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I received an email in Spanish-A rumor about WT's property in Brooklyn-Need someone to translate

by AndersonsInfo in

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i received the following email written in spanish through my website, www.watchtowerdocuments.com.

i used google translation, which i posted below the spanish, but would like someone fluent in spanish to translate the email accurately.

from what i could make out, this information sounds interesting, so i decided to share it.

AndersonsInfo

The Spanish email is included in my post. I should have highlighted it. Please translate and put it here on JWN so we all can read it.

Thanks Alfred for your assistance.

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I received an email in Spanish-A rumor about WT's property in Brooklyn-Need someone to translate

by AndersonsInfo in

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i received the following email written in spanish through my website, www.watchtowerdocuments.com.

i used google translation, which i posted below the spanish, but would like someone fluent in spanish to translate the email accurately.

from what i could make out, this information sounds interesting, so i decided to share it.

I received the following email written in Spanish through my website, www.watchtowerdocuments.com. I used Google translation, which I posted below the Spanish, but would like someone fluent in Spanish to translate the email accurately. From what I could make out, this information sounds interesting, so I decided to share it. Maybe there is some truth to it or maybe not. We'll just have to wait and see what happens to the WT's property holdings in Brooklyn Heights.

Según un rumor que ha corrido las oficinas de administración la reciente visita a las oficinas de 25 Columbia Heights podían ser los nuevos propietarios del complejo, según \"radio macuto\" teocrática, la Sociedad se queda en alquiler durante cinco años e irá trasladando servicios y oficinas hacia el edificio lateral.

El proyecto es la transformación de las oficinas teocráticas en una zona de apartamentos de lujo, centro comercial y un aparthotel con SPA.

¡Qué gran provisión para todos, ver como la Sociedad gana mucho más dinero para invertirlo en fondos especulativos y así por el estilo!

Google Spanish to English:

According to a rumor that has run the administrative offices of the recent visit to the offices of 25 Columbia Heights could be the new owners of the complex, as \ " grapevine \ " theocratic , the Company is to rent for five years and will be moving services and offices to the building side .

The project is the transformation of the theocratic offices in an area of ??luxury apartments, shopping mall and a residential hotel with SPA.

What a great provision for all, see how the company earns much more money to invest in hedge funds and so on !

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Information about SNAP's Critical Legal Battle for Survivor Privacy

by AndersonsInfo in

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disclaimer: this is an informational post only to keep us informed.

i'm not requesting anyone to donate to this cause.

barbara.

AndersonsInfo

I looked it up for you, ScenicViewer: http://www.snapnetwork.org/donate_to_snap

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Information about SNAP's Critical Legal Battle for Survivor Privacy

by AndersonsInfo in

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disclaimer: this is an informational post only to keep us informed.

i'm not requesting anyone to donate to this cause.

barbara.

AndersonsInfo

Disclaimer: This is an informational post only to keep us informed. I'm not requesting anyone to donate to this cause.

Barbara

Dear friends;

As you are a cherished friend to SNAP, we want to explain what Kansas City and St. Louis Catholic officials are doing to attack us and those who seek our help. We've included a lengthy "Q & A" here that outlines the details. But the bottom line is this: Catholic officials are desperately trying to conceal their wrong-doing by attacking victims. They're trying to silence victims, and others , by trying to severely weaken SNAP. In October, SNAP Director David Clohessy was served with a subpoena in Kansas City by church defense lawyers. They demanded emails, correspondence and other records (some going back 23 years) including deeply private conversations with victims, their names and the details of the abuse they suffered.

Last month, Clohessy and SNAP Outreach Director Barbara Dorris were hit with more subpoenas, this time from the St. Louis archdiocese. Naturally our first concern was, and remains, the privacy of victims, most of whom never have or never will speak publicly or take any kind of legal action. We also quickly realized, however, that these wide-ranging demands also sought communications between SNAP and thousands of other individuals we help: family members,witnesses, whistleblowers, journalists, therapists, concerned Catholics and law enforcement officials. Our first duty is to those who seek and sought our guidance. For that reason, we fought tooth and nail to keep David from having to testify. Ultimately, we lost that fight. David was deposed. But he adamantly refused to give any names or private details about victims. And we're refusing to turn over any documents with similar information.

