NEWS RELEASE - VICKI BOER CHILD ABUSE TRIAL

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WATCHTOWER LAWYER TRYING TO STOP JIM PENTON FROM TESTIFYING

NEWS RELEASE

Ongoing Child Abuse Civil Court Trial of Victoria Boer v. the Canadian Jehovahs Witnesses Organization, Watchtower Courtroom 4-4, 361 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario as reported in The Toronto Sun, Canadian Press, The Globe and Mail, CBC News and CITY Pulse during the week of September 9, 2002

Defence counsel for Watchtower attempting to prevent famed Jehovahs Witness historian, Dr. James Penton, from testifying at trial. If the Watchtower believes it has such a strong child abuse policy, why is its defence counsel preventing the famed historian from taking the stand?

Could it be that Dr. Penton understands how males dominate the organizations hierarchy? Just read the attached August 22, 1967 edition of the Awake! magazine (pages 27 and 28) published by the Watchtower. Notice how a womans menstrual cycle and physical brain size justifies and establishes a mans authority in the organization. How can an organization, which holds this attitude toward women, understand how to protect and assist women and children who are victims of child abuse?

Contacts

Advocates - Barb and Joe Anderson xxxxxx, Alan Feuerbacher xxxxxxx

Can. Victims - xxxxxxxx

Counsel - Charles Mark 416-869-0929

Why is Vicki Boer Suing?

Ms. Boer alleges that the JW policies and practices dealing with the investigation and reporting of child abuse harmed her.

What is Silentlambs?

In a September 6, 2002 news release, Silentlambs Inc. is described as an advocacy group for Jehovahs Witnesses child sexual abuse victims founded by former JW Elder William H. Bowen in 2001. It disputes the Churchs position on child abuse for 8 reasons:

1 Untrained Elders Required Interrogation of Children

2 - Failure to Report Sexual Abuse to Authorities without delay

3 - Failure of Churchs Two Witness Rule

4 - Excommunication of Advocates

5 - Public at Risk

6 - Congregations at Risk

7 Churchs Shunning Doctrine

8 - Private Database

Silentlambs Inc. September 11, 2002

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Edited by - HAWKAW on 11 September 2002 20:2:32

Nathan Natas

I'm really curious about on what grounds the WTS is trying to prevent Jim Penton from testifying.

I hope the Judge in the case finds baseless the WTS objections to Penton's testimony - I'd love to know what he could possibly say that scares the WTS so much.

The WTS was successful at silencing Penton during the Calgary blood trial. It seems the man James Penton himself is seen as a threat by the WTS. It's fascinating ...

Edited by - Nathan Natas on 11 September 2002 20:25:51

Sam Beli

bttt

biblexaminer

I would like to actually hear the WTS argument on this. Even on the Calgary case. Hmmm...

hillary_step

Believe it or not, I have known Legal hire legal help from outside of the WTS to question those who are disfellowshipped so that they do not violate the 'Bibles' standard of not speaking to a DF'd person. It would not surprsie me that if Jim gets to speak, he will be speaking with a non-JW lawyer.

Best - HS

abbagail

HS: Isn't that completely absurd for them to think that way re: DF'd persons, especially when it is in a BUSINESS setting? How stupid they make themselves look, and costing the WTS extra bucks to boot (in order to hire a non-JW-lawyer just to "speak" to DF'd persons involved in a trial. Totally ridiculous).

Thanks Hawk for these News Releases and the Awake attachments! Very helpful for the press everywhere.

Grits