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  "Witness to Murder" an upcoming program on US TV about a JW family will air August 20th...

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was informed yesterday that a us cable tv channel named investigation discovery will be broadcasting a 7-part series named "deadly devotion.

  " one program in the series is "witness to murder" which will air wednesday evening, august 20th, probably at 9 p.m. est.

  check the schedule on the internet which lists the date and time of broadcast two-weeks ahead.

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  AndersonsInfo

  DEADLY DEVOTION SEASON 2:

  WITNESS TO MURDER

  Wednesday night, August 20 th at 9PM/ 8c

  on INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY (check your local listings)
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  Breaking News :Charity Commission takes Wathtower to Tribunal in Britain

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  breaking news :charity commission takes watchtower to charity tribunal in britain.

  two weeks ago we run an article about the abuse case in moston manchester congregation .it would seem that the coverage from the main local newspaper manchester evening news and two national newspapers has alarmed the charity commission the official regulator for charities in england and wales and now for the first time !

  they opened an official investigation on both charities ,the local one ,moston congragation and the central one jehovah's witnesses of britain indicating that in their eyes these two are connected and liable for any misconduct .this is the time for a concentrated campaign from all of us to inform the charity commission why the watchtower should not be a called a charity .the article above has a link for the charity commission complaint page .follow it!.

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  On June 13, 2014, I wrote to the Charity Commission regarding a Canadian JW molestation victim who was made to appear before a JW tribunal and her molester as was the victim in the Manchester New Moston Congregation of JWs. Today I received this reply:

  Dear Mrs Anderson

  I acknowledge receipt of your email about Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain and regret not having responded before now.

  I think you are aware that the Charity Commission opened a statutory inquiry (investigation) into the charity on 27 May. You may have seen our public statement. It is available here: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/news/charity-commission-investigates-jehovahs-witnesses-charities/

  Thank you for offering to provide the investigation with material related to events in Canada. However, given the limits to the jurisdiction of the Commission (England and Wales) and the historic nature of the events, we take the view that the material is unlikely to assist the investigation. We will, however, retain your details on file should we change our view. (Underline mine.)

  For your information, please be aware that we do not enter into correspondence about action that we may intend to take or provide updates on the progress of our investigation, but we usually produce a report published on our website about the investigation once it has been concluded.

  Our publication CC46 - Statutory Inquiries into Charities: Guidance for charities and their advisers, although aimed at trustees, contains information about our regulatory role and the framework within which we will be carrying out this investigation, which you may find useful.

  Yours sincerely,

  Jonathan Cooper

  Investigator

  Investigations and Enforcement

  Charity Commission

  Here's what I wrote to the Charity Commission back on June 13, 2014:

  "I have a copy of a 2012 Canadian news article (not a pdf) about Vicki Boer who hoped to shine a light on abuse within Jehovah's Witness communities when she filed a civil suit against the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada and the elders of her congregation more than a decade ago over how her complaint of sexual abuse had been handled. She was made to appear before a Jehovah's Witnesses tribunal and her molester like in the Manchester New Moston Cong. of Jehovah's Witnesses. Vickie won her case. Would you like to have a copy of the article for your investigation?"
  
  (I then partially quoted a Canadian news article which was primarily about the victorious Candace Conti lawsuit in California in 2012)

  Landmark U.S. verdict against Jehovah's Witnesses may prompt Canadian sex abuse lawsuits
  
  ... Boer told the court how in the 1980s, between the age of 12 and 16, she was abused by her father. They belonged to a Jehovah's Witness congregation in Shelburne, Ont. and when she told church elders, she was forced go over her allegations in detail in front of her father.
  
  "It was the process that was damaging, them putting me in a room, making me sit in front of my father when I was explaining the abuse, when I went to them first because I was suffering," she said from Fredericton, where she now lives.
  
  The Jehovah Witnesses have a strict rule that the accused produce an independent witness of the alleged wrongdoing. As well, Watchtower policy states that when a Jehovah's Witness is accused of abusing a child, elders must meet with both the accused and the accuser, individually and then together.
  
  "If during that meeting the accused still denies the charges and there are no others who can substantiate them, the elders cannot take action within the congregation at that time," says the Watchtower's online child-protection statement. Why not? As a Bible-based organization, we must adhere to what the Scriptures say, namely, 'No single witness should rise up against a man respecting any error or any sin.'"
  
