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Star Tribune: Jehovah's Witnesses accused of mishandling abuse in Montana
by Tahoe inhttp://www.startribune.com/jehovah-s-witnesses-accused-of-mishandling-abuse-in-montana/493779331/.
helena, mont.
— two women who say they were sexually abused as children have alleged that the jehovah's witnesses failed to report their abuser to authorities in montana and instead punished him internally by expelling him from the congregation until he repented the following year.. a trial begins monday in the tiny city of thompson falls for one of dozens of lawsuits filed nationwide in the last decade over claims of child sexual abuse in jehovah's witness congregations.
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In search of custody hearing advice ...
by dubstepped ini don't have kids, but i recently found that someone with kids that lives in my town is also an ex-jw.
she just happened to post on an apostafest thread on facebook for an event that i attended, saw that we lived in the same place, and i met her for the first time tonight.
pretty cool.. she has a 14 year old boy that is super smart and very articulate.
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The following website has excellent advice on it. Also, the expert, Dan Johnson, will give some free advice on the phone. He's told me that he would do that so mention my name.Expert Custody Consultants 30 Years Leading The Fight Against The Watchtower Society's Child Custody AtrocitiesRead real cases on the website: https://jehovahswitnessesexperts.com/articles-and-resources/- Barbara
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Article: Philadelphia Inquirer - Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses to protest sex abuse scandals at Pa. convention
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www2.philly.com/philly/news/jehovahs-witnesses-child-sex-abuse-protest-reading-chessa-manion-20180824.html.
ex-jehovah’s witnesses to protest sex abuse scandals at pa. convention.
by david gambacorta, posted: 2 hours ago .
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http://www2.philly.com/philly/news/jehovahs-witnesses-child-sex-abuse-protest-reading-chessa-manion-20180824.html
Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses to protest sex abuse scandals at Pa. convention
Chessa Manion insists she's not looking for revenge, or to spark an ugly confrontation, when she heads to Berks County this weekend.
The plan that she and a group of former Jehovah's Witnesses have cobbled together is fairly simple: They'll gather in front of the Reading Santander Arena on Sunday with signs and artwork, and try to catch the eyes of some current followers of the millenarian religion who will be streaming into the building for a convention that's expected to draw thousands from Pennsylvania and Maryland congregations.
For some of the ex-Witnesses, it'll be a chance to share painful experiences that they tried to bury for years — in Manion's case, the rape that she suffered as a 5-year-old at the hands of a teenage Witness in a small Illinois town in 1994. Others hope to encourage active Witnesses to question the organization's leaders, who have responded to a growing number of child sex abuse cases around the world with denials and instructions to destroy records that could prove harmful in litigation.
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HUFFPOST: Pennsylvania Releases Damning Report On Catholic Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pennsylvania-report-catholic-clergy-sex-abuse-scandal_us_5b2d4062e4b00295f15c56db.
pennsylvania releases damning report on catholic clergy sex abuse scandal.
the report identified over 300 catholic priests in pennsylvania who have been accused of sexual abuse.. .
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Video of Attorney General Shapiro's announcement of the release of the Grand Jury Report:
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HUFFPOST: Pennsylvania Releases Damning Report On Catholic Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pennsylvania-report-catholic-clergy-sex-abuse-scandal_us_5b2d4062e4b00295f15c56db.
pennsylvania releases damning report on catholic clergy sex abuse scandal.
the report identified over 300 catholic priests in pennsylvania who have been accused of sexual abuse.. .
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Pennsylvania Releases Damning Report On Catholic Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal
The report identified over 300 Catholic priests in Pennsylvania who have been accused of sexual abuse.Pennsylvania’s attorney general released on Tuesday the long-awaited results of a damning grand jury investigation into how six Roman Catholic dioceses in the state covered up sexual abuse by 301 “predator priests” over the past 70 years.
The 884-page report is the largest, most comprehensive investigation on the church’s sex abuse scandal by a U.S. state, according to Attorney General Josh Shapiro. The grand jury identified over 1,000 victims in the six dioceses examined in the report: Allentown, Erie, Greensburg, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Scranton. But the jurors suspected the true number of victims could be much higher.
