I have two questions about RC Australia

bobld

1.Is this RC only about the WBTS?

2. Why did the GB/FDS asked for all the money to be sent to HQ?

Ok So they could sent all that money off shore.

C0ntr013r

1: No

2: RC want orgs to pay the victims, and the amount of money they have will determine how much and even if they have to pay.

moggy lover

1. The official name for the government probe into child abuse in Australia is:

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse.

[Like Canada, the UK, New Zealand and other countries in the Caribbean, Australia is a monarchy, and all government probes into national impropriety are called "Royal" Commissions. In other words they are done under the authority of the reigning monarch who currently is Queen Elizabeth the Second. It is her Royal authority that guarantees civil liberties within the realm]

As a result of growing allegations of child abuse stemming from the mishandling of children in the protective care of institutions which were supposed to protect the rights of the children in their charge, back in 2012, the Australian government passed legislation through parliament establishing this Commission.

Since many of these institutions were run by religious bodies, it was inevitable that the base policies of these religions would be probed as well. The Commission however was not restricted to uncovering child abuse in religions alone, but in all institutional facilities as well, whether sporting, political, health, and even state funded organizations.

It has been on-going since the 13th of January 2013 when the Royal Commission was established. Thus far, such institutions as The Australian Boy Scouts, Swimming Australia, the Roman Catholic Church and its various offshoot bodies such as the St Vincent De Paul Society, The Salvation Army and others have been examined.

The probe into the Jehovah's Witnesses began on the 20th of July this year. The examination is expected to last about three weeks.

2. The answer to your second question may have several ramifications, the most important being that since the WTS is a highly concentrated power elite organization, it seems appropriate, to them at least, to concentrate all wealth in the hands of said elite.

Vidiot

WT slaves get grilled in a JC, WT overseers get grilled in an RC.

Seems fair.

AudeSapere

@Moggy Lover - Your comment above about the basis and scope of this Royal Commission is the best I've seen so far.

Thank you! It should have it's own thread and/or be highlighted each day of the hearings so people just joining in understand that this is not a judicial inquest, but rather, an investigative process to understand a societal problem that exists everywhere.