Canada - Macleans article, Oct. 28, 2016: A Jehovah’s Witness and her deadly devotion

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http://www.macleans.ca/news/a-jehovahs-witness-and-her-deadly-devotion/.

a jehovah’s witness and her deadly devotion.

did a jehovah’s witness die after refusing a blood transfusion, and should the state have let it happen?.

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Hi Vidiot. Yes, it already has been done. "Deadly Devotion" is the name of a series of six programs on ID Discovery. In August 2015, "Witness to Murder" was the first episode in the "Deadly Devotion" series of Season 3. It was the story of JWs, Robert and Janet Bryant. Some time after Robert was disfellowshipped for apostasy, in 2002, he murdered his wife and four children. He then committed suicide. The program discusses what could have driven Robert Bryant to do what he did. The program can still be viewed on ID Discovery.

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Canada - Macleans article, Oct. 28, 2016: A Jehovah’s Witness and her deadly devotion

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http://www.macleans.ca/news/a-jehovahs-witness-and-her-deadly-devotion/.

a jehovah’s witness and her deadly devotion.

did a jehovah’s witness die after refusing a blood transfusion, and should the state have let it happen?.

AndersonsInfo

http://www.macleans.ca/news/a-jehovahs-witness-and-her-deadly-devotion/

A Jehovah’s Witness and her deadly devotion

Did a Jehovah’s Witness die after refusing a blood transfusion, and should the state have let it happen?

Martin Patriquin

October 28, 2016

On Oct. 6, Dupuis, then 27, entered a birthing centre in the Quebec City suburb of Lévis. Six days later she died in hospital shortly after delivering a baby boy. Attention has focused on whether Dupuis, who practised the rituals and attended the services of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, ultimately invoked one of the Church’s chief tenets: refusing a blood transfusion, even if it might have saved her life.

The other part of her life was often in contradiction to the first. The only child of practising Jehovah’s Witnesses, she wasn’t allowed to go to the movies. (Twilight, with its focus on vampires and blood, was particularly verboten.) The boy in question from her youth “caused a problem” because he wasn’t a Witness, says her friend Cassandra Zélézen. They were forbidden from seeing one another.

Éloïse Dupuis had a foot in two very different worlds. She liked makeup, smartphones and, as a teenager, had a crush on a boy. She went to the cinema—the Twilight movie series was her favourite—and babysat the triplets who lived down the dirt road from her house in the town of Ste-Julienne, a village about 70 km northeast of Montreal. She shopped: Sport Experts for Pumas, the pharmacy for cosmetics, Joshua Perets for most everything else.

And in a province often struggling with how to legislate what (mostly Muslim) women can wear in public in the name of religion, the case of Éloïse Dupuis is more vexing. Many Quebecers now wonder if the state should be able prevent consenting, otherwise healthy adults from adhering to a potentially deadly (and very Christian) belief in the sanctity of one’s own blood.

While the church wouldn’t say whether Dupuis refused a blood transfusion, Quebec’s health minister confirmed as much when he said in the National Assembly that Dupuis “had given informed consent . . . free of external pressure” several times throughout her ordeal.

Her non-Jehovah’s Witnesses family members and friends believe otherwise, saying Dupuis had an emergency hysterectomy (a result of complications during childbirth) and was subjected to an induced coma that, by its very nature, prevents consent of any kind. “For six days they watched her die,” says Manon Boyer, Dupuis’s aunt. Zélézen, one of the triplets Dupuis babysat, says she learned about Dupuis’s imminent death by reading messages of condolence from Jehovah’s Witnesses on Facebook. She and her sisters rushed from Montreal to the hospital in Lévis, where nurses told her that Dupuis had minutes left to live.

“When we got there, three men from the Church, one who was all in black, blocked us from going into the room,” Zélézen says. “Five minutes later she was dead. Everyone who came out of the room was a Jehovah’s Witness.”

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Fox News article - Eloise Dupuis

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http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/10/24/after-new-moms-death-jehovahs-witnesses-take-heat.html.

after new mom's death, jehovah's witnesses take heat.

a quebec coroner opened an inquest, but health minister gaetan barrette said dupuis made the choice on her own.

