My Old Kingdom Hall being merged with TWO other congregations!

by pale.emperor in

this can only be a good sign.. my old congregation in liverpool has had a lot of money in it's bank account for years.

for a long, long time (almost 8 years) they've been looking for land to build a new hall.

the one they're in now is literally falling to bits.

darkspilver

to be honest, we need pictures!!!......

Kingdom Hall A - Closing (moving to H, 8 miles away)

Speke Congregation
88 Little Heath Road, Speke L24 2TP

https://goo.gl/maps/GB5DqavY8r72

Kingdom Hall G - Closing (moving to H, 9 miles away)

Belle Vale Congregation
Cockshead Road, Belle Vale L25 2RB

https://goo.gl/maps/NL4Pi4YtwB82

Kingdom Hall H - being kept

Widnes Congregation
3A Dykin Road, Widnes WA8 3HN

https://goo.gl/maps/tpes28mrQhN2

Kingdom Hall J - (the one closest to G that is closing, 2 miles away)

Broad Green Congregation
West Derby Congregation
Old Thomas Lane, Broad Green L14 3NA

https://goo.gl/maps/8WCiyeV8zg72

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SWITZERLAND: Thousands of sexual assaults in JWs

by darkspilver in

another major article regardng the report into sex abuse in the jws that was published a week ago.

tages anzeiger, 6 march 2017. thousands of sexual assaults in jehovah's witnesses.

http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/panorama/vermischtes/tausende-sexuelle-uebergriffe-bei-den-zeugen-jehovas/story/22658338.

darkspilver

Another major article regardng the report into sex abuse in the JWs that was published a week ago

Tages Anzeiger, 6 March 2017

Thousands of sexual assaults in Jehovah's Witnesses

http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/panorama/vermischtes/tausende-sexuelle-uebergriffe-bei-den-zeugen-jehovas/story/22658338

and: Abuse: Law of silence among JWs

and: Thousands of sexual assaults in JWs

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Policemen beat up 15-year-old JW boy

by darkspilver in

jw
friends

a father complains that several policemen beat his 15 year old son "because the family is jehovah's witness and the black race".

http://www.martinoticias.com/a/cuba-golpiza-menor-estacion-policia-moron-/140761.html.

see also https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5714189639221248/_post/4898637962280960.

darkspilver

John Free: So we're trusting the media this week are we darkspliv? Just checking because normally they're telling apostate\Satan driven lies about gods holy people. This time its all true though lol

Sorry I don't understand, what do you mean? That I don't trust the media reports, or that you don't trust the media reports I've posted over the last week?... which ones?

like the major report on sex abuse in the JW's published in Switzerland - and the three major news articles dealing with it?

Jehovah's Witnesses are silent
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5714189639221248/_post/4924085307965440

Abuse: Law of silence among JWs
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5714189639221248/_post/5725095769145344

Thousands of sexual assaults in JWs
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5714189639221248/_post/4719726804598784

or maybe the media report on the JW's found guilty (on appeal) of fraud in Spain - which was also posted about afterwards by Hecce?

Tribunal Supremo confirms convictions for swindling 39 million from hundreds of JWs
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5714189639221248/_post/5789279760416768

or maybe the TV news report about the School Bus Driver in Florida, which was also posted about afterwards by ToesUp?

Polk woman claims school bus driver told 7-year old son he would go to hell for mom's same-sex relationship
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5714189639221248/_post/5645890129756160

or maybe the media interview/s that an ex-JW couple from Austria gave?

JWs: "It is hoped that soon the end will come"
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5714189639221248/_post/5148154959757312

or maybe the Scottish JW husband found guilty of acting aggressively towards his wife
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4922368965214208/_post/6261023063408640

or maybe the UK's Guardian report on the ARC (and I believe it was the ONLY UK coverage of the recent ARC case)
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5724057662128128/_post/5165413950291968

Take your pick from what I've posted in just the last week.

