Does anybody know how Barbara Anderson and husband doing?

oldcrowwoman

I had privledge meeting them at the SilentLamb march in Sept. I've been thinking about them wondering how their legal action is going?

AlanF

They're doing very well. They filed a lawsuit against Watchtower and the elders who unjustly DF'd them. The first round of the court battle is supposed to occur the first week in March.

AlanF

MacHislopp

Hello Alan,

thanks for the information. Many in Europe, are sincerely interested in

Barbara Anderson and her husband.

Any news concerning their well being and their " legal" fight against

the WTBS Inc.'s mighty empire, are welcome.

All the best to them,

greetings, J.C.MacHislopp

sf

Just a little refresher for lurkers and 'such':

A Normandy resident who was disfellowshipped from Jehovah's Witnesses is suing the organization for $7 million on grounds the alleged action against her was wrong.

Barbara Joanna Anderson filed the lawsuit Thursday in Coffee County Circuit Court.
She is seeking $2 million in compensatory damages, plus $5 million in punitive damages.
The defendants are listed as:
* Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York Inc.
* Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania Inc.
* Watchtower Enterprises LLC.
* Watchtower Foundation Inc.
* Watchtower Associates LTD.
* Kingdom Support Services Inc.
* Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses.
* Religious Order of Jehovah's Witnesses.
* The Watchtower Group Inc.
* Manchester Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Elders.
* Lawrence A. Seely, Gary Hobson, Dale Dormanen, Robert E. Matthews, David Semonian, J.R. Brown, and John Does No. 1 through No. 4.
Mrs. Anderson and her husband, Joe, had publicly spoken about alleged sexual child abuse being widespread among the Jehovah's Witnesses denomination.
The Andersons are members of the Silentlambs, which was organized to stop what they say has been repeated sexual abuse permitted because of Jehovah Witness bylaws.
Mrs. Anderson had said the denomination has a policy that does not require pedophile incidences to be reported to law enforcement authorities. She added that Jehovah Witnesses say they handle such matters in house.
However, Mrs. Anderson said what in effect happens is pedophiles end up being protected by a cover-up which allows them to continue their illegal actions.
She added they are often moved about through the denomination's many locations, which allows them to continue their actions.
She said child sexual abuse cases have occurred in Coffee County.
Mrs. Anderson said her and her husband's efforts to help change the system have resulted in retaliation from the denomination.
The Andersons have been disfellowshipped by the Kingdom Hall in Tullahoma where they attended. Disfellowshipping, the equivalent of excommunication, is the harshest punishment handed down by the organization against members. Shunning is included as part of the punishment, which separates families.
Mrs. Anderson said she is no longer able to see or communicate with her son, Lance Anderson, or his family who live at Mishawaka, Ind. She added that Lance is a practicing Jehovah Witness and is bound by the denomination's rules.
Watchtower spokesman J.R. Brown previously defended Jehovah's Witnesses' policies.
"Clearly, with us having 95,000 congregations around the world and three to five to six elders in each, mistakes may have been made," he said. "But that does not mean that we don't have a strong and aggressive policy that shows we abhor child molestation."
Brown said that anyone found guilty of molestation by a church judicial committee is removed from all positions of responsibility and cannot evangelize door-to-door without being accompanied by a fellow Jehovah's Witness.
Mrs. Anderson says in the lawsuit that she can "no longer pursue her work to assist Jehovah's Witnesses who are child abuse victims because they are prohibited from speaking to a disfellowshipped person.
"This has caused irreparable harm to victims who are barred from taking to her."
The suit says Mrs. Anderson has "suffered severe emotional stress as a result of all of the foregoing acts complained of and that she has incurred medical expenses for treatment of her emotional problems which in turn caused physical problems."
The suit says she has suffered "severe emotional stress and the resulting medical expenses and physical problems were caused by the defendants with the specific intent to cause emotional distress and with a reckless disregard of the probability of causing that distress."
The suit also says that "the conduct of the defendants acting in concert with each other was extreme and outrageous and would be considered as such by the general public."

The Tullahoma News 2002

SOURCE: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1614&dept_id=161052&newsid=6011345&PAG=461&rfi=9

http://www.jehovahsxwitnesses.tk

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Alan, that timeline I posted in the 'australia jaracz' thread mentioned that WCC was set up at some point very near the time Jaracz 'moved' to USA. Also, I found a 'Sandra Jaracz' born in 3/ 18/ 1954, yet no other stats on her. I' ve yet to get into the geneology sites that hold 'jaracz'. Do you have any other of his 'bloodline' family names? I hear tell of a 'Heather Jaracz' in the online jw community. I've actually held chats with and 'near' her. This Klown is a Pole. So am I. And perhaps a Klown as well, yet not by choice. So I am now on a mission of discovery. I was born '59 and have traced my ancestory to the early 1600's, in which I discovered my great great great grandfather. All Poles.

The majority of the gb have 'traced roots' as well. And I intend to find out just how close 'we' all are.

Oh, and incidently, my phone co. still has me on restriction. And it will be a while before I get the bill down to size. And I wanted to ask you a question re: your surname and places I've found it. You've got my number. If it's convenient soon, please call. Mornings are best, as I log in about 10 am. Yet whatever is best for you, works well for me too.

Take care, sKally....who 'needs' (some) phone calls from some that i've not been able to connect with, klass

MacHislopp

Hello sKally,

many thanks for the excellent and documented update.

"Europe ' is very keen to see the...next stage!

Greetings, J.C.MacHislopp

ozziepost

sKally,
many thanks for the excellent and documented update.
"Europe ' is very keen to see the...next stage!

And so are all the freedom seekers 'downunder'!

In the meantime, please pass on our warm regards to the Andersons.

Cheers, Ozzie

oldcrowwoman

Checking in to see how Barbara Anderson and husband are doing. Any updates with the legal issue?

OCW

Does anybody know how Barbara Anderson and husband doing?

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