California court tells Watchtower Society to make public the silentlambs files revealing who among Jehovahs Witness are pedophiles etc:
http://silentlambs.org/newsletter/NewsLetterItem.cfm?SendoutID=489
Major OCTOBER 2006 SURPRISE: court says open ped files per silentlambs.org
by majornewsin2006 40 Replies latest jw friends
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majornewsin2006
http://www.silentlambs.org/courtrulingnapa.htm
Please congratulate Love and Norris. If you know of additional pedophile misdeeds not in the files as they open, then please contact their law firm.
Love and Norris Cracks Watchtower Pedophile Database!
Click here to read ruling here in PDF
Recent decisions in California Courts have ruled in favor of abuse survivors in that state. The Legal Department lawyers of Jehovah’s Witnesses have fought with filing after filing trying to claim “clergy penitent privilege” with information that would lead to the possible conviction or implication of further crimes against children by Jehovah’s Witness child molesters. The secondary issue regards civil damages brought upon victims due to negligence of church officials in not reporting allegations of child abuse putting additional children in danger.
This ruling from the court states simply that the church cannot use “clergy penitent privilege” as a way to protect pedophiles from law enforcement. The ruling further states information stated in judicial hearings of Jehovah’s Witnesses as well as documents generated by those hearings are not “privileged” and will have to be released to the courts as any information that is relevant to the case. In addition, the Legal Department will have to produce all documents related to their abuse policy and how they investigate child abuse allegations. Most importantly the ruling states; “records kept by or under the direction of the Legal Department concerning allegations of abuse,” that directly involves the pedophile database reported by silentlambs in April of 2002. This represents the first official ruling of the court that opens the database for public scrutiny.
This judgment is bitter sweet as in 2003 in New Hampshire silentlambs officials watched as Jehovah’s Witnesses attorneys defended the “religious right” of convicted child molester Paul Berry to prevent further convictions on allegations of his abuse of other children. Thousands of dollars in donations to Jehovah’s Witnesses known as Worldwide Work monies were spent silencing the victims of Paul Berry. Each time you donate to Jehovah’s Witnesses a portion of that money will be spent defending the rights of convicted Jehovah’s Witness pedophiles from their victims. The California case above to date has involved hundreds of thousands of dollars of Jehovah’s Witness donations to stop victims of abuse from getting needed treatment for the crimes committed against them. The religious hypocrisy of offering articles on abuse issues while secretly protecting pedophiles using “clergy penitent privilege” is far worse than the Catholic Church abuse scandal. This month the Jehovah’s Witnesses are distributing this tract worldwide. They openly condemn the Catholic Church for their abuse scandal and use it as a basis to call them a “false religion.” Do members realize their Legal Department Lawyer elders are protecting pedophiles in the courts using the money they collect door to door to do so? At silentlambs we appreciate the determination and courage of abuse survivors in going forward in the courts to bring these criminals to justice. We look forward to the day when the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses follows the example set by the Pope of the Catholic Church and apologizes for their role in allowing polices that continue to hurt children. The "truth" will prevail and no amount of Worldwide Work Donations spent to protect child molesters will stop the real truth of these matters from being discovered in the courts. The pedophile database holds the key to that “truth.”
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MidwichCuckoo
Welcome majornewsin - just read this on another thread, great news eh?
Average JWs are totally unaware of all this I reckon - it'd be a great idea to print it off and distribute it amongst the dubs and nail a copy to the Kingdom Hall doors!
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choosing life
It is about time. I hope this opens the whole mess they have created to the public. To protect a pedophile rather than an innocent child is shameless, and they will not do it with one penny of my money. Any religion that has to constantly defend their actions in court is doing something wrong. Two witnesses to molestation-what could be more blatently insane. Will this just be in California or will it have a broader application?
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MidwichCuckoo
Two witnesses to molestation-what could be more blatently insane
Lol - yes. Does the WTBTS think that all the Catholics it condemns followed the 2 witnesse rule? I think not.
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avengers
Good Job
Thank you
Andy
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Clam
Cheers majornews and welcome.
Do members realize their Legal Department Lawyer elders are protecting pedophiles in the courts using the money they collect door to door to do so?
A good question to ask the Dubs who come to your door. Or you can say you refuse to give money to an organisation which is protecting paedophiles.
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cyberdyne systems 101
The timing couldn't have been better - their tract campaign about the end of false religion - they are just as condemned as the claims they make about the other religions. I'll be glad when the Beast turns to devour them.
CS 101
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Mary
This is fantastic news!!! Imagine Jesus' brethren spending tens of thousands of dollars on lawyer's fees to try and keep secret a list of "true Christians" who commit one of the most vile acts you can on helpless children; Can you see the First Century congregations trying to pull that crap?
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Legolas
Welcome to the board!
This judgment is bitter sweet as in 2003 in New Hampshire silentlambs officials watched as Jehovah’s Witnesses attorneys defended the “religious right” of convicted child molester Paul Berry to prevent further convictions on allegations of his abuse of other children. Thousands of dollars in donations to Jehovah’s Witnesses known as Worldwide Work monies were spent silencing the victims of Paul Berry. Each time you donate to Jehovah’s Witnesses a portion of that money will be spent defending the rights of convicted Jehovah’s Witness pedophiles from their victims. The California case above to date has involved hundreds of thousands of dollars of Jehovah’s Witness donations to stop victims of abuse from getting needed treatment for the crimes committed against them. The religious hypocrisy of offering articles on abuse issues while secretly protecting pedophiles using “clergy penitent privilege” is far worse than the Catholic Church abuse scandal. This month the Jehovah’s Witnesses are distributing this tract worldwide. They openly condemn the Catholic Church for their abuse scandal and use it as a basis to call them a “false religion.”
Do members realize their Legal Department Lawyer elders are protecting pedophiles in the courts using the money they collect door to door to do so?