No hearing held on excommunication

by Kenneson 4 Replies latest jw friends

  • Kenneson
    Kenneson

    This headline appeared in the local news of the Louisville
    Courier-Journal at:

    http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2002/05/25/ke052502s213061.htm

  • dissedsis
    dissedsis

    GO BILL!!!! I am so proud of you for speaking out and for handling all this in a mature way. I know it has to be hard on you to do all this considering how long you were a witness but you have done the right thing for the silent lambs. You have done more for these people and for others that might actually see the truth than the WTBTS ever has given. They give hope, you give reality!!!!! I also wanted some information on what is going to be done with the silent lambs that showed up at the candle light vigil??? I mean when I was a witness that would have been looked at as following an apostate since it was not the WTBTS that organized this. But.... non the less I am so proud of every single one of you guys that have made this problem "REAL" in the eyes of the world, and also in the eyes of the ones that are not so brainwashed that they can see the light!!!!!

    Never leave the ones you love...but..Never love the ones that left. ;)
    dissedsis

  • beckyboop
    beckyboop

    Thanks for sharing that Kenneson! They have dug their hole, and now they are wallowing in their own crap. I can't wait til Tuesday, and for the after effects of their cowardliness.

    "and the walls, came tumbling down"

    Becky

  • QUEENIE
    QUEENIE

    and QUEENIE SAYS----- A M E N

  • NewLight2
    NewLight2
    This headline appeared in the local news of the Louisville
    Courier-Journal at:

    http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2002/05/25/ke052502s213061.htm


    From Courier-Journal and wire dispatches

    DRAFFENVILLE
    No hearing held on excommunication

    An excommunication hearing for a former Jehovah's Witnesses
    elder didn't occur as scheduled last night because the three
    elders assigned to hear his case failed to appear.

    Bill Bowen, 44, of Draffenville, faces expulsion from the
    church for speaking out against its handling of sex-abuse
    allegations. He claims child-abuse allegations are not typically
    reported to authorities because of the church's policy of
    handling problems internally.

    Bowen and about 50 allies gathered in front of the Draffenville
    Kingdom Hall before his scheduled 7:30 p.m. hearing.

    But elders never arrived, he said.

    ''I'm quite perplexed,'' Bowen said. ''They gave me the time, the
    address and the location in writing. There was no
    misunderstanding on my part.''

    Bowen resigned as an elder in 2000 to protest the church's
    policy.

    Church leaders deny wrongdoing.

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