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  News Flash: New Reveal Article

  by Sugar Shane in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  less than an hour old:.

  https://www.revealnews.org/blog/how-child-sex-abusers-get-reinstated-as-jehovahs-witnesses/.

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  AndersonsInfo

  Below find information coming directly from a representative of the Charity Commission in answer to the question about mandatory reporting in the UK and should for all practical purposes be recognized as an expert's reply.

  BTW, I noted that the information in the post below is similar to what has already been posted on this subject already. This means we have experts among us who knew what they were talking about in their posts regarding this subject. So I'm giving them a :-) !

  There is no mandatory reporting in the UK although there is in Ireland. It's therefore open to individual groups and charities to decide whether or not they want to have voluntary mandatory reporting. A good example in the UK is the Catholic Church in England and Wales, which does and, by way of contrast, the Church of England does not. There are however requirements under charity law here for the trustees of a charity to take reasonable steps to ensure that the people they work with aren't exposed to undue risk - this is where we site safeguarding. The question is: if you are not reporting to the police, how are you identifying and managing risk?
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  News Flash: New Reveal Article

  by Sugar Shane in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  less than an hour old:.

  https://www.revealnews.org/blog/how-child-sex-abusers-get-reinstated-as-jehovahs-witnesses/.

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  AndersonsInfo

  Another excellent article:

  How child sex abusers get reinstated as Jehovah’s Witnesses

  By Trey Bundy / February 17, 2016

  

  The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, the Jehovah's Witnesses' parent organization, is located near the Brooklyn Bridge. Credit: Damon Jacoby/Reveal i

  A Jehovah’s Witnesses elder in Australia was put behind bars last week for sexually abusing minors, according to The West Australian.

  Over seven years, David Frank Pople sexually assaulted two teenage boys he met through a congregation near Perth. One of his victims told elders about the abuse in 1997, but no one notified police until one of the victims filed a report in 2014. Pople pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years in prison.

  The details of Pople’s story mirror those of other abuse cases involving Jehovah’s Witnesses around the world. Elders failed to report child sexual abuse to secular authorities. The perpetrator was kicked out of the organization, only to be reinstated later.

  Moreover, the story fits a pattern of Jehovah’s Witnesses leaders ejecting members who abuse children, not for the abuse, but for failing to show adequate repentance.

  (I can't remember when a journalist has ever touched on this very important point, one which most JWs don't understand. Barbara)

  READ MORE:

  https://www.revealnews.org/blog/how-child-sex-abusers-get-reinstated-as-jehovahs-witnesses/
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  If you were MOLESTED by a JW, live near NASHVILLE, TN, & want to be interviewed by a reporter for TV here's your chance

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  if you're seriously interested, please send me a personal message (pm) through this discussion board and i'll fill in the details.

  this is an important interview.

  the reporter is coming to the nashville area and if you live nearby, he will come to your home to do the interview.

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  AndersonsInfo

  If you're seriously interested, please send me a Personal Message (PM) through this discussion board and I'll fill in the details. This is an important interview. The reporter is coming to the Nashville area and if you live nearby, he will come to your home to do the interview. Or if you are willing to come to a specific location in Tennessee to be interviewed, there will be no accommodations provided to spend the night, nor reimbursement for any expenses incurred.

  Barbara
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  Freddy Franz, One of the smartest men of his day????

  by DwainBowman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  back in my teen years this story swept through jw land, that according to, the guinness book of records , freddy franz, was listed as one of the seven, most intelligent , men in the world.

  dose anyone else remember this?

  i remember trying to look it up, but never found anything in print, and ii point that out once or twice , and was told a co, had told about it, and he wouldn't lie!

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  The Awake! editor back in 1992 told me that as far as he was concerned it appeared like the GB rewarded Freddie by making him president in 1977 two years after the 1975 fiasco which he was responsible for that cause 500,000 members to leave the JW organization.

  So it would appear that Freddie wasn't the only one insane at WT headquarters.
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  Give Barbara and Trey Bundy some assistance!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5975535444295680/trey-bundy-one-year-reporting-jw-child-abuse-your-comments-please i learned from trey bundy last year that if cir receives positive comments about their articles on jws, they are inclined to do more.

  it seems to me if we had better response by posters to the above thread which i would send trey a link to, we might see more articles.

  i do know that trey has another jw article in the pipeline, but the more the better.

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  If you would like to thank Trey for all his excellent coverage of the JW scandal go to http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5975535444295680/trey-bundy-one-year-reporting-jw-child-abuse-your-comments-please and write your comments. Please don't put them here.

  Thank you,

  Barbara
  
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  Freddy Franz, One of the smartest men of his day????

  by DwainBowman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  back in my teen years this story swept through jw land, that according to, the guinness book of records , freddy franz, was listed as one of the seven, most intelligent , men in the world.

  dose anyone else remember this?

  i remember trying to look it up, but never found anything in print, and ii point that out once or twice , and was told a co, had told about it, and he wouldn't lie!

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  AndersonsInfo

  Yes, Freddie had a fabulous memory. When he was almost blind, I remember at a Gilead graduation, another of the GB walked him out on the stage to the microphone where he gave a long, long talk which contained many scriptures that he quoted from memory. We'd follow him along in the Bible and he never missed a word.

