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Child Shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses International Convention, Melbourne, Australia (17-19 October 2014)
by jwleaks indocuments and media releases relating to the shunning and discrimination of a special needs child by jehovahs witnesses in relation to the melbourne international convention, 17-19 october 2014. the following documents and press release were received by jw leaks in relation to the jehovahs witnesses international convention at etihad stadium, melbourne, australia.
it is understood that due to last minute information in relation to the administration and control of the first aid health services at the convention the following press documents had not been released to the media.. prior to publishing and releasing the following sensitive information, the members of the team at jw leaks made formal inquiries with the victorian workcover authority (vwa) and the administrators of etihad stadium (melbourne stadiums limited) as to whether measures have been put in place to prevent the jehovahs witnesses and watchtower bible and tract society of australia from operating any first aid health services and first aid department in alleged breach of applicable health and safety laws.. we were assured that the jehovahs witnesses will no longer have control of the first aid management at the event but that st john ambulance first aid officers will be on site for each of the three days.
it is our understanding that this was done for the purpose of protecting the health and safety of all 70,000 daily patrons and delegates attending the convention.
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NEWS : New developments in the London Bethel relocation story
by raymond frantz inlondon bethel relocation the story so farthere are new developments in the relocation of the london bethel development .
a landowner has agreed unconditionally to sell her rundown car breakers yard to jehovahs witnesses for their new uk headquarters, it emerged this week.. the international bible students association (ibsa) paid a deposit, agreed a final price and swapped contracts with charmaine small this month for temple farm in ship road, west hanningfield.. ms small has promised the ibsa the charity used by the religious sect to distribute its literature that dozens of car dealers will vacate the 50-acre farm over the next few months.. speaking to the chronicle, stephen morris, of the ibsa branch relocation department, said...(read full article here ).
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Cheaper property and a nice place for a fenced Doomsday Cult compound in the country.
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Jehovah's Witness Elder, Ron Felt suing Jehovah's Witness he disfellowshiped, for "Harassment"- Broadcasting a recording of JW Ron Felt......
by Balaamsass2 inhttp://www.dover-express.co.uk/8203-ironic-isn-t-says-jehovah-s-witness-court/story-23631047-detail/story.html.
' says jehovah's witness in court for harassing another jehovah's witness.
by dover express | posted: october 27, 2014. by jamie rose exclusive [email protected].
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My Uncles proudly related how they drove sound cars around blasting the rantings of Judge Rutherford. An excellent defence would be to tell the Judge such a thing is traditional religious practice with Jehovah's Witnesses!! lol
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Jehovah's Witness Elder, Ron Felt suing Jehovah's Witness he disfellowshiped, for "Harassment"- Broadcasting a recording of JW Ron Felt......
by Balaamsass2 inhttp://www.dover-express.co.uk/8203-ironic-isn-t-says-jehovah-s-witness-court/story-23631047-detail/story.html.
' says jehovah's witness in court for harassing another jehovah's witness.
by dover express | posted: october 27, 2014. by jamie rose exclusive [email protected].
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'Ironic, isn't it?' says Jehovah's Witness in court for harassing another Jehovah's Witness
By Dover Express | Posted: October 27, 2014
By Jamie Rose EXCLUSIVE [email protected]
ISN'T IT IRONIC: Derek O'Hare outside court
A JEHOVAH'S Witness has appeared in court – charged with harassing another Jehovah's Witness.
Derek O'Hare, of St David's Avenue, Aycliffe, is accused of using "abusive language and behaviour" towards elder Ron Felt in Market Square on July 22.
O'Hare, 57, was expelled from the Dover Kingdom Hall, based in North Military Road, earlier this year.
Following his expulsion he went to Dover town centre, where Mr Felt and his wife were handing out literature, and set up a loud-speaker system which blared out recordings of conversations in which O'Hare makes allegations about the congregation.
Speaking at Folkestone Magistrates Court, prosecutor Rachael Laughland said: "The victim and his wife were in Market Square and in their position as Jehovah's Witnesses they had put out literature on a stand.
"They were approached by the defendant who set up a loud-speaker system and started to play a tape recording. They moved away to another part of Market Square and were followed by the defendant who continued with what he was doing.
"They moved back to the original place and the defendant continued shouting verbal abuse at the victim and his wife. There were clearly members of public present."
O'Hare accepts playing the recordings in public but denies using abusive language and behaviour.
Pleading not guilty to "harassment without violence", he told the court: "I don't accept that what I did would cause alarm or distress.
"I walked down the high street and outside Marks & Spencer they were putting up scaffolding and blasting out rap music.