I also highlighted the source of this thread's OP too (from the US broadcasting in Spanish to Cuba)

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5714189639221248/_post/4898637962280960

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Watching the World - MEGA THREAD of topics

by darkspilver in

jw
friends

an esoteric hotchpotch of topics, from the mildly interesting to the rather boringi'm posting here to avoid the 'new topic' forum limitations, and besides it also helps to avoid clogging up the forum if you think something is of passing interest, and you wish to comment on it, please feel free to re-post as a new topic - thanks!

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darkspilver

SWITZERLAND: Thousands of sexual assaults in JWs

Another major article about the abuse report recently pubished in Switzerland - see above post from seven days ago

Tages Anzeiger, 6 March 2017

Thousands of sexual assaults in Jehovah's Witnesses
Investigations and trials in several countries show a parallel world in which loyalty to the faith community counts more than the welfare of the children.
The Christian-fundamentalist religious community of the Jehovah's Witnesses, also known as the Wachtturm Society, makes headlines all over the world because it has concealed the sexual abuse of minors for decades. Processes in many countries document the large extent of the attacks of some of the high-ranking witnesses.
However, the authorities of most countries do not dare to shed light on the dark chapter of the religious community that has built up a parallel world. In Great Britain, however, two state commissions investigate sexual assaults with Jehovah's Witnesses. In several processes, believers must be held responsible for such acts.

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Policemen beat up 15-year-old JW boy

by darkspilver in

jw
friends

a father complains that several policemen beat his 15 year old son "because the family is jehovah's witness and the black race".

http://www.martinoticias.com/a/cuba-golpiza-menor-estacion-policia-moron-/140761.html.

see also https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5714189639221248/_post/4898637962280960.

darkspilver

Thanks - I was using the headline as provided in the article as the basis

One of the public comments - which are only visible if you actually 'click' to view them - right at the bottom of the web page says (google translate)

Note Clarification on the beating of the minor in Morón. Luis Lemagne Milian, only 15 years old is NOT JEHOVAH'S WITNESS, his parents and other relatives if they belong to that religion. It was a writing error in the headline of the news. Nevertheless the weight of the chronicle lies in the brutality of the police.

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Policemen beat up 15-year-old JW boy

by darkspilver in

jw
friends

a father complains that several policemen beat his 15 year old son "because the family is jehovah's witness and the black race".

http://www.martinoticias.com/a/cuba-golpiza-menor-estacion-policia-moron-/140761.html.

see also https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5714189639221248/_post/4898637962280960.

darkspilver

A father complains that several policemen beat his 15 year old son "because the family is Jehovah's Witness and the black race"

http://www.martinoticias.com/a/cuba-golpiza-menor-estacion-policia-moron-/140761.html

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Watching the World - MEGA THREAD of topics

by darkspilver in

jw
friends

an esoteric hotchpotch of topics, from the mildly interesting to the rather boringi'm posting here to avoid the 'new topic' forum limitations, and besides it also helps to avoid clogging up the forum if you think something is of passing interest, and you wish to comment on it, please feel free to re-post as a new topic - thanks!

.

darkspilver

CUBA: JW minor beaten by several policemen in Morón, complains his father

Marti Noticias, 10 March 2017

Minor, Jehovah's Witness, beaten by several policemen in Morón, complains his father
Luis Lemagne Millán, 15, was beaten at a police station in Morón and transferred to a Provincial Detention Center in Ciego de Avila. Parents are unaware of the reasons for the arrest.
A minor has been detained since February 28 at the Provincial Unit for the Detention of Minors in Ciego de Avila, although he is not accused of any charges, according to his father in an interview with Radio Martí.
...
The minor was assaulted at the police station and then taken to the hospital where he received medical attention. From there he was transferred to the juvenile section of the Detention Center in the city of Ciego de Ávila, contiguous to the Provincial Delegation of the Ministry of the Interior.
"We went to warn the house at 2:00 am but we could not see it until 10:00 am in the hospital. That's where we could do the photos of the blows in the face," said Luis, who believes that the cruelty against the son occurs because the family is Jehovah's Witness and the black race.