Shapiro said the report, which was delayed for months while individuals named in it raised legal challenges over what portions should be redacted, showed that church leaders in these dioceses knew abuse was occurring but systematically covered it up.
“The pattern was abuse, deny, and coverup,” Shapiro said during a news conference Tuesday.
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IRISH TIMES: What is it like to be a Jehovah’s Witness family living in Ireland?
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/what-is-it-like-to-be-a-jehovah-s-witness-family-living-in-ireland-1.3573827.
what is it like to be a jehovah’s witness family living in ireland?.
adherence to biblical strictures provides a solid base in an increasingly secular society.
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- Presently 14 Comments in the Irish Times regarding the article
- Kevin
Religious belief has got to be one of the most fascinating and diverse by-products of human evolution. Thank you, fascinating insight into a fringe cult.
- 18 hours ago
- mediaocrity
@Kevin Fascinating, perhaps, a good thing, decidedly no.
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- JamesAlan
The article is somewhat 'soft.', but maybe that's what was asked for. In particular, the Jehovah's Witness practice of shunning family members who leave the church needs to be discussed in any thorough piece on this religion.
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- frankwhelan
@JamesAlan Or even people who they have been visiting,if those people then decide they don't agree with them,they are shunned if met in public.
- 11 hours ago
- mediaocrity
@JamesAlan Just another puff piece for a religion in the IT. A religion, like all of them, with a very nasty side.
By the way, minority faiths in Ireland should welcome secularism, i.e. that the State is less inclined to treat a particular religion more favourably, and work towards a separation of churches and state.
Increasing irreligion is not secularism, disbelief is not secularism, however it is the RCC's preferred term to slag off non-believers now that atheist is no longer regarded as an... » more- 5 hours ago
- FlorianMozart
such a terrible article. completely one-sided. what about: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jehovahs-witnesses-religion-christianity-religious-group-what-is-it-like-a7214966.html
? JW is a dangerous sect. Much like scientology. There is no romanticizing.- 11 hours ago
- ClaudiaK
@FlorianMozart Thank you for the link, just read the article and it confirms what I think of them. It is rather a cult than a religion.
- 10 hours ago
- mediaocrity
@ClaudiaK Difference between a cult and a religion? Scale and time.
Or as someone once said, if the guy who made it all up is still alive it's a cult, if he's dead then it's a religion...- 5 hours ago
- ClaudiaK
That article had a whiff of the author being brainwashed by the Jehovas. If they are happy to live as they live, cudos to them. But I don't want them at my door, telling me that I am doomed if I don't convert! The bible tells us lots of things, for them it was written by God. For me, it is a compendium of very very old stories, written by humans. To not celebrate your children's birthday because of two incidents which happened over 2000 years ago I find simply ridiculous. Another aspect which I... » more
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- Eddie
After a Catholic brainwashing many Irish will be fodder for other religious cults such as the Jehova's Witnesses. It all seems harmless but again a religion dominated by men with ways to divide families through shunning. Homophobia is also rife in this cult despite the claims. All these cults are based on man's quest for meaning and superiority over others. Leave religion alone and respect others.
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- mediaocrity
@Eddie There's also money of course. That hall in Citywest didn't hire itself. Wonder how much JWs are expected / forced to tithe?
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- AnChiarogEile
@Eddie "After a Catholic brainwashing many Irish will be fodder for other religious cults such as the Jehova's Witnesses."
Indeed so: their recruits have always tended to come from other Christian denominations rather than being scooped up from off the street. The usual pattern in my experience is people who grow discontented with their present church congregation because it isn't extreme or demanding enough, so are on the look-out for something which straps their lives into a far more rigid... » more- 52 minutes ago
- mediaocrity
You'd have to be a right gobdaw to change your double glazing on the say-so of a door-to-door salesman, never mind change your entire outlook on the world.
