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  The WTBTS has had insurance that possibly includes cover for Child Abuse since 1984

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this is in a statement made by the australian branch committee member o'brien, the insurance is held by the wtbts pennsylvania.

  no doubt the cost of that insurance would be astronomical the more claims they are making against it but it would greatly influence the way they deal with court cases and potential court cases, including settlement.

  if they are covered for these claims then their concerns would be more about publicity than the amounts awarded or paid to the victim.. although o'brien states that the cover could possibly include any australian claims he would not have said so or even thought there was a need to reveal the information if the organization hadn't already made claims under their insurance.

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  Will Vincent Toole speak the truth to the Royal commission?

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  vincent toole has a history of stating blatant untruths in order to protect the wt.. he is recorded as once saying that shunning was "a myth".. i wonder how linguistically pedantic will he get, and how much double-speak will he employ in order to defend the current wt policies.

  my guess is he will try to twist the senior counsel in knots with wordy responses, in the hope they will simply run out of time.. if this fails then i'm expecting some howlers of deception..

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  40 Years Old Today

  by azor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i celebrated my birthday for the first time today at 40 years old.

  my wife was great.

  she and some of my coworkers surprised me at lunch.

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  My New Avatar

  by cofty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  time for a change.

  my new avatar is the railway bridge in my hometown lit up at night.

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  Australian journalists investigating abuse

  by Joel-ABC-730 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  dear members,.

  i am an investigative journalist with the australian public broadcaster, the abc.

  we are currently gathering information from members of the jehovah's witnesses who experienced sexual abuse as children and adolescents in australia.

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  10th Anniversary

  by geevee in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just popped in to say hi and let you know that my wife and i have been "out" for 10 years!!!

  wow a whole decade without going to a meeting or out door to door.. no bolts of lightening, only a couple of visits in all that time by some petrified elders and a couple of newbie locals knocking on our door in all that time!.

  how wonderful!

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  Family gathering before disfellowshiping

  by Mattieu in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  if you were/are in the sydenham (melbourne/victoria) congo you may be very familiar with this a few years back.

  a prominent elder who likes the sound of his own voice (hint, his initials are william saad) yes of quite a well connected family, was on a judicial committee who was disfellowshiping one of his own male relatives for repeated marijuana usage.. this story by the way shows how corrupt the whole system is.

  as williams family (elders and c/o) had covered up the previous few sorrid outcomes of his drug usage, they couldn't contain the last public viewing of his drug dependency, witnessed by many witnesses ironically... so they held a jc to disfellowship him.

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  Why are people burning their city to the ground in Baltimore? How doe Looting and Mob Violence Help?

  by PokerPlayerPhil in

  1. social
  2. current

  it's hard enough for businesses to enter these areas the government once had to offer up tax breaks to service them.

  in watts, california it took decades for city residents to get a grocery store after the thugs burned their businesses to the ground.

  you can see the insanity taking place, when you allow mobs and fools to burn building down nothing good comes from it.

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  Geoffrey Jackson is a Furry?

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  who knew?.

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  Australian Football player Alex Rance

  by Mattieu in

  1. social
  2. current

  how can i describe alex rance?

  if i was from the uk or europe, imagine your best football goal keeper.

  if from the usa, imagine your best defence player in the nfl.

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