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Here's a link to an article which appears to be the one that the link Orphan Crow posted is quoted from: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/jehovahs-witnesses-childbirth-quebec-hospital-1.3816979

Title: Jehovah's Witnesses defend hospital visits that push for bloodless treatment, published October 23rd.

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Utah Jehovah’s Witnesses church forced woman to listen to audio of her rape, lawsuit says

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http://www.sltrib.com/news/4465861-155/woman-sues-utah-jehovahs-witnesses-church.

utah jehovah’s witnesses church forced woman to listen to audio of her rape, lawsuit says.

a woman is suing a jehovah's witnesses church in weber county after, she says, one of its instructors repeatedly raped her when she was a minor and the organization's leadership forced her to listen to an audio recording of one of the assaults.. the woman filed the lawsuit wednesday in 2nd district court, accusing the kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses church in roy — as well as naming the alleged perpetrator, several church leaders and the watchtower bible and tract society (the religion's headquarters located in new york) — of knowingly allowing the "unfit" instructor to rise to a position of authority without warning members of his "dangerous propensities" and past sexual transgressions.. read more: http://www.sltrib.com/news/4465861-155/woman-sues-utah-jehovahs-witnesses-church.

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http://www.sltrib.com/news/4465861-155/woman-sues-utah-jehovahs-witnesses-church

Utah Jehovah’s Witnesses church forced woman to listen to audio of her rape, lawsuit says

A woman is suing a Jehovah's Witnesses church in Weber County after, she says, one of its instructors repeatedly raped her when she was a minor and the organization's leadership forced her to listen to an audio recording of one of the assaults.

The woman filed the lawsuit Wednesday in 2nd District Court, accusing the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses church in Roy — as well as naming the alleged perpetrator, several church leaders and the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (the religion's headquarters located in New York) — of knowingly allowing the "unfit" instructor to rise to a position of authority without warning members of his "dangerous propensities" and past sexual transgressions.

No representative of the Roy church, 1950 W. 4400 South, responded to a voicemail from The Salt Lake Tribune requesting comment Thursday.

The Tribune generally does not identify alleged victims of sexual assault. Because the man accused of assaulting the woman in this case has not been charged with a crime, The Tribune is not identifying him. It is not clear whether she reported the alleged incident to police, but members of the faith are encouraged to bring problems to elders in the church, rather than to outside authorities.

The girl's interactions with the instructor began in summer 2007, the lawsuit states, when she attended a movie with him. When driving her home from the theater, the instructor took her phone and told her she had to kiss him on the cheek to get it back. When she refused, he kicked her out of the car and drove off, returning a short while later to pick her up.

The purported assaults escalated from there, according to court documents, as the man three times bound the girl's wrists and ankles with duck tape, placed a sock in her mouth and covered her head with a pillowcase, leaving her alone in the backseat of his car for one to two hours each time.

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JW Comedy By An Ex-JW

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deborah frances white 30 min radio show 14 oct.. highly recommended.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07x6mf3.

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What an innovative way to tell the truth about the truth.

"Saving Brother Ryan" is Deborah Frances White's latest comedy sketch - And it's all true except Ryan and Ms. White didn't take any drugs. His mother told me so! (Listen to the program and you'll understand!)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07x6mf3

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FYI, Eloise Dupuis, 27, a JW, died last Wednesday in a Quebec hospital because she refused a blood transfusion

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i just received the following message from a friend this morning.. barbara.

eloise dupuis, 27 years old, died at the hotel dieu hospital in lévis, quebec, canada, wednesday, october 12th.

she died because of her religious principles.

AndersonsInfo

I just received the following message from a friend this morning.

Barbara

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Eloise Dupuis, 27 years old, died at the Hotel Dieu Hospital in Lévis, Quebec, Canada, Wednesday, October 12th. She died because of her religious principles. She was a Jehovah's Witness and she had to refuse the blood transfusion that could save her life and allow her to hold her new born.

