AP Includes SL Website

patio34

Here's an article from yesterday's news, with nothing new. But I did note they included a link to SilentLambs website.

Witnesses to oust critics of policy
Associated Press

NEW YORK — Jehovah's Witnesses who publicly criticized how their denomination handles claims of sexual abuse say the religious group has started the process of ousting them from the fellowship.
A former elder, a former researcher in the Jehovah's Witnesses' Brooklyn headquarters and the parents of a girl who was abused say they were summoned to meetings with their local judicial committees.
J.R. Brown, a national spokesman for the Jehovah's Witnesses, confirmed the four had been called to the hearings, but he said the proceedings may focus on "sins" unrelated to any public comments on sexual abuse. He would not provide specifics.
The judicial committees will decide if the four should be "disfellowshipped," the religious group's term for excommunication.
William Bowen, the former Kentucky elder, resigned about 18 months ago to protest the denomination's response to child molestation. He has since launched the Web site www.silentlambs.org to highlight the issue.
Bowen has been accused of apostasy and plans to meet with a judicial committee later this month.
The others summoned were former researcher Barbara Anderson of Tennessee; and Carl and Barbara Pandello of New Jersey, whose 12-year-old daughter was molested by her grandfather, also a member of the faith. The Pandellos have already had their meeting, but Brown said no decision has been released in their case.

Yerusalyim

No decision has been RELEASED, but one was reached, they were disfellowshipped.

YERUSALYIM
"Vanity! It's my favorite sin!"
[Al Pacino as Satan, in "DEVIL'S ADVOCATE"]

Pathofthorns

The decision has not been formally announced to the congregation because it is pending appeal. Of course, it is so extremely rare that decisions are overturned and once again JR Brown is just being evasive. They are seeking to disfellowship and they will disfellowship. Another classic JW trial from the Sanhedrin 101 School of justice.

Path

MikeMusto

Ha, Ha....I knew silentlambs and the others were guilty of something
else!! Confess now before the might hands of the judicial committe!!!
What did you sinners do?? Adultery, murder, stealing from the Worldwide work box to put into the Kingdom Hall fund box??? CONFESS NOW!!!

avengers

the four had been called to the hearings, but he said the proceedings may focus on "sins" unrelated to any public comments on sexual abuse.

All four are gonna be df'd on sins unrelated to any public comments?
What did you four do? I'm curious now. Let's speculate about how bad you four are. Did the four of you get together and do bad things?
oooooooohhhh.

This is how it always goes. In the Hall when someone gets df'd you can always hear the people gossip about it. This is a fine organization led by the Almighty GOD.

Anyone wanna join?

I'm glad there are people who are willing to turn over rocks to stomp out the garbage the WT bestows upon the innocent.

Farkel

: :The Pandellos have already had their meeting, but Brown said no decision has been released in their case.

: No decision has been RELEASED, but one was reached, they were disfellowshipped.

Quite correct. This kind of lie reminds me of the classic lie the society used in the Bulgaria scandel. They stated that dubs who take blood transfusions are not automatically disfellowshiped. Of COURSE they are not "automatically" disfellowshiped for taking blood. First, there is a judicial committee, THEN they are disfellowshiped.

Has anyone but me noticed that the most significant events in WT history has happened recently and that the society has done nothing BUT lie about the facts:

Bulgaria
France
Their UN Membership and

now, folks: their peodophile cover-ups and DFing of the ones who were raped and the ones who brought those rapes to the light.

Farkels