; santa ana man held.
a 41-year-old santa ana man was behind bars friday on suspicion of sexually assaulting four girls he met through his ties to a jehovahs witnesses church in santa ana, police said.. jose luis aguilera was arrested at his home friday on suspicion of molesting four girls he met through a kingdom hall jehovahs witness church in santa ana, where their families worship, according to santa ana police cpl.
anthony bertagna.. the girls are 9 to 12 years old, and the alleged sexual assaults began in the spring of 2014, when the suspect lived in tustin, bertagna said.. .
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Jehovah’s Witnesses girls molested, police say; Santa Ana man held
by OrphanCrow injehovahs witnesses girls molested, police say; santa ana man held.
a 41-year-old santa ana man was behind bars friday on suspicion of sexually assaulting four girls he met through his ties to a jehovahs witnesses church in santa ana, police said.. jose luis aguilera was arrested at his home friday on suspicion of molesting four girls he met through a kingdom hall jehovahs witness church in santa ana, where their families worship, according to santa ana police cpl.
anthony bertagna.. the girls are 9 to 12 years old, and the alleged sexual assaults began in the spring of 2014, when the suspect lived in tustin, bertagna said.. .
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Add a comment...Tman Davis ·Thank you so much for bringing attention to this global epidemic. Jehovah's Witnesses are an anti-gov't cult so they don't allow their members to report crimes against women & children to the police. They do not ban convicted child molesters from cult activities such as going door to door. Don't EVER allow your child to speak to them! For more information on the epidemic of rape, incest & child molestation in the JW cult visit:Beth Soloman ·This abuse problem is a pandemic in the congregations of jehovah's witnesses and has been for decades. Were it not for the public media and the ex-jw community, thousands of victims within and outside the faith would continue to suffer without a voice to speak for them.
We as a society do our citizens a grave injustice by allowing this faith to proselytize in our neighborhoods.
The next jehovah's witness to show up at your door might very well be a child molester or a wife beater. Domestic violence is still the elephant in the room in this religion.Alexandra JamesThe Royal Commission inquiry in Australia recently revealed that JWs knew of 1,006 pedophiles in their religion in the past few decades, with not one being reported to police. Not one. Some had multiple victims, and those are just the ones who were reported to elders and confirmed. How many others terrorize and threaten their victims into silence, using their positions as elders and even fathers to keep them quiet? Even if they did tell elders, what becomes of it if no one calls the police to have the offender arrested? One case was documented that the elders told a victim, who was being beaten and raped by her own father, to "respect" him, and advised the father to return to the home even after the mother confirmed he was molesting all four of his daughters. Please visit JWvictims.org to find out more about this obscenity called a religion. -
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People Magazine: Who Was Vester Lee Flanagan, the Man Who Allegedly Shot 3 People on Live TV?
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.people.com/article/vester-lee-flanagan-bryce-willams-the-man-who-allegedly-shot-3-people-live-tv.
people magazine: who was vester lee flanagan, the man who allegedly shot 3 people on live tv?.
born in 1973 in oakland, california, to vester and betty flanagan, he was raised as a strict jehovah's witness.
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People Magazine: Who Was Vester Lee Flanagan, the Man Who Allegedly Shot 3 People on Live TV?
A Close Family
Born in 1973 in Oakland, California, to Vester and Betty Flanagan, he was raised as a strict Jehovah's Witness. Life seemed stable. His mother was a teacher for 37 years. He had two sisters, Vicki and Valerie. "His family was close," says childhood friend Shaun Barton. "Both of his parents came from pretty big families, so he had a lot of cousins, too. The family would have a lot of get-togethers, and I always got the feeling that he liked that."