  I spoke to Freddie a number of times in the mid 1980's before he went completely blind. He would walk to the office building from where he lived holding on to the arm of a young Bethelite to guide him and keep him stable and from tripping, etc. When I'd walk by him, he could make out that I was female and would begin to talk to me. Even In his old age, he was humorous and liked to joke around. He especially liked to tease me, although almost blind. If he could see, he probably wouldn't have wanted to tease me. ;-)

  I never saw any genius in him, but in his old age I think he had lost the desire and probably the ability to discuss "the deeper things" of the Bible. Around 1990-91, when he was quite feeble and living on the Infirmary Floor in the Towers building where the medical staff could look after him, the Writing Dept. gave him a small tape-recording machine to keep him occupied and he'd record ideas for articles and talks. One of the staff told me nobody listened to his recordings, but erased the tape and gave it back to him. I felt sad for him back then.

  Back in 1960, Joe and I were talking to Freddie at pre-convention work in Miami. Even then he wouldn't talk about any serious subject. He was a short man who at that time wore very wide, loud, eye-catching ties and enjoyed laughing at himself and his outlandish taste.

  In 1966, in Mexico City at a convention, Freddie showed up on the platform wearing a very wide, black and silver sombrero just to get us all to laugh. We noticed during his convention talk, he never looked at any notes.

  I do know that Freddie was his own man who did his own thing. I remember being told that he had a close friend in California that he'd visit on vacation almost every year when he was able to. The interesting thing about the man who he'd visit, a former wrestler, was that he was disfellowshipped but that didn't seem to matter to Freddie.

  Barbara
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  Freddy Franz, One of the smartest men of his day????

  by DwainBowman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  back in my teen years this story swept through jw land, that according to, the guinness book of records , freddy franz, was listed as one of the seven, most intelligent , men in the world.

  dose anyone else remember this?

  i remember trying to look it up, but never found anything in print, and ii point that out once or twice , and was told a co, had told about it, and he wouldn't lie!

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  AndersonsInfo

  A few years ago, I was told by a reporter, who at one time worked for the Times magazine, an interesting story. This reporter interviewed Franz when he became president of the WTB&TS in 1977 which story did appear in the Times. He said to me that in all his years as a reporter interviewing "important" people, after spending one hour with Freddie, he came away with the impression that Fred Franz was "certifiable insane."

  Barbara
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  JW elder in Oklahoma, USA...now in JAIL!

  by Sugar Shane in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  ronald lawrence has been in the news before, though it was believed that the statute of limitations would keep him from being charged as a criminal.

  i stumbled across this the other day.

  trey bundy did a report on one of ronald's victims, but it looks as though more have stepped forward since.

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  Sugar Shane - One of the victims of Ronnie Lawrence responded to your post and here's what she told me:

  "Yes, I'm aware the victims numbered into the teens but documents were seemingly destroyed. All I have to go on is my father's word back then that the victims were plentiful.

  And none that we could find were within the statute of limitations. Ronnie has made attempts to be around small children near his home but authorities warned him and left it at that."
  
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  BBC Radio 4. 14th February 2016. ''Sunday'' program with article on Witnesses and child abuse.

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the sunday programme investigates allegations that the jehovah's witness ordered the destruction of documents that could be used during the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse.

  was this in contravention of section 21 of the inquiries act 2005 which is punishable by imprisonment?.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0709v34.

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  http://watchtowerdocuments.org/bbc-reports-did-jws-destroy-evidence/#more-7183

  There is no one in this world more desirous of seeing WT's accountability in this child abuse mess come to light through the courts and media than me as I do have a dog in this fight! But I've learned a long time ago that before I rush to judgment, I need all the facts, otherwise my credibility is at stake. The following is some of what I wrote on my website about this accusation that WT ordered elders in the UK to destroy evidence:

  BBC Reports: Did JWs Destroy Evidence?

  

  BBC Radio 4 reported on Sunday, February 14, 2016 that Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall elders in the UK were directed by the Watchtower Society’s headquarters to destroy certain documents that were of particular interest to the Goddard Inquiry investigating child abuse and reporting of criminal behavior.

  The British government hearings are comparable to the Australian Royal Commission hearings that took place in August, 2015.

  While the BBC’s report is correct that all Kingdom Halls were given direction about the destruction of certain internal documents, there is some debate and many unanswered questions as to whether this was a “change of policy” specifically intended by the Watchtower Society to prevent the Commission’s access. Watchtower branch officers in the UK claim that this was not the case – and there is some evidence to support their claim. On the other hand, the Watchtower’s critics claim that the instructions regarding document destruction were specifically designed to complicate and frustrate the Commission’s investigation.

  Jehovah’s Witnesses leaders did prepare a formal response to the BBC Radio 4 Broadcast (as read near the end of the program) that stated:

  READ MORE:

  http://watchtowerdocuments.org/bbc-reports-did-jws-destroy-evidence/#more-7183
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  Trey Bundy: One Year of Reporting JW Child Abuse - Your comments please!

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://watchtowerdocuments.org/trey-bundy-one-year-of-reporting-jw-child-abuse/.

  trey bundy: one year of reporting jw child abuse.

  it’s been one year since trey bundy first reported the watchtower’s child abuse problems.. twelve months ago the center for investigative reporting (cir) began publishing information about jehovah’s witnesses and their cover-up of child sexual abuse on their website, reveal.

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  AndersonsInfo

  Thanks to someone on my FB page who sent me a message saying that the link is wrong in #5 of the list of Trey's articles. It should be:

  https://l.facebook.com/l/MAQGcF9rGAQG4beSJ03GMdfDH1AsUR-4Z4ttyjMD8gar8FQ/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.revealnews.org%2Farticle%2Fjehovahs-witnesses-can-hide-the-truth-in-court-to-protect-religion%2F

  If you made a copy of the list of articles and links, please remember to update it. I included these links to make it easy for us all to access Trey's articles or to send them on to other folks who might find such a list helpful and then I goofed up one of them.

  Sorry for the mistake.

  Barbara