The ramifications of these actions have already hit SNAP hard. Owing to massive legal bills which we cannot pay at this time, we have been forced to ask our attorney in Kansas City to withdraw from the case. The fact is we can no longer afford to pay him and still keep the lights on. We are seeking pro-bono help as the case moves forward and will update you as to our progress. Meanwhile in Kansas City, attorneys for the Catholic Church have moved forward with a "Motion to Compel" SNAP Director, David Clohessy to reveal private information about members and victims connected with SNAP and the case against Father Joseph Tierney. We will not reveal any of the information the church is requesting. The privacy of our survivors and members is absolutely paramount! So, David is preparing himself and his family as he faces jail time if necessary.

Over two decades ago, we in SNAP pledged ourselves to protect and help victims, witnesses, whistleblowers, police, prosecutors, journalists, in fact anyone who was working to stop and expose child sex crimes and cover ups. That promise has not and will not be broken, no matter what forces are arrayed against us. The fact that we have been so successful is the chief reason that we now find ourselves in this painful and threatening situation. However it is one we shall win.

Your support has been critical in our accomplishing our mission and is even more essential now. We, therefore, ask that you consider making a donation in order to help us meet the unprecedented challenge which faces us. In order to donate, simply go online to our donate page. Alternatively you can or mail it to SNAP: P.O. Box 6416, Chicago, Illinois 60680-6416 or call our Development department at (312) 455-1499. Meanwhile,. I want to assure you that SNAP remains as committed to end clergy sex crimes and cover ups as ever. These are difficult times, but we will prevail together.

Warm Regards,

Barbara Blaine

David Clohessy

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Steven Unthank: What do we really know?

by SweetBabyCheezits in

i'm gonna play the skeptic today on a topic that is painful for a lot of people on this forum.

my intent is not to stir anything up but to make sure facts are confirmed.

bear in mind, i'm sickened by the wt's role (and the heirarchy down to elders) in child molestation cover-ups.

AndersonsInfo

This display of ugliness has gone far enough in my world. If the DPP in Victoria had picked up the case to prosecute the Watch Tower, Steven would be a hero. It didn't happen the way he hoped and now he's a hoax or worse.

What in tarnation is going on here? Have we all lost our senses? The enemy is now Steven and me. Whatever happened to the WT as the enemy? Joe suggested I didn't reply to any of this because my words would come under fire, but I did. Joe was right. I've only made it worse. I won't do it again.

Barbara

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Steven Unthank: What do we really know?

by SweetBabyCheezits in

i'm gonna play the skeptic today on a topic that is painful for a lot of people on this forum.

my intent is not to stir anything up but to make sure facts are confirmed.

bear in mind, i'm sickened by the wt's role (and the heirarchy down to elders) in child molestation cover-ups.

AndersonsInfo

And, what do we know about you, negative posters? Absolutely nothing. Yet, we are supposed to believe you are really former JWs and are not happy with the JW religion because you said so. How do we know but that many of you are JW apologists working your negative "magic" on this discussion board for years?

However, many of you know me personally or can find out about my life easily enough as I've told my story enough. Yet, I have found my credibility called into question regularly by some on this board. I've been investigated by the best and the worst and no one can find any dirt, so some try to call my work into question by other means.

I've said this many times, I post information. I posted the Steven Unthank information when I first heard about it. I was attacked then. Now that the government failed to prosecute the WT for not abiding or adhering to the WWC Act, very adroitly some posters are mentioning my name in a negative way, or some photo I have on my website in a negative way, which I don't even know what photo is being addressed.

I spoke to Steven just about an hour ago and he was stunned to hear what is being said about him and the photo he posted. He explained to me what the word "image" meant to him, and I explained that in the context he used, it came across badly. He said he'd fix the problem on his website. etc.

