During the 1930's, Judge Rutherford initiated a number of lawsuits against various Catholic archbishops in the United States often claiming $100,000 in damages for various offenses curtailing the freedoms of Jehovah's Witnesses to proselytize and broadcast. Has a study been done of these lawsuits and their success? Was this just sabre rattling on the part of the Judge?
1930's Lawsuits
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anewme
Very interesting question.
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Pahpa
I never heard of these. But it would be a bit ironic in view of the scathing cartoons and vitriolic statements that Rutherford published against the Catholic church during that era. I would think it would have been the reverse: The Catholic church suing the Watchtower for "defamataion of character."
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blondie
Judging Jehovah's Witnesses: Religious Persecution and the Dawn of the Rights Revolution (Hardcover) by Shawn Francis Peters (Author) (This is not an endorsement but could be a start in your reading)
