Has anyone an update on the move by Finish authority to investigate wt 'committees?'
Finland
by zeb 2 Replies latest social current
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MaxTan
Nothing much actually happened, apart from a lot of negative publicity in the media for JWs.This was featured in all major news channels, and the internet, for quite a time last summer.
The "investigation" was like this: The Finnish Minister of Interior and Minister of Justice met with three top dogs from the Finnish Bethel, and apparently, they managed to convince them everything is fine.
The Ministers issued a press release saying, in essence, that Jehovah's Witnesses Judicial Committees are not a judicial system competing with the Finnish judicial system, and the JC's can be likened to disciplinary measures taken by any non-profit against its own members. And if somebody feels like a crime has been committed against them, they should go to the appropriate authorities.
Here is the official statement from the Ministry of Justice (sorry - Google translation).
The Finnish Branch sent a letter to all congregations about the investigation, an effort to calm the flock down in the middle of the media circus (The letter, google translation). Notice how the letter fails to mention the Bethel Heavies gave the Ministers also the Shepherding the Flock book - the second paragraph from the official statement from the Ministry of Justice says they received the so-called Elders book of Jehovah's Witnesses...
A slap on the wrist, nothing more...
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insidetheKH
overhere in Europe we would say... it was nothing more than a storm in a glass of water.
Only a short mediahype about nothing