For what it's worth, and to some my words mean nothing, but Joe and I absolutely treasure our friendship with Steven Unthank. I've never thought he had any "excesses," but is one of the most totally honest person that anybody can come to know. Maybe we are mistaken in our regard for this young man, but for now, until proven differently, we stand with him.

And we agree with the poster who said: Listen to yourselves! Goddammit, are you questioning whether this case was even legitimate? Sometimes I feel that the ex-JW community are worse than the damned JWs, nitpicking each other to death over trivialities! This is like chickens pecking that one chicken to death because of a feather out of place!

Joe and I would like to add: With friends like some of you, who needs enemies!

For those on this board who want to know the facts, we suggest you listen in tonight to Richard Rawe's Dialogue program and talk to him yourself. Then make up your mind if he is legitimate or not.

Barbara and Joe Anderson

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Letter to the Writing Department from Barbara Anderson

by Dogpatch in

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i thought i knew you.

an open letter from barbara anderson to watch towers writing department.

in 1517, martin luther wrote in a letter to archbishop albert of mainz: you must graciously forgive that i, that scum of the earth, am so bold as to dare to address a letter to you.. yes, i know, you think of me as scum, just like mainz believed of luther, wondering how i dare write you a letter, someone jehovahs witnesses disfellowshipped back in 2002. i was accused of being an unrepentant sinner and condemned for causing divisions, then labeled apostate because i spoke out publicly on nbcs dateline tv program aboutthe child sexual abuse policies that protected pedophiles policies that you helped formulate.

AndersonsInfo

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PENSÉ QUE LOS CONOCÍA A UDS
Una carta pública de Bárbara Anderson al
Departamento de Escritura de Watch Tower

Traducción por Joe (José) Emerson al español de

http://ex-jw.com/dear-watchtower-why-the-insults-and-name-calling#more-4643

Nota del Editor del websitio (página de internet): El 6 de febrero de 2012, el departamento de escritura de Watchtower recibió la carta que sigue de Bárbara Anderson, una ex-Testiga de Jehová que en el pasado sirvía en ese mismo departamento. Cada día muchas cartas y documentos se envían a la sede de Watchtower en Nueva York. La mayoría nunca son contestadas. Es probable que algunos no se leen. La señora Anderson lo supo cuando escribió esta carta, sin embargo lo envió. Quería hacer su punto de vista que la Watchtower no puede hipócritamente acusar a otras de sofocar la disidencia - luego deliberadamente hacer la misma cosa a sus propios fieles seguidores. Quiero dar las gracias a Barbara por permitirnos publicar su carta aquí en Ex-JW.com. Insto a todos a descargar la versión PDF de su carta original y su recibo de comprobante de entrega y compartirlos con otros activos y ex-Testigos de Jehová. De hecho, le insto a escribir sus propias cartas a la sede de la Sociedad Watchtower y exigir respuestas claras a sus preguntas.

En 1517 Martín Lutero públicó una carta al Olbispo Alberto de Mainz: “Es necesario a perdonárme porque yo, escorio hermano que soy, había tenido el atrevimiento de escribírle.”

Sí, sé que piensa de que soy como escoria, exactamente como Mainz creyó de Lutero, piensa que tengo atrevimiento de escribir a usted una carta, alguien que los Testigos de Jehová expulsaron en 2002. Me acusaron de ser un pecador impenitente y condenado por “el causar de divisiones" entonce dado la etiqueta "apóstata" porque hablé públicamente en el programa de televisión de la NBC llamado Dateline sobre las políticas de abuso sexual que protegían a pedófilos--políticas que usted ayudó a formular. Ahora bien ¿Me acuerda? Apuesto que sí!