She had just given birth a week earlier to a little boy named Liam. Following a serious uterine rupture she lost a lot of blood and agonized for a week before dying from an infection. Doctors have confirmed that a transfusion would have saved her life.

Éloïse did not want to die !

It still happens today ... cults kill people in the name of their God ... it is important that her story is known to all ... we need a law preventing cults to do what they want ... they should not be allowed to play with someone’s life.

Share this news – let’s make this go viral

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An ANALYSIS of Watch Tower of Britain’s last (January 2013) Child Safeguarding Policy by Barbara Anderson

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an analysis of watch tower of britain’s last (january 2013) child safeguarding policy by barbara anderson.

last year, i was asked to review watch tower of britain’s child safeguarding policy and its implementation.

what i discovered was depressing and disappointing especially because the policy contained just a single statement (#18) directing elder/trustees on how to protect children in their congregations from avoidable harm - they were to restrict a repentant abuser “…from being alone in the company of children.” the policy did not explain what procedures to follow to assure that abusers would obey that rule.

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An ANALYSIS of Watch Tower of Britain’s last (January 2013) Child Safeguarding Policy by Barbara Anderson

Last year, I was asked to review Watch Tower of Britain’s Child Safeguarding Policy and its implementation. What I discovered was depressing and disappointing especially because the Policy contained just a single statement (#18) directing elder/Trustees on how to protect children in their congregations from avoidable harm - they were to restrict a repentant abuser “…from being alone in the company of children.” The Policy did not explain what procedures to follow to assure that abusers would obey that rule.

In addition, none of the guidelines discussed in the other twenty-three statements of policy specifically defined what elders should do to protect children in their congregations.

FYI, after Watch Tower submitted their Child Protection Policy to the Charity Commission more cases were reported within UK Jehovah's Witnesses congregations – including one involving a Kingdom Hall Trustee.

Read my complete report, although I admit it's lengthy, to see that this so-called Child Safeguarding Policy does not protect children but endeavors to protect Watch Tower of Britain from responsibility and liability.

http://watchtowerdocuments.org/watchtowers-child-safeguarding-policy-great-britain-ireland-uk/

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Third Sector: Peter Stanford: Slam the door shut on door-to-door fundraising

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http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/peter-stanford-slam-door-shut-door-to-door-fundraising/article/1410250.

peter stanford: slam the door shut on door-to-door fundraising.

03 october 2016 , 5 comments .

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http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/peter-stanford-slam-door-shut-door-to-door-fundraising/article/1410250

Peter Stanford: Slam the door shut on door-to-door fundraising

03 October 2016 , 5 comments

It can still be very effective, but the risk to the good name of charities is getting too large, writes our columnist

Door-to-door fundraising never seems far removed from controversy, whether it be for the methods used, the unhappiness it causes some of those targeted or the damage it risks doing to the reputation of the sector. The Royal British Legion is the latest organisation to end door-to-door after a newspaper exposed the misleading sales patter used by some on the doorstep acting on its behalf.

I'd like to make a plea that the trustees of other charities that still use such an outdated and controversial method of fundraising follow the legion's lead, or at least table a discussion of it for the next trustees meeting. Then we might see the back of a technique that appears to do us little credit.

Do charities really want to risk being likened to a church such as the Jehovah's Witnesses?
Peter Stanford

I understand the arguments in its favour. It can still be very effective, but the risk to the good name of charities - their greatest asset in dealing with the public - is getting too large.

I'm never sure which irks me most: the knock at the front door from a charity rep, or the presence on my doorstep of Jehovah's Witnesses. Both seem to contrive to come at precisely the least convenient time. Early evening on a weekday is, granted, a good time to catch working parents at home, making dinner, but it is also by the same measure when they are busy.

And both groups fail in equal measure to make any allowance for choices the people they are disturbing have already made. I was recently bothered for a good 10 minutes by a cold-calling young man representing a charity to which I make regular donations. When I told him that, after 30 seconds, he carried on with his spiel. When I repeated it in words of one syllable, he asked me if I wanted to increase the monthly amount. My strongest instinct was to cancel the direct debit altogether.

