Below is a Timeline of Newspaper Quotes in which J.R. Brown lied about and slandered Barbara Anderson:
WashingtonPost.com News (Associated Press AP) - May 11th 2002:
In Brief
Saturday, May 11, 2002; Page B08
Ouster Looms for Critics Of Sex Abuse Policy
J.R. Brown, a national spokesman for the Jehovah's Witnesses, confirmed that the four had been called to the hearings, but he said the proceedings may focus on "sins" unrelated to public comments on sexual abuse. He provide no specifics.
The judicial committees will decide whether the four should be "disfellowshipped," the group's term for excommunication.
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The Tennessean Newspaper - May 11th 2002:
Abuse charges put Witness at risk of shunning
Barbara Anderson, of the Manchester Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, faces possible disciplinary action.
By LEON ALLIGOOD
and EMILY HEFFTER
Staff Writers
''What she [Barbara Anderson] alleges is not true at all,'' said J.R. Brown, a spokesman for the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York Inc., the incorporated name of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Brown said he had been talking to Dateline about the show's story for a year but said he and other organization leaders did not know which members television producers had interviewed.
''We have no idea what she told Dateline,'' Brown said of Anderson.
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The Tullahoma News - May 11th 2002:
Whistleblower could lose her church, family
MARY REEVES, Special to The News May 11, 2002
In an interview with the New York Post, JW spokesperson J.R. Brown stated that the threatened excommunications had nothing to do with the Dateline interview and that "church headquarters had no idea that these people would be on the show."
Yet research displayed more than six internet announcements on the program, updates and names, all linked to the Silent Lambs and the Watchtower sites.
Brown also said that local congregation decided to charge the members with various spiritual violations.
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TORONTO STAR Newspaper - May 10th 2002:
Sex scandal hits churchFour Jehovah's Witnesses face ouster for protestIn a statement issued from their headquarters, the Jehovah's Witnesses said church leaders are "required by the Holy Scriptures to see to it that the congregation remains clean and unified."
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New York Post Newspaper - May 9th 2002:
FOUR FACING JEHOVAH OUSTERBy DAN MANGANMay 9, 2002 -- Jehovah's Witnesses leaders are moving to excommunicate four people who have spoken to a television show about child molestation within the church, the four say.
If that happens, they claim, other Jehovah's Witnesses will be barred - also under the threat of excommunication - from watching the upcoming NBC "Dateline" episode detailing alleged abuse in the church and criticism of how the church handles such cases.
A spokesman for the Brooklyn-based religion called that claim "absurd."
Both sides agree that all Witnesses - including relatives of the four - would risk excommunication by having contact with any excommunicated person, except under certain circumstances.
While the four believe the show's impending broadcast has spurred the church's actions, church spokesman J.R. Brown said that before Tuesday, church headquarters had no idea that these people would be on the show.
He also said local congregations decided to charge them with various spiritual violations.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia News - May 9th 2002:
http://library.northernlight.com/EC20020509450000047.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#docTitle: Religion News in BriefSource: AP OnlineDate: 05/09/2002 12:03
Price: Free
Document Size: Short (1 or 2 pages)
Document ID: EC20020509450000047
Subject(s): Religion columns
Religious studies
Document Type: Articles & General infoJehovah's Witnesses say they may be ousted over sex abuse comments
J.R. Brown, a national spokesman for the Jehovah's Witnesses, confirmed the four had been called to the hearings, but he said the proceedings may focus on ``sins'' unrelated to any public comments on sexual abuse. He would not provide specifics.
The judicial committees will decide if the four should be ``disfellowshipped,'' the religious group's term for excommunication.
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The Courier-Journal Newspaper - May 8th 2002:
Jehovah's Witnesses act against abuse-policy criticsBy Peter Smith, [email protected]In its statement, the Jehovah's Witnesses Office of Public Information quoted biblical references in saying elders must use church discipline to ''shepherd the flock of God in their care.''
''In fact, they are required by the Holy Scriptures to see to it that the congregation remains clean and unified,'' the statement said. ''No hasty decision is made in this process.''
The goal is not to expel a member, but to follow the Apostle Paul's injunction to ''try to readjust such a man in a spirit of mildness,'' the statement said.
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