Notes: According to Wikipedia - Radio y Televisión Martí is an American radio and television international broadcaster based in Miami, Florida which transmits newscasts and programs in Spanish to Cuba - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_y_Televisi%C3%B3n_Mart%C3%AD

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Article: 'I was dead to them': How Lara escaped the Jehovah's Witnesses 'cult'

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4522599/i-was-dead-to-them-how-lara-escaped-the-jehovahs-witnesses-cult/?cs=4173.

'i was dead to them': how lara escaped the jehovah's witnesses 'cult'.

rachel brownemarch 10, 2017. three decades ago jodi*'s family were searching for a better life for themselves and their four children, well away from the gritty inner-city high rise apartment they called home.. the family packed up their belongings and moved to rural victoria where they planned to start anew.. then one morning a pair of jehovah's witnesses knocked on the door to spread the word of the watchtower bible and tract society.

darkspilver

Do you have a personal problem with Barbara's posts? You seem to whine about a lot of them

Pardon?

Both links that Barbara posted work.

YES, exactly! - I thanked her for posting the article and a working link - actually a big thank you for providing a WORKING link to the article.

Although the article and link to the original article in the Sydney Morning Herald was provided a couple of days by jwleaks here:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5724057662128128/_post/5755533665501184

the page on SMH has now been DELETED and does NOT work! The SMH article has been MOVED to a new location on their website and therefore needs a NEW link - which I noted has handily been added to the bottom of the link that thankfully Barbara provided in her OP above.

I understood that jwleaks was trying to do a "List all media reports here for future reference" - that's a problem when certain news organisations, such as the SMH, decide to DELETE online news articles after they have been published and MOVE them to NEW location on their website WITHOUT doing a 301 - but as you say: ' I know that tech is hard.'

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SCOTLAND: JW warned court will deliver judgment

by darkspilver in

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from the east coast of scotland, just north of dundee...... the courier - friday 10 february 2017 - page 8. jehovah’s witness warned court will deliver judgment .

a church figure has been told by a sheriff that the courts will deliver judgment on his domestic offending and not the jehovah’s witness group he is a member of.

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darkspilver

U P D A T E !!

The Courier, Thursday 9 March 2017, page 8

Arbroath man who acted aggressively towards his wife sentenced to 180 hours of unpaid work
A 46-year-old man who acted aggressively towards his wife after returning from the pub to their Arbroath home has been sentenced to unpaid work as an alternative to custody.

(the 460-word online article is about twice as long as the printed version)

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Article: 'I was dead to them': How Lara escaped the Jehovah's Witnesses 'cult'

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4522599/i-was-dead-to-them-how-lara-escaped-the-jehovahs-witnesses-cult/?cs=4173.

'i was dead to them': how lara escaped the jehovah's witnesses 'cult'.

rachel brownemarch 10, 2017. three decades ago jodi*'s family were searching for a better life for themselves and their four children, well away from the gritty inner-city high rise apartment they called home.. the family packed up their belongings and moved to rural victoria where they planned to start anew.. then one morning a pair of jehovah's witnesses knocked on the door to spread the word of the watchtower bible and tract society.

darkspilver

thanks for a 'working' link

As mentioned at the bottom of the above article, this article is the same as what was published in the Sydney Morning Herald that was posted here by jwleaks:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5724057662128128/_post/5755533665501184

But the link to the SMH in the above post is dead now

I've been highlighting Ms Kaput's campaign - as mentioned in the article - in the thread below

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5049862485704704/australia-petition-cancel-charity-status-watchtower-jehovahs-witnesses

darkspilver

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SWITZERLAND: Thousands of sexual assaults in JWs

CUBA: JW minor beaten by several policemen in Morón, complains his father