Posts by jwleaks

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ARC Case Study 54 - Witness List published for 10 March 2017

by jwleaks in

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/10908a67-70c5-4103-94cc-dac096fdb585/case-study-54,-march-2017,-sydney.

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jwleaks

Fisherman, out of respect for the personal beliefs of others, including yourself, I have always tried to remain neutral in relation to comments that forum members make. For this reason I try never to comment against other people's personal viewpoints. But you sir, or madam, are a complete utter dickhead. Your rebuttals and arguments contain almost nothing but fallacies and twisted half-truths. Take for example your straw man comment as quoted below...

Fisherman That is true, US case law shows that the Courts have ruled that there is no fiduciary relationship between the watchtower and its members.

US case law, and the courts, have never heard a case between Watchtower and its members. Name one case. (The dispute between Rutherford and members of Watch Tower Pennsylvania board, starting in 1916, was primarily based on Russell's will and whether the WT board had been properly elected. It did not involve Watchtower New York or other JW legal entities.)

Do you understand the difference between a member of Watchtower, who incidently has voting rights, and an agent or representative of Watchtower? Under law, and in all circumstances, there exists a legal relationship between a registered corporation and its members.

Fisherman, maybe it's time for you to fish or cut bait. At the least please drop the fallacies and stop dropping the burley.

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Spain: The Ombudsman requires the Attorney General's Office to act on sexual abuses within Jehovah's Witnesses

by sp74bb in

source: https://abusostj.wordpress.com/2017/03/08/nota-de-prensa-el-defensor-del-pueblo-requiere-a-la-fiscalia-general-del-estado-que-actue-sobre-los-abusos-sexuales-en-la-confesion-testigos-de-jehova/.

barcelona, march 8, 2017. the ombudsman requires the attorney general's office to act on sexual abuses within jehovah's witnesses.. the #abusostj project was born in barcelona in october 2016. it is a project promoted by different victims of sexual abuse within jehovah's witnesses.

several media and national newspapers collected several months ago different testimonies of this type of abuses and how the religious group has silenced other cases.. on december 15, 2016, several jehovah's witnesses who were victims of abuse have requested protection from the government.

jwleaks

sp74bb - great effort in getting this information covered by so many media outlets. I have been following this with great interest.

The Watchtower of Britain were right in wanting to having nothing to do with this when the governing body tried to have them take over the legal management and liability. I do feel sorry for Watchtower of Germany for taking control, albeit under the orders of the governing body. This raises the question of why did the lawyers from the Watchtower headquarters in the USA wipe their hands clean?

I believe that the planned withdrawal of Britain from the EU has had an effect on this as the European Association of Jehovah's Christian Witnesses is really a political lobbying arm of Watchtower Britain.

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ARC Case Study 54 - List all media reports here for future reference

by jwleaks in

http://www.smh.com.au/national/inside-the-jehovahs-witnesses-a-perfect-storm-for-abuse-20170309-guukur.html .

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/2017/03/10/jehovah-s-witnesses-to-face-abuse-inquiry.html .

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/03/10/03/31/uniting-church-witnesses-focus-of-inquiry .

jwleaks

http://www.smh.com.au/national/inside-the-jehovahs-witnesses-a-perfect-storm-for-abuse-20170309-guukur.html

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/2017/03/10/jehovah-s-witnesses-to-face-abuse-inquiry.html

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/03/10/03/31/uniting-church-witnesses-focus-of-inquiry

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/03/10/03/31/child-abuse-in-jehovah-s-witnesses-aust

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ARC - Case Study 54 - Opening Address by Angus Stewart QC published and available to download

by jwleaks in

downloads available:.

download opening address by angus stewart qc - word doc.

download opening address by angus stewart qc - pdf.

jwleaks

Downloads available:

Download Opening Address by Angus Stewart QC - Word doc

Download Opening Address by Angus Stewart QC - PDF

Link to Case Study 54:

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/10908a67-70c5-4103-94cc-dac096fdb585/case-study-54,-march-2017,-sydney

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ARC Case Study 54 - Witness List published for 10 March 2017

by jwleaks in

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/10908a67-70c5-4103-94cc-dac096fdb585/case-study-54,-march-2017,-sydney.

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jwleaks

The credibility and reputation of the entire religion of Jehovah's Witnesses now rests in the hands of Terrence O'Brien and Rodney Spinks. Interestingly there will be the required "two witnesses" to testify to a matter, and both appearing at the same time sitting next to each other. If one lies and the other remains silent then the JWs are no longer credible.

Neither O'Brien nor Spinks have the authority to go it on their own on behalf of Watchtower or the JWs, nor against the instructions of the GB. They must "listen, obey and be blessed." This is their final chance to apologize. What have the GB instructed them to say and do?

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ARC Case Study 54 - Witness List published for 10 March 2017

by jwleaks in

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/10908a67-70c5-4103-94cc-dac096fdb585/case-study-54,-march-2017,-sydney.