Cuando alguien se conducta para tener consiencia limpia es fuera de lugar a expulsar tal persona como apóstata y muerto en los ojo de su familia y amigos. Sin embargo según La Atalaya de 15 de julio de 2011 yo soy persona “con la enfermedad mental” porque dice que todos apóstatas tienen la enfermedad mental.Las heridas causadas por un ataque físico se pueden curar, pero los expertos dicen que los insultos e vilipendiar pueden causar dolor emocional que duran toda la vida. Es por eso que hay el dicho: "La pluma es más poderosa que la espada." Usted sabe que las palabras pueden cortar como cuchillos, y parece que es por eso que utiliza palabras en la literatura de Watch Tower que pueden dañar a los que se difieren de la religión de los Testigos de Jehová. Ya han pasado casi veinte años desde que yo caminé en sus alfombras sagradas. Me encanté cada minuto con excepción de las dos veces cuando cruzé espadas con dos miembros de sus personales debido a sus prácticas poco éticos y deshonestos. (Uno de esos personales todavía está en medio de ustedes.)En aquella época yo creía en la integridad de los escritores entre su personal. Pensaba que eran fieles a Dios y nunca taimados con respecto a la verdad religiosa. Sin embargo muchas investigaciones me demostraron que algunos escritores del Departamento de Escritura son incompetentes y algunos son sencillamente deshonestos.

Si yo dijera que la religión de los Testigos de Jehová es como el aceite de serpiente usado para curar, eso sería estupideces y tonterías, e mucha gente en nuestra sociedad políticamente correcta consideraría mis palabras ofensivas e hirientes. Sin embargo, personal escritores de Watch Tower creen que pueden salirse con impune cuando cambiando los sentidos de escrituras, usandolas contra los que tienen dudas sobre doctrinas y políticas, haciendolo con impune como cuando recientemente afirmando "Pues, los apóstatas son enfermos mentales", y tratan de infectar a otros con sus enseñanzas desleales (1 Tim. 6:3, 4). "

En primer lugar, eso es ridículo. Pablo no dijo nada sobre "apóstatas." La Atalaya lo hizo. Y no dijo él en versículo 4, "él" (cualquier hombre que enseña a otras doctrinas) es mentalmente enfermo! Las palabras "mentalmente enfermo," describe una condición corporal. Pablo dijo que "él" ... "sino ser mentalmente enfermo sobre cuestiones y debates acerca de palabras." Estos hombres literalmente "adoraba", "ansiaba" el uso de preguntas y controversias "sobre" las palabras de Jesús hasta tal punto que el deseo de controversia era como una enfermedad. Puesto que no fue posible razonar con esos hombres "corruptos," Pablo instó a Timoteo a no perder su tiempo con ellos.

Yo no tengo una pelea con usted acerca de su traducción de la palabra griega Noseo como "mentalmente enfermo" o palabras similares utilizados en otras traducciones. Mi argumento no es con la descripción negativa del apóstol Pablo de la mentalidad de sus opositores primarias que eran seudos, o "falsos hermanos", o "falsos maestros" haciendo preguntas y debatiendo un asunto particular. Sin embargo, lo hago en desacuerdo con su solicitud de interpretación de sus palabras.
Los primeros seguidores del Judio, Jesúcristo, eran judíos y continuaron con la Ley de Moisés. (Romanos 15:7). Los primeros creyentes judíos helenizados cristianos a que se refiere como "judaizantes" obsesivamente discutieron las palabras de Cristo, insistiendo en que los cristianos gentiles a circuncidarse y observar la Ley Mosaica. Hechos 15:05 dice que algunos creyentes antiguos eran fariseos. Pablo menciona su lucha con este grupo en a lo menos cinco de sus cartas. El Comentario de Clarke ha dicho con razón que estos judaizantes "... no eran apóstoles ni varones apostólicos, pero que eran, sin duda, los miembros de la Iglesia de Éfeso."

El problema era entre los cristianos judíos y los cristianos gentiles y el consejo de Pablo fue muy oportuno y específico, y ciertamente no adecuada a más de 2000 años más tarde. Sí, sé de Romanos 15:4, donde Pablo dice que "... todas las cosas que estaban escritas en tiempo pasado fueron escritas para nuestra instrucción." Contextualmente, estaba apuntando a su tiempo, no a lo nuestro.

