$3 Billion class action lawsuit on behalf of Jehovah’s Witnesses children

by mind blown 37 Replies latest watchtower scandals

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  mind blown

  December 1, 2012

  AUSTRALIA

  A $3 Billion class action lawsuit is being launched in Australia on behalf of up to 6,160 children within the Church of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Documents relating to the class action reveal over 14,000 serious criminal breaches of mandatory child protection laws, committed against these children by elders and “ministers of religion” within the Church of Jehovah’s Witnesses over the past 4 years.

  The Victorian government “Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religions and other Organisations” is currently investigating the allegations, and is expected to hold a public hearing in relation to this in early 2013.

  http://jwnewsnetwork.wordpress.com/2012/12/01/3-billion-jehovahs-witnesses-class-action-over-child-abuse/

  ALSO:

  On May 12, 2012, the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Church of Jehovah’s Witnesses became aware that a potential class action lawsuit was being pursued in relation to their failure to comply with the working with children laws.

  On October 6, 2012, at the Annual Meeting of Jehovah’s Witnesses, held in Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.A., during the discourse “When Does Jesus Appoint the Slave “Over All His Belongings”?”, it was publicly announced that the worldwide Church of Jehovah’s Witnesses (the slave of Christ) has just undergone a major re-structuring of ‘doctrinal teachings’ and asset ownership, the net result being that the church now claims it no longer has billions of dollars in assets or ‘belongings’ but is, from a legal position, an unincorporated association with no assets whatsoever.

  http://jwleaks.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/2012-annual-meeting-report-of-jehovah_s-witnesses.pdf

  This will be interesting......
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  cantleave

  Let's see what happens.....
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  JimmyPage

  Hope this amounts to something but wary from disappointments past... surely the Governing Body can't hold back the flood forever...
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  fresia

  seems that with all the info on upcoming cases I see nothing in news papers here, hope this is true but everything seems to be on hold. Can't understand why the media here has not picked any of this up, seeing religion is making the headlines on this very issue, but nothing about JW, not even the Conti case here, strange!
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  WildeLover

  i really feel this is too good to be true!! although i am hoping it really will bear fruit in due season!

  WildeLover
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  rickisteel

  so i guess this will put an end to trick or treating , penny for the guy, etc good grief this lot are worse than the E.U we have to put up with in the U.K
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  DATA-DOG

  If there is a BOE letter concerning legal/corporate/theocratic adjustments, then it will end up on this site. It's so disgusting and sad. What was so difficult about simply following Caesars law in this case? I wonder if a similar requirement could be made in the US? I don't think we have any kind of working with children act in the US. If religion was taxed and had to do charity and had to have background checks that would be awesome!! I hope something good comes from this. I can see why people lose hope though. It seems like nothing ever really comes from these cases. Still, it could be one more crack in the damn. Come on floodwaters of justice!!
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  flipper

  WTS claims not to have any $$$ now ? Poor babies. Where did it go ? Offshore accounts so they don't have to use it on multiple class action Candace conti type lawsuits ? Figures. I swear this is nothing but a criminal organization from the top down. I hope these children finally get some justice. Peace out, mr. Flipper
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  Vidiot

  Assuming this is legit, maybe the Australian legal system can use the WTS as an object lesson.
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  mind blown

  I guess time will tell. I tried to find more varification, this is all I found.

  I'm surprized at hearing this bit of info below....can anyone verify this statement other then from the above link?

  "......undergone a major re-structuring of ‘doctrinal teachings’ and asset ownership, the net result being that the church now claims it no longer has billions of dollars in assets or ‘belongings’ but is, from a legal position, an unincorporated association with no assets whatsoever."