  According to former members, elders have told children and their families that if there are no witnesses to the alleged abuse then they should not speak about it as that would be slanderous. To do so can be grounds for "shunning" whereby the outcast follower is cut off from friends, family, his or her former way of life.
  
  Boer eventually won the high-profile case, heard in Toronto, but was then ordered to pay the legal costs for all parties. ...
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  Jim Penton's beloved wife Marilyn died today.

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  her suffering is finally over.

  marilyn has been battling cancer for about three years and at times it looked like she would win.

  but in the last few months the cancer spread.

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  Her suffering is finally over. Marilyn has been battling cancer for about three years and at times it looked like she would win. But in the last few months the cancer spread. Jim is devastated. They were married for over sixty years.

  More later.

  Barbara
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  Not on JW.ORG : Another Watchtower Society property closed and sold.

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. social
  2. current

  jul 22, 2014, 2:09pm hstlongs drugs to open new store in east honolulu near aina haina shopping center enlarge photopbn filelongs drugs, which opened this store in the davies pacific center in downtown honolulu last summer, plans to open another location in east honolulu near the aina haina shopping center.. duane shimogawareporter-pacific business newsemail | google+ | twitter | linkedinlongs drugs has purchased property for $7.6 million from the jehovahs witnesses for a new store and pharmacy in east honolulu near the aina haina shopping center, the broker who represented the seller told pbn.. rhode island-based cvs caremark corp.(nyse: cvs), which owns the longs drugs chain in hawaii, and kz devco, the california-based company that serves as the drugstore chain's exclusive developer in the state of hawaii, recently pulled building permits for the 1.4-acre property at 5156 kalanianaole highway, which was at one time was home to the popular ranch house restaurant.. a cvs/longs spokesman did not immediately return a message left by pbn.. the fee-simple property, which includes a two-story, 24,200-square-foot building, the former current home to the jehovahs witnesses, and a 2,279-square-foot building, the former home to a veterinarian clinic, had been on the market since the summer of 2012.. mark bratton, vice president of investment properties for colliers international hawaii, who represented the seller, told pbn that the jehovahs witnesses sold the property because they need a smaller location closer to where their members live.. the property was one of the few fee-simple commercially-zoned properties located within the aina haina and hawaii kai neighborhoods, which has about 150,000 square feet of office space and approximately 783,000 square feet of retail space in the trade area, colliers said.. with this limited inventory of commercial-zoned properties in the area, property sales are few and far between, according to colliers, which noted that the nearby aina haina shopping center was sold in 2007, making it the last commercial property sale within that area.. cvs opened its newest hawaii longs drugs store in may in makiki, which was its first new full-service store in urban honolulu in years.. longs drugs, which has operated in hawaii since 1954, currently has 54 locations in the state.

  the aina haina neighborhood has longed for a drugstore chain to open in the area.

  both walgreens and longs have stores in hawaii kai about four miles away.. duane shimogawa covers energy, real estate and economic development for pacific business news.

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  Recently the Spain branch properties were sold for $100 Million.
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  R and me

  by Pistoff in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  what is it like for you when you run into someone from your happy days growing up in the kingdom hall?.

  it happened to me recently, and it brought out a flood of memories about r, an old friend and mentor.. it is a service day; as we drive along route 6 in rs gray four door rambler ambassador, we pass a baptist church.

  it is a thursday afternoon, sunny and warm, and r and i are on our way to the territory to make calls.

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  Thank you so much Pistoff for sharing with all of us the story of "R" and yourself.

  Reading your story has stirred up many memories. Yes, those were "strange times" clarity.

  Hope you post the next installment soon.

  Barbara and Joe
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  "Witness to Murder" an upcoming program on US TV about a JW family will air August 20th...

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was informed yesterday that a us cable tv channel named investigation discovery will be broadcasting a 7-part series named "deadly devotion.

  " one program in the series is "witness to murder" which will air wednesday evening, august 20th, probably at 9 p.m. est.

  check the schedule on the internet which lists the date and time of broadcast two-weeks ahead.

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  Here's the link to the Investigative Discovery TV Schedule:

  http://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/tv-schedule.htm

  Link to the Deadly Devotion Series:

  http://www.investigationdiscovery.com/search.htm?terms=deadly+devotion
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  To understand cults we need to start understanding ourselves

  by paranoia agent in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there are books out there that talk about why it is so difficult to convince someone that they are wrong.

  hassan and singer specifically address destructive cults.

  hassan refers to cult members under mind control and singer under thought reform.

