The New York Child Victims Act is for JW CSA Survivors in ALL 50 States Please help spread the word. Thank you.

by Xjw csaSurvivors 11 Replies latest social current

  • Xjw csaSurvivors
    Xjw csaSurvivors

    New York Child Victims Act

    https://avoidjw.org/en/legal/new-york-child-victims-act/

    "Who may avail of the provisions in the Child Victims Act?

    All residents of New York who allege they were sexually abused in childhood. Persons in other jurisdictions may also sue persons and/or entities resident in New York at the time of the abuse.

    For example, a person who resides in Washington may have been statute barred in their own state because they brought a case more than 10 years after their 18thbirthday. However, they could bring a case against Jehovah’s Witnesses’ legal entities in New York, if it is alleged that the corporations of Jehovah’s Witnesses located in New York were negligent in protecting the alleged victim from their abuse."

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    New York Law Means Justice for All: The Child Victims Act

    https://jwsurvey.org/child-abuse-2/new-york-law-means-justice-for-all-the-child-victims-act

    "For the majority of survivors of abuse, the new law is a welcome legal tool, but only for citizens of New York State. However, for Jehovah’s Witness victims, the legislation is far more significant. The Witness organization is headquartered in New York, which means that any and all cases from all 50 States are eligible where the Watchtower Organization is a defendant."

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    From 25:38 of this video, Lawyer Irwin Zalkin Confirms this :

    Defendants: Governing Body - Episode 26 - Watchtower In Focus

    https://youtu.be/rQZZ3m5jhyM

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    Lawsuits Claim Jehovah's Witness Member Abused Children

    A new lawsuit claims powerful members of the Jehovah's Witness church sexually abused a man and a woman when they were children. Rana Novini reports.

    (Published Monday, Aug 12, 2019 )

    https://www.nbcnewyork.com/on-air/as-seen-on/Lawsuits-Claim-Jehovah_s-Witness-Member-Abused-Children_New-York-537984992.html

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    The full press conference :

    The Zalkin Law Firm

    https://www.youtube.com/user/TheZalkinLawFirm

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    In the court documents for the case

    "Ewing v. Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, et al."

    , a congregation in Florida is named :

    https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/cqde4s/two_new_lawsuits_here/

    They can be accessed through the NY Court's website, where you can search the dockets for "watchtower" here:

    https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/CaseSearch

    You can also access the lawsuits directly here:

    Ewing v. Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, et al.

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/o34vepxea8cw841/517900_2019_John_Michael_Ewing_v_John_Michael_Ewing_SUMMONS___COMPLAINT_1.pdf?dl=0

    Steele v. Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, et al.

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/y2z91djbp68zkdl/517901_2019_Heather_Steele_v_Donald_J_Nicholson_et_al_SUMMONS___COMPLAINT_1.pdf?dl=0

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    U.S. National Television

    https://twitter.com/malbertnews/status/1161009924048113670?s=20

    #SilentNoMore series: Year-long reporting by

    @Hearst

    TV Nat’l Investigative Unit uncovers new allegations of sexual abuse, cover-ups inside Jehovah’s Witnesses: https://bit.ly/2KuHcr5 •WATCH story •READ internal docs •SEE interactive map •HEAR extended intvs •SEND tips

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    The series is on YouTube.

    Just type into the search box

    "Silent No More Jehovah's Witnesses"

  • TakeOffTheCrown
    TakeOffTheCrown

    Xjw csaSurvivors:

    Thank you for the links. The caption alone is something to behold!

    Ewing v. Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, et al.

  • Xjw csaSurvivors
    Xjw csaSurvivors

    I put all of this information into a brief 02:40 video and put it onto YouTube.

    I'm trying to help get this information out there, so that it becomes common knowledge.

    The New York Child Victims Act will be in effect for one year...

    https://youtu.be/N3Kq_nG0434

  • Xjw csaSurvivors
  • Xjw csaSurvivors
  • TakeOffTheCrown
    TakeOffTheCrown

    Xjw csaSurvivors

    Do you know if the Governing Body or any of its members can be found personally liable in any of these cases? Or, will it all fall upon the Christian Congregation to provide restitution in the cases that they may lose.

    Wondering if they may have to hire their own legal counsel.

  • TakeOffTheCrown
    TakeOffTheCrown

    I do recall that Gerrit Lösch hired a personal attorney for his deposition in one of the older sex abuse cases. He was not named as a defendant, but he was asked to provide a deposition because he was the oldest member.

    Apparently, Losch refused to provide a deposition stating that he was not a member of the organization.

    He cannot say he is not a member of the Governing Body.

  • LV101
    LV101

    Episode 26 -- not so sure they'll be able to sue the goon squad 8 personally but hope I'm wrong. More vics need to come forward to dent this beast - that one year provision needs to be extended ad infinitum to even come close to the cult's evil. Haven't watched the other links yet.

  • DNCall
    DNCall

    It wouldn't surprise me if a motion to dismiss as to the Governing Body only is filed in this case. When the the myriad corporations were created by Watchtower, the Governing Body was removed from the boards of all the Watchtower corporations. Since then, the boards of directors have been comprised by non-Governing Body elders only. An object of these measures was to insulate the Governing Body from litigation. We will now be able to see the effectiveness of these measures.

  • LV101
    LV101

    JW victims will have to travel to NY to take advantage of the one year statute of limitations - this time is way too restrictive but better than nothing.

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