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- AnChiarogEile
Let's face it, there are some people in this world - a good many in fact - who hanker instinctively for a totalitarian organisation which manages every aspect of their lives, explains everything for them, lays all manner of onerous obligations upon them and occupies their every waking moment, often treating them abominably for no reason at all and robbing them of their time, energies and money in trying to extend the organisation's domination to the entire human race in a kind of vast... » more
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IRISH TIMES: What is it like to be a Jehovah’s Witness family living in Ireland?
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/what-is-it-like-to-be-a-jehovah-s-witness-family-living-in-ireland-1.3573827.
what is it like to be a jehovah’s witness family living in ireland?.
adherence to biblical strictures provides a solid base in an increasingly secular society.
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What is it like to be a Jehovah’s Witness family living in Ireland?
Adherence to biblical strictures provides a solid base in an increasingly secular society
Sheila Wayman Katy Mullins (Carrick-on-Suir) and Becky Mullins (Dungarvan) attending the annual Jehovah’s Witnesses convention in the Citywest Hotel, Dublin. Photo: Nick Bradshaw
A childhood without celebrating birthdays – your own or anybody else’s – is hard to imagine in 21st century Ireland. When your child is at primary school, there are times when it seems there is a party nearly every weekend.
But not for those growing up with Jehovah’s Witnesses as parents.
They don’t “do” birthdays.“I don’t mind,” says 10-year-old Ethan Wall from Co Cork. Does he tell his classmates why he can’t accept their invitations? “I use the Bible to explain that God doesn’t like false celebrations,” he replies solemnly.
That is not to say they don’t enjoy celebrations per se. And Ethan’s parents, Reece and Kelly, stress that they have other events to look forward to.
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There is Important Dutch News: majority in Dutch Parliament require an investigation into child abuse within JWs
by AndersonsInfo inthere is important dutch news: majority in dutch parliament require an investigation into child abuse within jwshttp://translate.google.com/translate?u=https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nederland/politiek/tweede-kamer-eist-onafhankelijk-onderzoek-naar-misbruik-jehovahs-getuigen&hl=en&langpair=auto%7cen&tbb=1&ie=utf-8.
the lower house requires independent investigation into abuse of jehovah's witnesses .
june 28, 2018 18:56 .
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There is Important Dutch News: majority in Dutch parliament require an investigation into child abuse within JWs
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nederland/politiek/tweede-kamer-eist-onafhankelijk-onderzoek-naar-misbruik-jehovahs-getuigen&hl=en&langpair=auto%7Cen&tbb=1&ie=UTF-8The Lower House requires independent investigation into abuse of Jehovah's Witnesses
Nevertheless, an independent investigation must be conducted into the sexual abuse of Jehovah's witnesses. This requires a majority in the House of Representatives. At a special hotline, almost 300 victims have reported themselves. Earlier Minister Dekker of Legal Protection decided that such a research did not come about because the Jehovah's self did not want to cooperate.He called that disappointing, but he left it at that. Now a majority of the SP, PvdA, CDA, GroenLinks and the VVD wants to have an independent investigation done. READ MORE:
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Victims' advocates: Abuse not just a 'Catholic problem' [Advocates ask for an investigation like ARC]
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.philly.com/philly/news/victims-advocates-abuse-not-just-a-catholic-problem-20180625.html.
victims' advocates: abuse not just a 'catholic problem' .
by peter smith, pittsburgh post-gazette .
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http://www.philly.com/philly/news/victims-advocates-abuse-not-just-a-catholic-problem-20180625.html
Victims' advocates: Abuse not just a 'Catholic problem'
by Peter Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
June 25, 2018 — 5:00 AM EDT
Christa Brown of Tennessee has for years called on Baptist churches to set up an independent panel to evaluate allegations of sexual abuse by clergy — such as the youth minister who sexually assaulted her as a teenager — and to keep predators from striking again at another church.
Pastor Jimmy Hinton — a Somerset Church of Christ pastor who confronted his own pastor-father about the sexual abuse that landed the latter in prison — has worked to educate churches on the ways child molesters manipulate fellow believers into trusting them with their children.
