It’s now official - The Governing Body Members are called for Legal Deposition in a Major Court Case Against Jehovah’s Witnesses!

by liam 23 Replies latest watchtower child-abuse

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  TonusOH

  St George of England: I doubt the GB will end up in prison.

  It is a civil suit, as far as I can tell. Prison isn't an option.

  New York recently amended a law that extends the period in which abuse victims can sue their attackers before the statute of limitations expires. The plaintiff in this case is able to file suit, and has added the WTS and GB (and the congregation where the abuser attended) as defendants. The plaintiff is claiming that an elder in her congregation was abusing her (and other children) and the WTS/GB must have known that this was going on but did nothing about it.

  I don't know if someone can take the 5th during a deposition (I don't see why not, as the 5th Amendment allows a person to avoid answering a question if it may incriminate them). In this case, taking the 5th might hurt the WTS/GB, since it gives the impression that they have something to hide. But if they don't lose the case, will anyone notice?

  My guess is that this case will be settled before any individuals are deposed. The WTS doesn't want the GB members (or any JW, especially an elder) being deposed about policy or past abuse cases. It can come back to haunt them. They will settle, then claim that they only did so to avoid the high costs of litigation. And the rank and file will see this as another money grab from an evil, angry apostate serving Satan's purposes.
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  truthlover123

  Sections 94,95,100 - all - should have, may have known? Section 100- parents liability- let her go with this guy more than once - will org get off once again? This is what happens when you call each other brother and sister. Breaks down the stranger danger warnings in a childs mind.
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  NotFormer

  liam: "Nothing will wake up True Believers."

  I dunno 🤨. Seeing your all-powerful gurus carted off to prison might dent the faith of the most rusted-on believer.

  Hey, current GB, does it make you nervous that you might be doing time for Ted Jaracz's crimes? 😀 Time to trot out a bunch of silly articles about how a prison sentence is no proof that one is not fit to lead God's people. It worked for Rutherford, after all! 🙄
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  Anony Mous

  As for the AI videos, all it can do is very short clips and even those are heavily edited to make them coherent. As you saw, one of the 30s videos took days to render on 200 GPU - that is basically a supercomputer, a machine with 8 of those costs about half a million. What we currently see as AI is the pinnacle of technology, but it has some major flaws we don’t know how to fix yet.

  The problem with this case is nobody can go to jail, this is civil. They will pay a fine, at best, and demand silence from the NY courts who will grant it because NYS is corrupt and they’re a multi-billion dollar entity, Letitia James may very well be driving a car with the CircuitCars logo very soon. They may even get the courts to gag the victims and attorneys in this case, as they did recently in other contentious cases.