When his mother died in 2008, Flanagan took the loss hard. "That's when we fell out of touch," says Barton. "He just withdrew to himself and cut off all contact with anyone from his past. You could tell he was in a lot of pain."Hi, could Anyone tell me please tell me
what denomination was the shooter that killed all those people in the movie
theater? What about the shooter from the elementary school? Or the guy that
killed a police officer yesterday in LA or the guy that shot that guy in NC? Or
the recent shooting at the church. Even that was not religious related but a
hate crime based on race only. I don’t remember their religion ever becoming a
factor AT all. please don’t make this an issue about religious and blame JWs.
regardless of who you are and what you are, what you choose to do is on you and
you only and if is a matter of mental faculties, then is that and only
that. Terrorism can be blamed on religion because is about that. This
senseless killing is about a sick man and nothing moreDanny Haszard lucent6408d • an hour ago
Orwellian Watchtower World.
Coping & reasoning skills are lacking among folks who are raised JWs.According to US studies, "Jehovah's Witnesses are more likely to be admitted to psychiatric hospitals than the general population".
"As a writer in the American journal Free Inquiry puts it: 'Either the Jehovah's Witness sect tends to ATTRACT an excess of pre-psychotic individuals who may then break down, or else being a Jehovah's Witness is itself a stress that may precipitate psychosis. "'Possibly both of these factors operate together ...'" The religion in their very own literature will ADMIT to Jehovah's Witnesses members *high stress levels* in other words manifestation of member mental illness: PTSD, depression,suicidal ideation,anxiety etc....They ADMIT to this when propaganda serves them to advertise the *hardships" and *persecution* associated with being in the *one true religion*.
Do a search google*Jehovah's Witnesses* scroll past their 'official' propaganda page and find out what others who have had dealings with them say.
While no one can really know what was going on inside his head, there are a couple of points in this article that, growing up as a Jehovah's Witness, I understand all too well.
Some other articles I have read, share stuff about him that is more related to mental illness in general and not a by product of being a JW, but I can honestly say, being a JW doesn't help anyone. They discourage (discourage is a euphemism for forbid -encourage is a euphemism for a command, in JW speak) outside help, their idea of help is "pray more, study more, and go door to door more", that doesn't help anyone who is having mental health issues, it makes it worse. "Jehovah told me to shoot them" for example. -
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VA shooting suspect was raised a JW! He mentions it on his Twitter account
by WingCommander inanyone in the usa following this morning's shooting "on-air" live tv will know what i'm talking about.
bryce williams (not real name, but on-air name) shot and killed 2 people on live television this morning in roanoke, va. he was wearing a go-pro camera, and uploaded his first-person video onto his social media accounts.
i've seen his twitter feed (before it was taken down), and not very far down he mentions being raised a jw.
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This a very lengthy article with many photos.
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Letter to Upstate NY newspaper mentions JWs and taxes -
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.dailyfreeman.com/opinion/20150817/letter-the-reason-newspapers-in-america-are-suffering-declining-readership
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Article- Child checks for all religious leaders, inquiry recommends
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/in-depth/child-checks-for-all-religious-leaders-inquiry-recommends/story-fngburq5-1227486717033.
by: rick morton .
from: the australian .
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- by: Rick Morton
- From: The Australian
- August 17, 2015 11:33AM
Every religious leader in the country and their officers would be required to undergo working with children checks under proposed sweeping reforms to the system recommended by the child abuse royal commission.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse authored a report on state and territory working with children checks which was tabled in parliament today.
“A person must apply for a Working With Children Check (WWCC) in each state or territory in which they intend to engage in child-related work,” the report says.
“Organisations and people working across borders report substantial challenges in working with the varied schemes, including extra costs and difficulty understanding and complying with the various laws.
“These problems are not new and have been recognised by governments for some time. We believe that the absence of any action to fix these problems is a significant and inexcusable failure on the part of governments — these problems cannot continue to be ignored.”
In the next 12 to 18 months the commission expects state and territory governments to adopt uniform WWCC standards which would be portable across jurisdictions and which would remove myriad “conditions”.
Instead of having conditions the report proposes a two-speed approval only: either people are granted working approval or they are not.
Also, some people convicted of serious offences against children — like murder, sexual abuse or child pornography offences — would lose the right to any appeal against a refusal to grant access to children.