Melanie Jula Sakoda has made it her own mission to hold Orthodox Christian churches accountable for sexual abuse by their priests and others.
All of them agree on this: A future Pennsylvania grand jury could find as much evidence of sexual abuse and cover-up among other religious groups and youth-serving organizations as a current statewide grand jury is expected to find among Roman Catholic dioceses. That grand jury is expected to release a mammoth report if it clears ongoing legal challenges by individuals identified in its report.
“Some people assume this is a Catholic problem,” Hinton said. “It’s not, not at all. There are plenty of Protestant and nondenominational churches that cover up abuse and knowingly pass abusers from church to church, or quietly dismiss a known abuser and don’t bother to check up on the abuser and don’t know where they settled.”
Too many Protestant leaders deny the seriousness of the crisis, are too quick to forgive and restore a predator who speaks the lingo of repentance, and try to contain scandal, he said. And so they allow pastors or other offenders to reinvent themselves in a new church somewhere else.
A grand jury investigation would find plenty of evidence that it’s every religion’s problem, he said.
“One of the things I see is, through investigations, eventually you’ll get people who are honest — whether that’s accidentally or whether somebody is just fed up with the way leadership handled cases of abuse,” said Hinton.
And youth-serving organizations, beyond religious ones, are also implicated. In April, the director of the Allentown-based Cadets drum and bugle corps resigned after nine women accused him of sexual harassment and assault over decades, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
“The practice of covering up for predators is not limited to the Catholic Church, or even to religious groups,” said Sakoda, of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. The cases of Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, both serial pedophiles convicted on numerous charges of sexual abuse of children, “are examples of institutional cover-ups outside of faith communities.”
Evangelical Protestants have been swept up in the #MeToo movement. A Memphis megachurch pastor resigned over sexually assaulting a teen girl years ago when he was her youth minister.
Two of the most venerated leaders in the nation’s largest body, the Southern Baptist Convention, have been felled by scandal. Paige Patterson was fired in May from his Texas seminary presidency for callous treatment of victims of domestic and sexual assault. His longtime ally, lay leader Paul Pressler, also of Texas, faces allegations of sexually molesting teen boys in his youth group.
A sprawling investigation into all kinds of religious and secular youth-serving organizations would be a challenge to conduct.Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s office declined to comment when asked whether a broader investigation were merited.
The attorney general would need to spare investigators on a long research project that, like the Catholic investigations, may yield lots of history but not many prosecutions due to the criminal statute of limitations
Further, few religions are as centralized or as fastidious about record keeping as the Catholic Church. Each diocese has archives of personnel files and other records, including candid internal documents that bishops and other administrators never assumed were going to be made public. That’s a potential target-rich environment for investigators.
While some religions have similar hierarchies, many of their records are kept at headquarters in other states, such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses in New York and the Mormons in Utah. Others, such as Baptists and the network of independent congregations known as the Churches of Christ, are decentralized and have no uniform protocols for saving records.
That said, victims’ advocates say there is a gold standard for such a sweeping investigation: The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Australia. The multiyear investigation by this organization, which employed hundreds of staffers, revealed a “national tragedy” of astonishing scope.
READ MORE: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/victims-advocates-abuse-not-just-a-catholic-problem-20180625.html
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YouTube-Cults & Extreme Beliefs Season 1 Episode 2 Review & Reaction | AfterBuzz TV Jehovah's Witnesses
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mij9n2xubr0&feature=share.
afterbuzz tv — cults and extreme belief edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of a&e's cults and extreme belief.
in this episode hosts juliet vibert, mina wahab, and taylor gates discuss episode 2 about jehovah's witnesses.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIJ9n2XubR0&feature=share
AFTERBUZZ TV — Cults and Extreme Belief edition, is a weekly "after show" for fans of A&E's Cults and Extreme Belief. In this episode hosts Juliet Vibert, Mina Wahab, and Taylor Gates discuss episode 2 about Jehovah's Witnesses