"I thought if they are not breaking the law, then what can Mr Felt complain about if I'm simply playing him a recording of his own voice?"
Pointing to three people in the public gallery, O'Hare added: "This is a big conspiracy from the whole Jehovah's Witnesses group. They are here today to make sure they report back what's gone on."
A trial has been set for February 16 at Margate Magistrates' Court. Speaking outside court, O'Hare told the Express: "Quite ironic, isn't it? A Jehovah's Witness is taking another Jehovah's Witness to court for harassment, when they spend most of their time harassing other people."
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Not on JW.org : Update: FOUR Connecticut Jehovah's Witnesses sex abuse victims sue Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.
by Balaamsass2 inbranford attorney takes on sexual abuse of children, jehovah's witnessesstory.
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Thanks Flipper, I hope these stories get more SEO and Social Media shares. I feel for the victims and understand why so many are silently suffering and simply accepting the 700k-1mil hush money, but I hope more go to trial like the Conti case.
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HOW A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS participated in one of the great art FRAUDS of the 20th century
by Terry inhttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/26/art-fraud-margaret-walter-keane-tim-burton-biopic.
excerpt:.
"theres a sweet, small suburban house in the vineyards of napa, northern california.
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Great thread Terry. Sorry, I re-posted the Story at lunch (google alert) not seeing this. Personally, I never liked the Big eyed paintings, but Mom bought them and worshipped at Margarets feet. ugh.
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Newspaper Interview with Jehovah's Witness Margaret Keene, a future Movie, and Art fraud.
by Balaamsass2 inthe big-eyed children: the extraordinary story of an epic art fraud.
but in fact, his wife margaret was the artist, working in virtual slavery to maintain his success.
she tells her story, now the subject of a tim burton biopic.
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Balaamsass2
Seems like a nice lady...but she went from one form of slavery and mind control to another.
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Not on JW.org : Update: FOUR Connecticut Jehovah's Witnesses sex abuse victims sue Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.
by Balaamsass2 inbranford attorney takes on sexual abuse of children, jehovah's witnessesstory.
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"Zalkin stated that he has been involved in about 25 cases against the Jehovahs Witnesses" I had no idea he had done THIS MANY cases.
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Texas Jehovah's Witness murdered on driveway
by Balaamsass2 inkpd seeks possible witness in homicidestory.
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KPD seeks possible witness in homicide
6Pine Drive shooting witness
Police say this man may have important information pertaining to the Monday shooting death of 64-year-old Christine Watkins.
Posted: Friday, October 24, 2014 12:35 pm
Chris McGuinness | Herald staff writer | 0 comments
Posted on Oct 24, 2014
by Chris McGuinness
Killeen police released a sketch Friday of a man they said may be a witness in the shooting death of a 64-year-old Killeen school bus driver earlier this week.
“This person was seen in the area during the early morning hours and possibly has information that is pertinent to this case,” according to a Killeen police statement released with the sketch Friday afternoon.
Christine Watkins, a mother of three and grandmother of 13, was found shot to death in the driveway of her home on Pine Drive early Monday. She had been a Killeen Independent School District bus driver for more than 30 years.
Mercedes Wesley, a Killeen ISD employee who worked with Watkins, said many district staff decorated Watkins’ bus in black ribbons Friday in her memory.
“I just thought you should know she was well loved by many, and will truly be missed,” Wesley wrote in an email to the Herald on Friday. “I pray her killer is found and brought to justice.”
Earlier this week, Killeen detectives were seen canvassing Pine Drive and speaking with residents.
As of Friday, no suspect in Watkins’ death was identified. Detectives investigating the shooting are asking anyone who can identify the man in the sketch or who has any other information about Watkins’ death to call 254-501-8936.
A funeral for Watkins, who lived on Pine Drive with her husband, Kenneth, since the 1970s, will take place at 1 p.m. today at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Killeen
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Not on JW.org : Update: FOUR Connecticut Jehovah's Witnesses sex abuse victims sue Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.
by Balaamsass2 inbranford attorney takes on sexual abuse of children, jehovah's witnessesstory.
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Branford Attorney Takes on Sexual Abuse of Children, Jehovah's Witnesses
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Branford's Tom McNamara, who has spent much of his legal career handing sexual abuse cases in religious organizations, is handling a case where four plaintiffs are filing suit against the Jehovahs Witnesses.
Posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2014 11:29 pm | Updated: 10:01 am, Thu Oct 2, 2014.
Steven M. Mazzacane
Editors Note: The following includes accounts of sexual abuse of a minor.