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Reveal News: One Thing Leads to Another
by ABibleStudent inaccording to reveal news' website at https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/one-thing-leads-to-another/, "in august, we're is picking up the threads from three major investigations to see whats happened since they aired.
these are stories that moved people, made them angry and sparked change.".
peace be with you and everyone, who you love,.
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Here's another link to a Reveal story that was just posted today, August 11th:
https://www.revealnews.org/article/5-hardships-faced-by-victims-of-jehovahs-witnesses-sexual-abuse/
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Link to all of Rachel Browne's excellent articles (10) in the Sydney Morning Herald about JWs and the Royal Commission
by AndersonsInfo infrom the sydney morning herald - new south wales (10 articles).
rachel browne is a social affairs reporter for fairfax media.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/by/rachel-browne .
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From the Sydney Morning Herald - New South Wales (10 articles)
Rachel Browne is a Social Affairs Reporter for Fairfax Media
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Jwfacts tv appearance
by sparrowdown inshout out to jwfacts.. just saw the drum.
excellent job !
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JWfacts.org Paul Grundy is interviewed by Australian reporters
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The Australian: Jehovah Lawyer Vague on Abuse Report Laws
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/jehovah-lawyer-vague-on-abuse-report-laws/story-fn3dxiwe-1227471163192.
by peter trute august 5, 2015 .
abuse victims 'face cruel choice': inquiry.
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By Peter Trute August 5, 2015
Abuse victims 'face cruel choice': inquiry
A VICTIM of sexual abuse within the Jehovah's Witnesses would face an "impossible choice" between staying in the church and being cut off from friends and family, the child abuse royal commission has heard.
ONE of the most senior members of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Australia, Terrence O'Brien, told the commission on Wednesday that a victim would know that by "disassociating" or leaving the church, they would be shunned by other Jehovah's Witnesses.
Counsel assisting the commission, Angus Stewart SC, said in a scenario where a survivor of abuse could not bear remaining in the same organisation as her abuser, the fate she faced was "cruel".
"No one, is it not right, should be put to the choice of remaining in an organisation which she feels is protective of her abuser, and losing her family and social network?" Mr Stewart asked Mr O'Brien.
Mr O'Brien replied that he could only be guided by what the scriptures say.
The treatment of those who leave or are forced out of the church - a practice called "disfellowshipping" - was "to help the person see the benefits of associating", Mr O'Brien said.
The Jehovah's Witnesses' handling of abuse complaints has been under intense scrutiny at the commission, which has heard that not one of 1006 cases of child abuse allegations recorded in Jehovah's Witness Australia documents since 1950 was reported to police.
Also in focus has been its strict adherence to Bible teachings that forbid women from holding positions of authority over men - including on its three-man judicial panel charged with handling abuse cases.
Mr O'Brien said the church would review its procedures following the commission appearance.
Women may be able to be involved in dealing with abuse complaints but not in a decision-making position, he said. Church rules also require abuse allegations to be substantiated by two witnesses.
A solicitor and overseer of the legal department for the Jehovah's Witnesses, Vincent Toole, told the commission that he "may well have been wrong" about laws dictating liability to report allegations of child abuse to authorities.
Mr Toole told the commission he has received three to four calls a month from church elders about child abuse allegations.
The Jehovah's Witness church has 68,000 members in Australia across 821 congregations.
Mr Toole told the commission the Jehovah's Witness church had "no qualms at all about mandatory reporting".
But he was quizzed by Commissioner Peter McClellan on whether he understood that while mandatory reporting required certain individuals to report abuse complaints, there was also a general obligation on every citizen to report criminal offences to police.
"I have become much more aware of it in the last few days," Mr Toole replied.
Joanne Gallagher, a barrister representing a survivor of child abuse, told Mr Toole the law had required such reporting since 1990.
The commission was due to conclude its hearings into the Jehovah's Witnesses on Wednesday but Justice McClellan said he will now call Geoffrey Jackson, a senior member of the church's governing body in New York who is currently in Australia, to appear next week.
The commission has also announced it will start public hearings in September into allegations of abuse at prestigious Victorian private school, Geelong Grammar in Melbourne.