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  Wonderful topic.
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  Stuck in JWs are in a toxic relationship

  by skeeter1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  are "stuck in" jws in a toxic relationship?

  this past two weeks, i've been realizing that a few of my jw relatives are very toxic people (they fit the description below).

  i realized that alot of ex-jws who are stuck dealing with jws may also be in a toxic relationship.

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  Wonderful advice. Thanks.

  Barbara
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  "Witness to Murder" an upcoming program on US TV about a JW family will air August 20th...

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was informed yesterday that a us cable tv channel named investigation discovery will be broadcasting a 7-part series named "deadly devotion.

  " one program in the series is "witness to murder" which will air wednesday evening, august 20th, probably at 9 p.m. est.

  check the schedule on the internet which lists the date and time of broadcast two-weeks ahead.

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  "Witness to Murder" an upcoming program on US TV about a JW family will air August 20th...

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was informed yesterday that a us cable tv channel named investigation discovery will be broadcasting a 7-part series named "deadly devotion.

  " one program in the series is "witness to murder" which will air wednesday evening, august 20th, probably at 9 p.m. est.

  check the schedule on the internet which lists the date and time of broadcast two-weeks ahead.

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  AndersonsInfo

  I was informed yesterday that a US cable TV channel named Investigation Discovery will be broadcasting a 7-part series named "Deadly Devotion." One program in the series is "Witness to Murder" which will air Wednesday evening, August 20th, probably at 9 P.M. EST. Check the schedule on the Internet which lists the date and time of broadcast two-weeks ahead.

  The program, "Witness to Murder," is based on the book, Wolves Among Sheep, by Canadian, James Kostelniuk, a former JW. His ex-wife, Kim, and their two children were murdered by her American JW second husband who she met while on vacation in Texas after her divorce from James. (For more information, read the Amazon Review posted below.)

  I think the book was published some ten years ago.

  Barbara

  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigation_Discovery: Investigation Discovery (ID) is an American television network owned by Discovery Communications that features documentary-style programming dealing with true crime subjects, including criminal investigations (primarily homicides), forensics, and other crime-related documentaries.

  As of August 2013, approximately 84,289,000 American households (73.81% of households with television) receive Investigation Discovery.)

  Amazon Book Review for third edition - 2009:

  http://www.amazon.com/Wolves-Among-Sheep-James-Kostelniuk/dp/1926676262

  There are tragedies in life. The young child killed by a drunk driver. The family devastated by an early morning house fire. These events sadden us and make us reflect. "There but for the grace of God..." But if tragedy has a degree, there is surely none more unspeakable than the cold-blooded, brutal, shotgun murder of two beautiful children. Juri, aged 10, and Lindsay, aged 8. Juri died with his arms wrapped around his sister, in a futile effort to protect her.

  Wolves Among Sheep is unlike any book you have read-or are likely to read again. It is written by the person most affected by the deaths of these two innocent children and their mother - their father and Kim's first husband, James Kostelniuk. Compelled to write the book as an expression of sorrow and love for the family so cruelly taken from him, Kostelniuk also had a deep need to arrive at some understanding of why these senseless murders took place. This question led him to expose the influence of the Jehovah's Witness organization that wielded total control over Kim's life, as it had over himself until he found the resolve to break with the organization. In making that break, Kostelniuk knew he would be forever shunned by the Witness community and, according to its laws, forbidden contact with his own wife and children.

  The convicted killer, Jeff Anderson, was also a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses. In a bizarre turn of events, Anderson began to correspond with Kostelniuk from prison, and his correspondence provides a chilling look into the mind of a murderer who held back a terrible secret from the world.

  After serving fifteen years, the Canadian criminal justice system offered Jeff Anderson the opportunity of a faint-hope hearing for early parole from his 25-year sentence. In February 2009, Anderson's file was opened up for public scrutiny at his first National Parole Board hearing at William Head Institution near Victoria, British Columbia. That parole hearing confirmed Kostelniuk's suspicions and revealed even more about this offender than anyone outside the system had known up until that time.

  Wolves Among Sheep is a riveting read that explores the darkest parts of the human heart and mind, and surprises us with the depth of its love and compassion.