Cuando escritores de Watch Tower para toman un acontecimiento histórico real, es decir cuando los cristianos judíos les enseñaron a los cristianos gentiles "una doctrina completamente diferente" (1 Tim. 1:3), la observancia de la Ley Mosaica, y luego dedicar una frase que se encuentra en 1 Tim. 6:4, que se refirió a estos hombres que no aceptaron las palabras de Cristo, a ex-Testigos de Jehová, eso es absurdo e incorrecto.

En la Versión simplificada de la Atalaya del 15 de julio de 2011, publicado para los niños y otras personas que tienen habilidades de lectura solamente muy básicas, el autor puso una caja en la página 11, donde mentalmente enfermo "apóstatas" y "falsos maestros" se definen como "personas que se rebelan contra la adoración verdadera y la abandonan."De esta manera, usted dejó en la mentes de los lectores etiquetados dañosos contra los que dejaron la religión. Por lo tanto, usted plantó el miedo en las mentes de los lectores, la mayoría de los cuales son victimas ingenuas e inocentes que charlatanes pueden influir facilmente.Nuestro nieto Lucas que tiene doce años, es consciente de que sus abuelos dejaron la religión de los Testigos en 2002 y son rechazados ahora, y tiene en su mente el pensamiento aterrador que somos mentalmente enfermos. E imagináse, si lo quiere hacer, cómo un niño va a reaccionar a un padre ex-Testigos de Jehová, después de leer que los que salieron de la religión son enfermos mentales. Usted debería avergonzarse de decir "apóstatas son ‘enfermos mentales’", palabras de odio que vilipendian y denigran a personas a las personas que perciben como pecadores porque no pueden aceptar algunas de las enseñanzas y políticas de Watch Tower que opinan son dañinas.

Quiero recordarle de lo que escribió en la Atalaya en el 15 de febrero 2000:

"La clase dirigente eclesiástico ... violentamente silenció una voz [Cyril Lucaris - en 1638] que apuntaban a algunos de los errores de sus creencias no Bíblicas. Ellos estaban entre los peores enemigos de la libertad religiosa y de la verdad. Tristemente, esta es una postura que de diversas maneras sobrevive hasta nuestros días. Es un recordatorio aleccionador de lo que sucede cuando el intrigas instigadas por cleros se interponen en el camino de la libertad de pensamiento y de la expresión."

Durante más de cuarenta años, pensé que ustedes eran diferentes a los clérigos que buscaban a suprimir "la libertad del pensamiento y de la expresión" dado por Dios. Pero por sus palabras he llegado a saber que yo estaba equivocado!

Atentamente,

Barbara J. Anderson

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Read a story of child neglect and abuse among JWs in S. Africa that was sent to me.

by AndersonsInfo in

i regard the information below as true until proven false because of corresponding with a young man in s. africa for a few years whose story i posted on my website: http://www.watchtowerdocuments.com/stories/caleb.html, "freedom from an unsafe haven, by caleb.

" although some of the accounts of abuse of children in s. africa in the story below are older, calab wrote me details of abusive treatment meted out to young people in his area that he chose not to put in his story for fear he could be identified.

calab in now in university in another part of africa and very happy after breaking the chains that engulfed his mind.. barbara.

AndersonsInfo

I regard the information below as true until proven false because of corresponding with a young man in S. Africa for a few years whose story I posted on my website: http://www.watchtowerdocuments.com/stories/caleb.html, "Freedom From An Unsafe Haven, by Caleb." Although some of the accounts of abuse of children in S. Africa in the story below are older, Calab wrote me details of abusive treatment meted out to young people in his area that he chose not to put in his story for fear he could be identified. Calab in now in University in another part of Africa and very happy after breaking the chains that engulfed his mind.