A Branford attorney is taking a lead role in bringing one of the first child molestation lawsuits against the Jehovah’s Witnesses in the state of Connecticut.
Attorney Tom McNamara, a Branford resident and partner in the New Haven based McNamara and Goodman Law firm, announced Wednesday at a New Haven press conference that 4 separate suits are being filed against the Jehovah’s Witnesses in a case that involved a series of child molestation incidents in a New Haven congregation.
McNamara and his co-counsel, Irwin Zalkin of a San Diego based Zalkin Law Firm, presented the cases of four plaintiffs, three girls and one boy, all of whom were under 18 at the time of the alleged sexual abuse, and in some cases, where the child was as young as 6.
“There lawsuits derive from sexual abuse of these young women and their brother at the hands of an ordained minister, a “ministerial servant,” of the Jehovah’s Witnesses,” explained Zalkin. Zalkin stated that he has been involved in about 25 cases against the Jehovahs Witnesses. McNamara would also state this suit is the first in CT.
The suits allege that Orlando Afanador, 50, was a ministerial servant, and appointed position in the Jehovah’s Witnesses, and a regular pioneer, a position which requires a minimum amount of hours be spent in the door-to-door ministry the Witnesses are well for.
Afanador is currently listed on the Connecticut Sex Offender Registry, after a conviction in 2010 in Nebraska.
The filings detail that Afindor would often babysit 3 of the plaintiffs, who were siblings and lived with their mother, an overnight nurse. The initial sexual abuse began here. In time, Afanador and his wife moved in with the family, serving as regular sitters for the children.
The filing reads that “Afanador would enter the plaintiff’s room in the middle of the night and would begin kissing her legs and thighs. He would then proceed to perform oral sex on the Plaintiff as well as digitally penetrate the Plaintiff.”
The plaintiff was 8 years old at the time. The filing reads that the conduct…”occurred on an almost nightly basis for approximately one year.”
The filings indicate that on occasion the younger sister was also present in the room, and the detail other instances of sexual abuse.
Attorney Zalkin would not give specific details but indicated that Afanador has been involved in multiple additional cases of sexual abuse of a minor.
The documents, which list the East Spanish Congragation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in New Haven as the defendant, lay out the case against the Jehovahs Witnesses organization as a whole.
"The Jehovah’s Witnesses have an insidious problem, an epidemic problem with child sexual abuse with the organization. And the reason why they have this problem is because of the policies that come from their parent organization, the Watchtower and the head of all Jehovah’s Witnesses in the world, the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The problem is this: they are more concerned about protecting themselves, the institution, from scandal, and protecting its reputation above their concern and protection of children,” said Zalkin. “And they have instituted policies that require absolute silence that would prevent anyone from the outside world from ever know the problem’s that they’ve had with abuse of children.”
The filings indicate that before joining the Spanish congregation where the children were members, Afanador was a member of a separate congregation, where he, according to the complaint, “molested two children of a Jehovah’s Witness family.” The abuse was reported to the “elders” of the congregation, who then convened a Judicial Committee and reproved Afanador.
Jehovah’s Witness policy is that when a member goes from one congregation to another, a letter of introduction is sent, and in the case of child molesters, the letter must inform the new congregation of the past sexual abuse issues.
Soon after, as a member of the new congregation, Afanador was appointed a Ministerial Servant and soon after, engaged in the acts alleged in the complaint.
The complaints allege that the injuries sustained by the then-minors “were the result of the negligence and carelessness of the Defendants and their agents” and that the Jehovah’s Witnesses should have known about Afanador’s history of sexual abuse, that they failed to supervise Afanador in his interaction with minors, that they failed to report the conduct to authorities, and that they continued to use him as a Ministerial Servant and pioneer despite the obvious issues.
One of the victims stated they were moved to come forward after the case of Candace Conti in California, who was abused as a 9 year old girl by a member of a Jehovahs Witness congregation. The Conti case raised significant awareness of the issue when a jury awarded her a 28 million dollar verdict in 2012. The Conti case was also the first to see a jury verdict, as previous suits often resulted in settlements.
In the Conti case, evidence was shown that elders in the congregation took steps to cover up the abuse, as was Jehovahs Witness policy at the time. Additionally, the perpetrator in the case was a "rank-and-file" member. In the current case, the perpetrator held at least two appointed positions in the congregation, ministerial servant and pioneer, and the claim is that his previous history of sexual abuse of a minor was known prior to those appointments.
“It was just incredible to me that she would do that," stated one of the victims, "and it just brought out that there were so many victims in that organization…it was just like, ok, we need to speak out so others in our area know…there are more of us out there.”
