SL Protest in Spain

by izobcenec 2 Replies latest jw friends

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  izobcenec

  Silent lambs are protesting on 7th of december in Spain! Can any1 translate any of this article?
  Great Spanish website: http://ayafin-tj.org/index.html
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  UnDisfellowshipped

  I used http://babelfish.altavista.com to Translate the first sentence, and here is what it came up with:

  A alicantino citizen promotes a march of protest in Madrid, proximo December, as opposed to the national seat of the Witnesses of Jehovah in Aljarvir (locality proxima to Torrejon de Ardoz), before the sexual mutismo that the leaders of this religious organization maintain with respect to the cases of pederastia and abuses that are registered in the same one.

  I'll try to post the rest of the article as soon as I can.
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  UnDisfellowshipped

  Bill Bowen E-Mailed me a complete Translated Version, and here it is:

  Ex converts criticize the organizations' silence amidst exposure

  An Alicante group faces Jehovah's Witnesses

  They are preparing a demonstration to confront the Madrid office to the exposure of alleged sexual abuses.

  
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  E. Parra Alicante

  A citizen from Alicante promotes a march of protest in Madrid next December in front of the main office of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Arjarvir (locality near Torrejn de Arvoz) due to the organizations silence in the denunciation of cases of pedophilia and sexual abuse within them. Fernando Cano, president of ONG, a national organization, (Help for those affected by the intolerance of the Jehovah's Witnesses or Ayafn, T.J.), will mobilize all its associates because according to his perception this kind of cases are occurring daily and cannot be brought up to the appropriate authorities because of membership to the group.

  Cano explains that with a manifestation of this magnitude members of the religious group will dare speak up. Ayafn is reflecting on the United States where Bill Bowen, an ex elder of the organization known as the Watchtower has begun a crusade of exposing the 27,000 pedophiles that are reputed to be hiding within its ranks. Silentlambs, is the emblem of the protest march of this campaign that was made in front of the world main office of the Watchtower in Brooklyn, N.Y. this past September 29. And the motive was protesting the official policy of the handling of sexual abuse cases within the organization. This same objective Cano will try to achieve in Spain.

  In the opinion of this Alicantine, ex elder and ex Jehovah's Witness, the situation of the U.S is the same in Spain. Witnesses has what he calls a parallel justice applied through local committees (Cano was part of them but in another type of cases). When a member exposes a crime, the internal mechanisms begin with the pretext of hiding those news that could shed a negative light on the Jehovah's Witnesses. The consequence: all kinds of crimes remain unreported including those that have to do with sexual abuse.

  While Ayafn is preparing a case before the Fiscala de Audiencia (similar to a prosecuting office of the state) for cases he has been gathering in the province (they have evidence of at least three) Cano bets of making the reality known so that victims lose the fear of speaking up. Ayafn was born in Alicante to give help, emotional and caring support to persons and families affected by the intolerance and dogmatism of said religious group.

  Cases in which the victims faces the defendant

  Cano explains that the elders have a manual in which the functions of the judicial committee are explained.

  In the case of sexual abuse the victims tells an elder, he calls in the committee and finally and it's finally the word of the victim against the accused. The punishment is in accordance with this infamous system and the crime is never reported.