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Third Sector Article: Supreme Court tells Jehovah's Witness charity it cannot stop inquiry

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/supreme-court-tells-jehovahs-witness-charity-cannot-stop-inquiry/governance/article/1405567.

[about third sector for those not in the uk:.

"third sector is the uk’s leading publication for everyone who needs to know what’s going on in the voluntary and not-for-profit sector."].

Third Sector Article: Supreme Court tells Jehovah's Witness charity it cannot stop inquiry

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/supreme-court-tells-jehovahs-witness-charity-cannot-stop-inquiry/governance/article/1405567.

[about third sector for those not in the uk:.

"third sector is the uk’s leading publication for everyone who needs to know what’s going on in the voluntary and not-for-profit sector."].

darkspilver

It's called context

In this case i presume it refers to this from last month:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4816615531085824/latest-update-uk-charity-commission-investigation

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Latest UPDATE UK Charity Commission investigation

by darkspilver in

latest update from 18 july 2016. good afternoon,.

i am writing to give you a quick update about our ongoing statutory inquiries into safeguarding and charities linked to jehovah’s witnesses.. as you may know, one of our inquiries is into watch tower bible and tract society of britain.

we opened this inquiry in 2014. watch tower then initiated what turned out to be protracted litigation against us.

darkspilver

Latest UPDATE from 18 July 2016

Good afternoon,
I am writing to give you a quick update about our ongoing statutory inquiries into safeguarding and charities linked to Jehovah’s Witnesses.
As you may know, one of our inquiries is into Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain. We opened this inquiry in 2014. Watch Tower then initiated what turned out to be protracted litigation against us. We have robustly defended our position. We were right to open the inquiry. We have won our case in every court that has heard the matter, most recently in the Court of Appeal. Watch Tower then decided to try to appeal to the Supreme Court. I am pleased to tell you that I have learned today that the Supreme Court has rejected their application. This means that there are no more domestic routes of appeal open to Watch Tower. We are therefore going to be doing what we have been doing since 2014, which is continuing with our inquiries.
A huge thank you to those of you who have met with me, Nick and Chris over the past few months to share your stories with us in person; and thank you also to everyone who has emailed or who has spoken to us on the phone. There is more work to do but the court ruling is an important milestone.
Please let me know if you would no longer like to receive these occasional updates.
Take care,
Jonathan.
Jonathan Sanders
Senior Investigator
t: 0300 065 2075 | e: [email protected] | w: www.gov.uk/charity-commission

Sounds like this is what is only now being reported in The Guardian - and I suppose Third Sector picked it up from the Guardian today?

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5296748482265088/article-respected-uk-newspaper-guardian-mishandling-sexual-abuse

Why has the Guardian only reported it today?

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Third Sector Article: Supreme Court tells Jehovah's Witness charity it cannot stop inquiry

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/supreme-court-tells-jehovahs-witness-charity-cannot-stop-inquiry/governance/article/1405567.

[about third sector for those not in the uk:.

"third sector is the uk’s leading publication for everyone who needs to know what’s going on in the voluntary and not-for-profit sector."].

darkspilver

Hey AndersonsInfo!

This is basically the same as the Guardian article that's already been posted about nine hours ago? yeah?

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5481514754113536/borg-fighting-tooth-nail-turn-over-sex-abuse-records-press-taking-note

Perhaps you could have pointed out any addition information the article you posted contained to those already posted - I would have found that helpful and informative

The problem is nowadays, if you do a related post and split the threads all up into small ones, they'll lose their 'hotness' factor so in reality, rather than benefiting the topic of discussion, you're doing the topic a disservice

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5092387227435008/hottest-topics-new-sort-rank-option

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Article in respected UK newspaper The Guardian - mishandling of sexual abuse

by jambon1 in

jw
friends

one day, they are going to have to face the music here just like they did at the australian royal commission.. looking forward to they day immensely.

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/aug/12/jehovahs-witnesses-under-pressure-over-handling-of-sexual-abuse-claims.

darkspilver

Oops. Sorry, never realised it'd been posted.

The problem is nowadays, if you do a repeat post and split the threads, they'll lose their 'hotness' factor

so in reality, rather than benefiting the topic of discussion, you're doing the topic a disservice, unless you already knew that???? hmmm

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5092387227435008/hottest-topics-new-sort-rank-option

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Article in respected UK newspaper The Guardian - mishandling of sexual abuse

by jambon1 in

jw
friends

one day, they are going to have to face the music here just like they did at the australian royal commission.. looking forward to they day immensely.

.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/aug/12/jehovahs-witnesses-under-pressure-over-handling-of-sexual-abuse-claims.

darkspilver

er, actually EndofMysteries posted this about nine hours ago

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5481514754113536/borg-fighting-tooth-nail-turn-over-sex-abuse-records-press-taking-note

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Watchtower requests sexual abuse suit to be dismissed

by StarTrekAngel in

http://www.reformer.com/latestnews/ci_30235457/bellows-falls-jehovahs-witnesses-ask-court-toss-lawsuit.

darkspilver

The allegations were also reported to the Vermont Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services Social Services Division in 1997, and True submitted to a polygraph test administered by a detective from the Vermont State Police, which True passed. As a result, no charges were filed.

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