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jwleaks

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/10908a67-70c5-4103-94cc-dac096fdb585/case-study-54,-march-2017,-sydney

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QCS Telecom signs up with Allied Fiber

by StarTrekAngel in

i don't recall seeing this come up after the document regarding qcs telecom.. leasing 288 miles of dark fiber is not cheap.

in fact, it borders in the crazy.. http://www.alliedfiber.com/news/press-releases/qcstelecom-signs-20-year-lease-agreement-with-allied-fiber/.

jwleaks

The typical cost for inground optic fiber cables can be between $6.00 - $7.50 per linear foot. This is the rate in Florida for government enterprises and factors in there is no leasing arrangements, i.e. the cables are buried alongside existing motorways owned by the state.

The cost of a dark fiber superstructure system can blow out to $30.00 per linear foot. Add to this the cost of leasing the ground space.

288 miles of Watchtower dark fiber equals 1,520,000 linear feet of dark fiber.

It's not impossible for Watchtower's private dark fiber network installation and construction to blow out from a pre-construction estimate of $3million, using a standard non-secure optic fiber system, to a whopping $50million plus with dark fiber and leasing.

Keep in mind that Watchtower purchased QCSTelecom so they could control everything. The lease arrangement with Allied Fiber could simply mean that Watchtower blew out their budget and had to look to forming a business alliance with a seperate corporation to complete or deliver the project.

http://www.itscosts.its.dot.gov/

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Australian Child Abuse Royal Commission - Jehovah's Witnesses and Watchtower to appear on 10 March 2017

by jwleaks in

latest date just published for case study 54, jehovah's witnesses and watchtower.

the public hearings will commence friday 10 march 2017 at the child abuse royal commission's hearing rooms in sydney.. http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/10908a67-70c5-4103-94cc-dac096fdb585/case-study-54,-march-2017,-sydney.

the scope and purpose of the public hearing is to inquire into:.

jwleaks

BTTT for those wondering what happened.

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AUSTRALIA - Petition to Cancel the Charity Status of Watchtower and Jehovah's Witnesses

by jwleaks in

a petition has been launched in australia to coincide with the child abuse royal commission's adverse findings against watchtower and jehovah's witnesses.

the petition is to the australian charities and not-for-profit commission to cancel their charity status.. https://www.change.org/p/australian-charities-and-not-for-profit-commission-acnc-cancel-the-watchtower-bible-and-tract-society-s-charity-status.

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jwleaks

konceptual99
So are you saying that if a child does some cleaning at the KH under the supervision of their parents this is legally child slave labour under AU law?

Cleaning at the KH, such as after a meeting, is not the same as working on a construction site. A construction site is governed by a series of laws which include a hierachy of liability.

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AUSTRALIA - Petition to Cancel the Charity Status of Watchtower and Jehovah's Witnesses

by jwleaks in

a petition has been launched in australia to coincide with the child abuse royal commission's adverse findings against watchtower and jehovah's witnesses.

the petition is to the australian charities and not-for-profit commission to cancel their charity status.. https://www.change.org/p/australian-charities-and-not-for-profit-commission-acnc-cancel-the-watchtower-bible-and-tract-society-s-charity-status.

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jwleaks

RE: Child Slave Labour

The Australian Human Rights Commission has no power to investigate Watchtower and the JWs over child labour. The Charity Commission and the Senate do.

Australia has strict laws prohibiting corporations from using underage children for financial gain. During the ARC, in an attempt to deny any responsibility or relationship with children, Watchtower denied ever engaging children as volunteers. This denial is all encompassing and includes in construction. Therefore the children were not in a charity-volunteer relationship with Watchtower or the JWs, of which relationship is lawful. As such the child labour provided to Watchtower and the JWs was unlawful.

Children working on a construction site cannot by law be under parental supervision. They are either under the supervision of the builder or a subcontractor.

Ironically it appears that the strategy that Watchtower legal department came up with to protect Watchtower from liability towards children, i.e. by denying any relationship, has in fact opened the way for action against Watchtower by these very children. A charity-volunteer relationship between Watchtower / JWs and children creates a legally binding contract as the religious organisation is providing necessities to the child in the form of Christian charity work.

No contract means Watchtower and the JWs have no protection under law. A claim can be made for compensation. In addition a complaint can be made to the charity commission that the Watchtower / JW system practices child slave labour.

If I was the GB or Watchtower legal in the USA I would be getting rid of Australian Watchtower lawyer Vincent Toole asap for his failure in managing this situation and the ARC. I would kick Toole out to pasture. Toole turns 70 this year ... maybe the GB can make up some new rule that, like COs and COBEs, he cannot serve over the age of 70. Problem solved. Of course Toole would then qualify for the in-house Bethel nursing home. This keeps him around. To save face and embarrasment all round Toole himself could come up with an excuse, at the enforcement of the GB, that he doesn't want to spend his retirement in Bethel but wants to retire in some god-foresaken location in Australia.