Posts by Marvin Shilmer

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RC news
by Larrikin in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/nsw/senior-jehovahs-witness-geoffrey-jackson-says-church-might-offer-compensation-to-alleged-abuse-victims-20150814-giyxuu.html
Marvin Shilmer

That is one scathing article, and true as the blue sky.
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Geoffrey Jackson - Royal Commission Live Hearing Now!
by LostinJapan in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
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https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.
Marvin Shilmer

WOW!!! A GB member (Jackson) just said it might be possible for JW women to be part of a judicial determination of guilt or innocence in relation to allegation of child molestation.
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Geoffrey Jackson - Royal Commission Live Hearing Now!
by LostinJapan in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
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https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.
Marvin Shilmer

Jackson just insulted churchgoers.
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Geoffrey Jackson - Royal Commission Live Hearing Now!
by LostinJapan in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
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https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.
Marvin Shilmer

Forgive the pun, but Jackson just got a spanking.
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Geoffrey Jackson - Royal Commission Live Hearing Now!
by LostinJapan in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
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https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.
Marvin Shilmer

Jackson just got a bible lesson on who did the appointing in Acts.
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Geoffrey Jackson - Royal Commission Live Hearing Now!
by LostinJapan in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
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https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.
Marvin Shilmer

I can't get the page to load. Every JW on the planet must be trying to log on to this thing!
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ONE pedophile and TWO victims per Congregation
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
"sadly, though, most [pedophiles] go unpunished by authorities today.

in australia, for example, it has been estimated that only 10 percent of offenders are prosecuted, and few are convicted.

other lands have had a similar record.
Marvin Shilmer

I recall more than 10 years ago when Bill Bowen claimed an inside source at Watchtower headquarters knew of a database containing the names of about 24,000 child molesters on file. As I recall this report was met with outrage and suspicion.
Since then Watchtower has claimed in legal documents that if it was compelled by authorities to share its data collection of alleged and known cases of sexual molestation of children it "would be forced to defend themselves against claim after claim originating from the different corners of the nation during the past twenty years."
More recently Australia's Royal Commission compelled Watchtower to hand over its files on reported sexual molestation of children from within the nation of Australia. The numbers are staggering. Those numbers show for the period of 1984 through 2014 there were 799 cases submitted by Jehovah's Witnesses to the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Australia of individuals with standing in the religion reported to have sexually molested a child/children. These 799 cases represent 1480 victims. Based on the average number of congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses in Australia, this means on average every congregation had at least one child molester with approximately two victims each.
We know Watchtower headquarters has a database of reported child molesters in the ranks of Jehovah's Witnesses because they admit to it in court documents. The keeping of such reports is confirmed by the release of documents to the Royal Commission by Watchtower's Australian branch, and this release also demonstrates a level of reported child molesters among Jehovah's Witnesses that far exceeds what Bill Bowen originally reported.
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ONE pedophile and TWO victims per Congregation
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
"sadly, though, most [pedophiles] go unpunished by authorities today.

in australia, for example, it has been estimated that only 10 percent of offenders are prosecuted, and few are convicted.

other lands have had a similar record.
Marvin Shilmer

"Sadly, though, most [pedophiles] go unpunished by authorities today. In Australia, for example, it has been estimated that only 10 percent of offenders are prosecuted, and few are convicted. Other lands have had a similar record. While governments may be able to do little to protect the Christian family, the application of Bible principles can do far more."--Awake, published by Watchtower, October 2002, p. 11.
So what has Watchtower application of biblical principles resulted in?
See: ONE pedophile and TWO victims per congregation.
And, since Watchtower brought up Australia, in Australia the Watchtower organization did not report a single instance of more than 1,000 reported pedophiles.
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Yes!!! We will see Jackson's face!
by OrphanCrow in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
i emailed mr. stewart about jackson's testimony, asking if the video link would be visible to the public.. this was his prompt reply:.

thank you dianne for your interest.

the it people tell me that mr jackson will be on the screen for all to see and hear.regardsangus stewart.
Marvin Shilmer

Hey! Maybe Watchtower will pipe the feed into one of its big-screens at regional conventions underway. Whatcha think?
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Can JWs be police in Australia?
by Larrikin in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
hi everyone, i'm new here, i've been following the rc reports, and i was hoping you could help, my question is are jw allowed to be police, i heard the jws saying in one report with enthusiasm that they had jw in the policeforce.

and would there be any conflict from the force with any of their teaching, that would be contrary to duties..
Marvin Shilmer

What BOC presents is the longtime and current policy insofar as I know it.
I've always thought this policy was flawed given the biblical presentation of Cornelius. An army officer hand-picked by God for special anointing of holy ghost, and then essentially forcing a standing Apostle to physically baptize him and his kin by water immersion. Presumably an officer in the army carried a sidearm and was trained in its use and ready to use that training.