Barbara

SHOCKING!!! By Llewelyn du Toil of Pretoria, South Africa http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=264961873574546&id=179830665449008

FALSEHOOD’S FLAME: A STUDY OF CHILD NEGLECT AND ABUSE AMONGST JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES IN SOUTH AFRICA, STRETCHING BACK OVER A PERIOD OF SOME THIRTY YEARS

These are the Jehovah’s Witnesses in South Africa and this is their REAL and UGLY TRUTH: Read here how their children are used and abused, molested and even raped, often beaten and neglected, forced to go without meals and to sometimes sleep outdoors, regularly worked like slaves and impoverished, all while their parents sit “haughty” in the front pews during church meetings and this organization’s elders look the other way, or rather take their abusive parent’s side, when children bring these transgressions to light!

Labour: Children of Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW’s) are regularly used and abused to do local house chores, home maintenance and garden work without proper remuneration or pocket money. This includes cleaning their local ‘Kingdom-Hall’ Church buildings, which happens around once a month for each internal bible-study group, depending on the size of the congregation. Children of all ages are also used for “slave labour” in big JW’s church-building projects (e.g. Eikenhof Circuit Assembly Hall south of Johannesburg City and the Head-office of JW’s, S.A., at Roodekrans Bethel Home, Krugersdorp, Johannesburg, as well as their new Mega Circuit Assembly Point in the Suburb of Midrand, halfway between the Cities of Pretoria and Johannesburg. Here children have been working over several years, without ANY remuneration except for a meal or two, and without proper safety gear around new buildings during the various stages of their erection and on building-sites under construction. This is in line with the organisation’s motto of keeping costs down by using “volunteer” workers, while creating a general feeling of unity via symbiosis. While the author does not imply that children should be exempted from any and all chores and even some housekeeping duties, the examples given here, observed over several years and also experienced by himself when still a child at school, are tantamount to ‘slave labour’ and ‘work camps’. Laws concerning child labour under the previous Regime, the National Party, were very lax and apparently exploited by this Organisation to achieve massive construction projects at the minimum of expenses…

Incest, rape and molestation: Incidents of these three despicable acts from experiences in Southern Africa, as well as examples popping up from other parts of the world, appear to be much more prevalent amongst Jehovah’s Witnesses than once thought. The sad fact about these atrocities is that they are usually hidden for many years, before coming to light and the mothers of these abused children are ALWAYS the last to know about it. In single cases where they might become aware of it early on, the wives of these paedophiles (being the good Christian mothers they’re supposed to be) usually keep it quiet, preferring to resolve such issues inside their marriages or through the local congregational church structures. The other sad, but inexcusable fact, is that elders MORE OFTEN THAN NOT cover up these incidents quickly before it gets out in the open and puts the Organisation or its local Congregation to shame! For example, when a schoolgirl reported her stepfather’s paedophilistic nature, his fondling of her and her sisters, and his openly masturbating acts to local elders of the Springs Central Congregation, (Jhb, S.A.) they retaliated by calling her a rebel who “drew him out” (by sitting open-legged in front of him)! Furthermore, they threatened her with disfellowshipment (ex-communication) from that congregation, effectively gagging her in the process and burying the whole case, instead of acting against the transgressor! This threat, from a trio of weakling, yellow-bellied “Elders”, was not only unnecessary but downright illegal too, since she was only a 17 or 18 year old high school pupil and not even a baptised member of Jehovah’s Witnesses at that time! Yes, such is the justice in this Organisation, who claims to be the ONLY true religion on earth, hence their name for their faith, namely the “Truth”! This oversight on the elders’ part to take him to task, resulted in him continuing with his evil ways, eventually one day running around naked in a park in the town of Springs, ONLY THEN being disfellowshipped for his transgressions, but not after he has ruined his three stepdaughters’ lives! He is now desperately trying to get back to the “Truth” of Jehovah’s Witnesses and will in all probability ruin another family in future, since paedophiles are very, very seldomly rehabilitated! (A known fact amongst psychiatrists and physicians in the medical fraternity)

