Is yesterdays streaming available anywhere at all? I hope someone is recording the footage not just the audio of it all...
The Australian Royal Commission hearings on the JWs handling of child abuse begins here in the US later today. It will be streamed.
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AudeSapere
tornintwo reported on the hearing: "...They also highlight the instructions in the book to 'put the accused at ease' whilst there is no counsel to assist the accuser/victim...."
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Wow.
-Aude.
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Witness My Fury
I also want to know that, anyone recording the hearing?
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stuckinarut2
I watched it all day....
oh wow....
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Listener
There's a 25 page report available now with the opening submission from 'the senior council assisting'.
You can access by going to the Royal Commission link and it is under the Opening Address.
Most notable from this address is the following statement
70. This case study will consider whether the practice of the Jehovah’s Witnesses Church of not reporting allegations of child sexual abuse to secular authorities potentially exposes members of the Jehovah’s Witness Church to criminal liability for concealment of serious indictable offences under s 316 of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) and failure to disclose sexual offences against minors under s 327 of the Crimes Act 1958 (Vic). The case study will consider the interaction of these offences with the confessional privilege provided for in s 127 of the Evidence Act 1995 (Cth), and replicated in legislation in force in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and the Northern Territory.
In many ways this Commission is able to demand so much more from the organization than any Court Case that they may face. We've seen what happened just recently when the lawyers requested specific information and documents, they haven't been able to do this here and can't simply ignore the requests..
They've also been able to question the JWs in a way that would not be seen in court. From what I saw at no stage was there any JW lawyer able to step in and say that any line of questioning was unreasonable.
The Commission goes even further by asking the JWs what they personally feel about a situation, policy or matter and guilt them when it is clear that there procedures have been inadequate.
It is proving to be a moral blood bath for the organization.
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fukitol
There will be some GB members banging their canes on the boardroom table tonight.
"Lett, get the Writing Depts asses in here now. We've really screwed up big time on this one. Were being made to look worse than the goddam Catholics. Damn you Theodore Jaracz, we should never have listened to you. Rip up the goddam two witness rule right now!"
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Witness My Fury
What time does it start again today (tomorrow, whatever)? They are 9 hours ahead of UK so if it's 9am then it will start at midnight uk time me thinks....
Thanks listener reading that now (i had it open already ).
The UK investigations will be all over this I would think too...
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Splash
I hope the UK Charity Commission are aware of these proceedings and are watching.
The WT are displaying a pattern of behaviour around the world which falls under a clause in their elder book:Shepherd Book p. 58 "Offense Requiring Judicial Decisions"
They should consider the extent and nature of the misconduct, intent and motive, frequency or practice, and so forth.Going by this measure they have a worldwide problem which they have sought to cover up for decades.
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OzGirl
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