by zeb 13 Replies latest watchtower child-abuse
'Jehovah's Witness (1 per cent) did not attend but will be involved in round two of negotiations — one-on-one meetings with the minister's department. '
On the abuse compensation scheme reported on the ABC. So they will go into the ministers office with their slickest new lawyers and hope to bullshit the Minsters staff. Please, please I hope the ministers office has been well educated in the jw 'ways' by the ARC.
Do you have a link to a source?
It looks like they'll need to sell some realestate again , lawyers will drain WT swamp.
From the report: "the Commonwealth is setting up a scheme with payments not exceeding $150,000."
So for the 1,732 victims listed in the ARC's JW file x $150,000 AUS = $260 million AUS, max WT payout. Likely much less.
Sounds like a good use of 'dedicated funds'.
spread the word ..
Pathetic that all the other churches attended but JWs didn't bother.
Interesting that 1% of all cases were associated with JWs , but they constitute only 0.3% of the population.
Yes dozy, great point!
While the Government saw lowering the cap as an incentive to cooperate (even though average payments would be less than half the maximum), some survivors feared institutions were being let off lightly.
It estimated 60,000 survivors would be eligible to make a claim under a $4.3 billion scheme.
This would bring the average payment to the 600 victims (1%) at 75 000$ each. That's 45 Million$. That is roughly the contributions submitted by every congregations in Canada for one year. Its big.
As this comes to pass it will be a certainty that the gb will put out wt to pressure anyone NOT to go for any compensation. While anyone who would are most likely long gone from any cong this will a warning to all not to go there and again is another cover for paedophiles still in'.