Physical and mental abuse and violence: Children of JW’s in S.A. are regularly beaten over transgressions and/or violently forced into submission when they beg to differ from a parent or step-parent. This was especially the case in the seventies and eighties, when corporal punishment of children was still allowed in South Africa. One classical example here is that of a seventeen year old boy who suffered terrible mental and physical abuse under his stepfather, a “staunch and exemplary” Jehovah’s Witness (or so everybody thought). The boy frequently had to go to school or church meetings with a blue eye and bruises, while congregational elders did NOTHING about this or even enquired as to the nature of his injuries… Many times he had to forfeit a meal when his stepfather found a reason (mostly negligibly small) to discipline him and he had to sleep outdoors on at least one known occasion! His step dad also forced him to search for part-time employment for countless hours on the streets when he was still under age, a very difficult thing for him to do, then took away the money he earned that way! Thankfully, one specific elder in the local congregation did something about this matter, when he got to hear about the case and he got his money back without retaliation! The stepfather, a six-foot, 200 pound man, was apparently feared by most church members because of his size and stature and not often ridiculed or easily questioned by fellow worshippers of that congregation. He painted himself as the picture of a perfect Jehovah’s Witness, a good provider and loving, caring father. But behind closed doors and out of sight of fellow worshippers, he created a hell-home for his stepchildren. Impoverished by his stingy nature, they were forced to wear second-hand clothes and hand-me-downs, to live in a shabby house a stone’s-throw away from their schools and the local congregation, and to live a generally stunted lifestyle, while he freely squandered money on himself and his hobbies!

Another typical form of abuse children are subjected to, is isolation from “worldly” (non-Jehovah’s Witnesses) influences, friends, peers and especially their own family members. This includes a very limited amount of TV-viewing and also censorship of their correspondence with friends and family. They are VERY often denied access to their biological parents when these are not JW-members or especially in cases where a biological father or mother has been disfellowshipped for some reason. This is supposedly to “protect” them from bad influences coming from these non-believers and the possibility of them being lead astray from the path of the “Truth”, (although there are more than enough of these “bad” influences at the “wordly” schools they have to attend)! So bad are these cases, fully justified of course by scriptural texts and preaching lessons from elders, that many children grow up COMPLETELY alien to their real mother or father and can only look them up and get to know them better, once they leave home to study further or find employment elsewhere! Children of JW’s are encouraged to the point of super-saturation, to proclaim their gospel on the streets and to even partake in congregational preaches and talks from podiums (from a very young age), and are praised and paraded when doing so, but elders fall strangely silent when these same youngsters report misbehaviour and molestation onto themselves! Children of normal JW-members are even strongly discouraged to attend universities, supposedly to “protect” them from bad influences coming from these places, by the VERY same elders or elder’s children who are studying or have studied at these tertiary institutions!!! (The author was an actual witness to this fact, when he attended a talk years ago by an elders’ son on this very subject!) The logic behind such reasoning baffles the mind, until you consider the possibility that elder’s might actually FEAR a ‘clever and informed’ flock that can more-easily see through their deceit and lies, and therefore make better decisions for themselves, of course!

These are only a few examples of what is happening in congregations throughout South Africa. Please read other blogs, sites and pages (see links below) for more horror stories from S.A. as well as from other parts of the world. Spread the word about this hushed-up subject in a world that still prefers to cover atrocities against it’s defenseless ones, and NEVER, NEVER let what happened to you or one of your family members, EVER be repeated upon ANY of your children or someone else’s child, where you could have prevented it!

Thank you and God’s blessings upon all of you who attempt to bring light to a dark and dreary world and justice to those from whom it was snatched in ONE single judgement, by wolves masquerading in sheep’s clothing…

Interesting sites and pages on these topics:

Internet: www.jwnews.net
Facebook: Disfellowshipped Jehovah’s Witnesses support
Facebook: Natalie asks you
Facebook: A happy life AFTER our Jehovah’s Witness experiences
Facebook: The REAL truth about Jehovah’s Witnesses
Facebook: Dear Watctower Bible and Tract Society
Facebook: Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses and Friends