Louisville Newspaper-Please help (page 2)

Kenneson

Bill,

You are a very courageous man. I respect you but have none for your detractors.

Dutchie

Bill, my letter has been emailed.

Tomorrow I'll send a hard copy, certified mail.

Mary

I'd be happy to send a letter...........can someone give me their mailing address please?

Keep you chin up Bill! Like the mutineers on The Bounty, history shows that the layman can only be pushed so far into "obeying without question", before they finally fight back.

siegswife

Done. I hope you and the missus are holding up ok.

Lea

silentlambs

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silentlambs

It looks like th Ap picked this up also, this is the Evansville paper, you may want to email them also. Click the link to get there.

silentlambs

MyInKy

URL: http://www.myinky.com/ecp/local_news/article/0,1626,ECP_745_1291656,00.htm l

By The Associated Press

DR ENVILLE, Ky. - A Western Kentucky man is fighting a move by elders in the Jehovah's Witnesses to excommunicate him, saying he is being punished for his claims that church policies protect child molesters.

Bill Bowen, of , says he will file an appeal Monday of a decision by three church elders to "disfellowship" him on charges of "causing divisions." Bowen said he was notified Thursday of the action after the elders met without him the previous evening.

If the excommunication is upheld by a separate three-elder appeals panel, Bowen would become the fourth person expelled this year from the church after criticizing policies on child molesters. The church denies such criticisms.

Jeff Steen, one of the elders who Bowen says decided to disfellowship him, would not confirm or deny the elders' action, saying church discipline is conducted confidentially in "a spirit of mildness, not confrontation."

Bowen said the action against him is "absolutely not" justified.

"I have committed no sin against God; I have bro no law in the Bible," said Bowen, who resigned as an elder in December 2000 to protest church policies but had remained a member in good standing. "This is nothing but a kangaroo court to silence me."

Bowen contends Jehovah's Witnesses keep incidents of child molestation secret and refuse to let victims warn other members of predators in their congregations.

The Courier-Journal reported in February 2001 of court cases in several states in which Jehovah's Witnesses officials were accused of keeping secret the allegations of abuse by their elders or members, sometimes in violation of state law. Since then, new lawsuits making such claims have been filed in New Hampshire, Minnesota, and Washington state.

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Preston

Dear Peter:
You did an excellent job on your July 27th article, "Man vows to appeal Witnesses' expulsion". You cannot understand how much pride I have in you paper for covering the Watchower's unusual policies regarding child molestation, a topic that has received no coverage from my local newspaper here in Arizona, but is something that has affected many people that I know personally. It's very important that your paper acts as a voice for the many in the religion who have been unfairly silenced by the upper echelons of the Jehovah's Witnesses faith. Keep up the good work.
Thank you,
my real name here.
(Newfound supporter of the Courier Journal)

Done.

Kenneson

Bill,

I wrote to Peter at the Courier. But I wasn't able to connect to the other paper. Is there an e-mail address to that one? Thanks.

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