Royal Commission seeks submissions about various religious institutions
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will hold a public hearing commencing in February 2017 into the current policies and procedures of each religious institution named below in relation to child protection and child-safe standards, including responding to allegations of child sexual abuse.
This hearing is expected to include consideration of factors that may have contributed to the occurrence of child sexual abuse in religious institutions and factors that may have affected the institutional response of religious institutions to child sexual abuse. This hearing may also examine the responses of named institutions to relevant case study report(s).
The Royal Commission invites submissions from individuals and organisations concerning the current policies and procedures in place and the response of the institution to the relevant case studies and case study reports.
The Royal Commission may invite selected individuals or organisations to speak to their submissions, however, it is not proposed that leave to appear will be granted.
Those institutions are:
- Catholic Church authorities in Australia;
- Anglican Church authorities in Australia;
- Yeshivah Melbourne and Yeshiva Bondi;
- Uniting Church in Australia;
- Jehovah’s Witnesses and Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Australia Ltd.
The identity of anyone who provides information will be protected and will be kept confidential.
Submissions should be made by 25 November 2016 in writing to GPO Box 5283, Sydney, NSW, 2001 or via email to [email protected]. Submissions can be anonymous.
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34Latest from Australian Royal Commission
by gerry injust received this update.
http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8e90fa1e64ebb08847cc04916&id=fcec86ae2b&e=0670c7af59.
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Latest from Australian Royal Commission
by gerry injust received this update.
http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8e90fa1e64ebb08847cc04916&id=fcec86ae2b&e=0670c7af59.
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Just received this update
http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8e90fa1e64ebb08847cc04916&id=fcec86ae2b&e=0670c7af59
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Another Kingdom Hall sold
by gerry inberkeley kingdom hall in wollongong south of sydney australia has just been sold.
berkeley congregation are now sharing a neighbouring hall at dapto.. .
the reason given was the governing body has taken over all the halls and the building was in need of repair.
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gerry
https://m.realestate.com.au/sold/property-residential+land-nsw-berkeley-201496586
Well $2,600,000 it sold for. Rank and file not getting any benefit from all the hard volunteer labour they put in along with those contributions.
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Another Kingdom Hall sold
by gerry inberkeley kingdom hall in wollongong south of sydney australia has just been sold.
berkeley congregation are now sharing a neighbouring hall at dapto.. .
the reason given was the governing body has taken over all the halls and the building was in need of repair.
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gerry
Berkeley Kingdom Hall in Wollongong south of Sydney Australia has just been sold. Berkeley congregation are now sharing a neighbouring Hall at Dapto.. . The reason given was the governing body has taken over all the halls and the building was in need of repair. It sold in a matter of days.
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Midweek meeting video
by aboveusonlysky indid anybody see the service meeting video this week?.
australian sister was sexually abused as a child and thought of ending her life at 14 years old, sometime later jw's call on her father who accepts a study and eventually the whole family becomes witnesses, life gets much better as the sister immerses herself in pioneering etc, she still has some dark days but prayer along with going for walks and swimming has helped her cope with bad memories of child abuse, the new system (just around the corner) will completely fix everything......... i'm dumbfounded, the hypocrisy has literally rendered me speechless......comments anybody?.
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gerry
what would you say if I would tell you that this is the same Kingdom Hall where the pedophile Robert Souter abused a number of young boys. This Souter was the subject of two Sunday programs about child abuse among JWs in Australia. Also back in 2008 one of the regular pioneers was imprisoned for two years for being in possession of child pornography. He is back doing the mikes and sound now.
http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/611136/man-jailed-over-extensive-child-porn-collection/
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Midweek meeting video
by aboveusonlysky indid anybody see the service meeting video this week?.
australian sister was sexually abused as a child and thought of ending her life at 14 years old, sometime later jw's call on her father who accepts a study and eventually the whole family becomes witnesses, life gets much better as the sister immerses herself in pioneering etc, she still has some dark days but prayer along with going for walks and swimming has helped her cope with bad memories of child abuse, the new system (just around the corner) will completely fix everything......... i'm dumbfounded, the hypocrisy has literally rendered me speechless......comments anybody?.
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Growing up as a Jehovah's Witness Part 1 . worth checking out this guys youtube story
by gerry ingreat story, part 2 deals with his abuse by a ministerial servant who was preparing him for baptism.
guess how the elders handled it?
https://youtu.be/xpslymxtyps.
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gerry
Interesting to see he has his own YouTube channel about Tech things and gaming etc. with nearly 4000 subscribers.
However in his latest videos he tells his story about his upbringing as a JW.
So hopefully a number of his subscribers will be warned of the dangers involved with joining the watchtower organisation. Whether for themselves or their friends.
The exjw chariot is gathering momentum...
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Growing up as a Jehovah's Witness Part 1 . worth checking out this guys youtube story
by gerry ingreat story, part 2 deals with his abuse by a ministerial servant who was preparing him for baptism.
guess how the elders handled it?
https://youtu.be/xpslymxtyps.
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gerry
great story, part 2 deals with his abuse by a ministerial servant who was preparing him for baptism. Guess how the elders handled it?
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My 1st Unwitness
by HappyGal ini have seen the witnessing carts pop up around our city.
there were no such carts when i left the jw's in the 1980's.
since leaving the organization i have survived (and thrived) by: .
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gerry
A few year back whenever I saw witnesses in the street I had the urge to yell out to them to wake up. Stop wasting your time going door to door etc. Now like you I try and be calm and mention something which hopefully gets them thinking... But you know they are so indoctrinated they view us as being like the serpent trying to deceive them..
This is a bigger challenge now than when we were in and we were placing literature and looking for bible studies..
I just noticed on reddit exjw someone mentions about how we do research before we purchase something.. You check independent views. Complaints, lawsuits.. Good tact to use.
I love all the info here and reddit exjw..
Seems like I do more research now than when I was fully in.. Lol
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not one but four witnesses at my door
by gerry inhaving not had a witness knock on my door since i left over 13 years ago i was surprised a few sunday mornings ago to find two young sisters who i had not seen before at my door.
it was not long before their husbands who were witnessing at my neighbors joined the conversation.
the conversation went on for some time so i am keeping the experience as brief as i can.. mind you with all what has been happening lately with the australian royal commission here in australia i had been looking forward to having a discussion with any witness who comes within earshot.
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gerry
thanks to convention video leaks had a heads up on them...It was good to get them answering as a human and not with blinkers on. just found out their convention is on in 3 weeks time..
look forward to a follow up.