Federal Investigation into JW procedures
by kenmayo1 4 Replies latest watchtower scandals
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kenmayo1
State Sen. Noel Frame, who introduced the bill, rejected the notion that the bill is targeting Catholics, pointing out, as she has repeatedly in legislative hearings, that she introduced the legislation after reading InvestigateWest’s coverage of the way Jehovah’s Witnesses hid sexual abuse for decades and how Washington was one of the few states that did not require clergy to report such allegations.
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joey jojo
JW leadership plays the victim by claiming persecution by authorities. The sad truth is that the 'persecution' is deserved and not just random acts of evil by the 'wild beast'.
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TonusOH
From the 2022 article:
Forty-three states list clergy as mandatory reporters, either explicitly or under a broader definition, according to a federal agency that tracked the state laws in 2019. But of those, 31 have what’s called clergy-penitent privilege, a loophole that exempts clergy from the requirement if the information was learned from someone seeking spiritual advice or during confession.
This means that twelve states have laws that require reporting of such crimes, while an additional 31 states have similar laws with a very big loophole.
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Anony Mous
JW elders are not covered by clergy penitent privilege.