Likewise, when the Jehovah's Witnesses start their sales pitch for God, I try nicely to say I'm Catholic. In other words, I'm covered, thank you. But they don't even blink and carry on regardless, as if I am an atheist. And there's one more parallel to add: both sets of cold-callers keep coming back. No thank you is never enough, apparently.

Do charities really want to risk being likened to a church such as the Jehovah's Witnesses, which enjoys such a dubious reputation with the public: part joke, part sinister?

British Virgin Islands newspaper: Guyanese JW molester gets jail/fine

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http://bvinews.com/new/lewis-gets-42-months-for-molesting-boy-to-pay-10k/.

lewis gets 42 months for molesting boy; to pay $10k.

in all news / by: bvi news online on october 3, 2016 at 4:32 pm / oliver lewis during one of his court appearances.

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http://bvinews.com/new/lewis-gets-42-months-for-molesting-boy-to-pay-10k/

Lewis gets 42 months for molesting boy; to pay $10k

in All News / By: bvi news online on October 3, 2016 at 4:32 PM /

Oliver Lewis during one of his court appearances

Oliver Lewis, a Guyanese native who was found guilty of six counts of gross indecency with a 13-year-old boy, has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison.

He also has been ordered to compensate the family of the victim $10,000 or spend an additional six months in prison.

Elaborating on the compensation order, Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste DaBreo stated that it is for the victim to get counselling as a result of the ordeal he faced.

She made it clear that: “No way is this court saying that any monetary sum can make up in any way for the [offences].”

Breakdown of sentence

The magistrate handed down a prison sentence for each count of the offence.

When those sentences are combined, Lewis would have served a prison term of 162 months (13 and half years).

A break-down of those years is as follows: 12 months for the first count; 18 months for the second count; 24 months for the third; 30 months for the fourth; 36 months for the fifth; and 42 months imprisonment for the sixth count.

But the Magistrate ordered that the sentences run concurrently (at the same time). Effectively, this means Lewis will only spend 42 months in prison.

He will only spend an additional six months if he does not compensate the family of the victim.

‘Prison is not for me’

Before hearing the judgement, Lewis – who has been in custody since December last year – told the court that prison is not for him.

“Throughout my entire ordeal in prison, it was not a good experience. Prison is not for me… [and] I’m sorry for wasting the court’s time.”

Lewis – who the court heard is a Jehovah’s Witness – also added that he was praying for the court and the family of the young victim.

During the trial last year, the boy’s father stated that he knew Lewis, as they both were members of a Jehovah’s Witness Church.

He said they were friends for about three years.

The father told the court that Lewis became a friend of his 13 year-old son, and would often pick him up from school to take him on various job sites.

He added that Lewis would explain to him that he was giving the boy job training, and that he (Lewis) needed the help.

The father also told the court that he trusted Lewis and never expected ‘anything like that (molestation) to happen’.

The father said he started to realize that something questionable was taking place between Lewis and the boy after the boy and one of his brothers had a dispute and certain things were said.

“[My son] told me everything that was going on between him and Mr Lewis,” added the father.

Some days later, the father confronted Lewis and told him he knew what was going on.

According to the father, Lewis asked: “Can you forgive me?”

Describing Lewis as a psychopath, the father further told the court that he (Lewis) wanted them to treat the matter as one that could have been settled religiously.

He however opted to take the matter before the court, noting that a crime was committed against his son.

END OF ARTICLE - Comments are interesting.

http://bvinews.com/new/lewis-gets-42-months-for-molesting-boy-to-pay-10k/

For your information: ICSA (International Cultic Studies Assoc.) scheduled events for the rest of 2016 and in 2017

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conferences, workshops, and special events are important to the growth of icsa because events are where personal contacts are made and friendships strengthened.

for this reason, icsa is trying to offer a greater variety of events in different geographical areas.

please tell others about events that may interest them.

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Conferences, workshops, and special events are important to the growth of ICSA because events are where personal contacts are made and friendships strengthened. For this reason, ICSA is trying to offer a greater variety of events in different geographical areas. Please tell others about events that may interest them. The following are scheduled:

ICSA Annual Conference in Bordeaux, France – June 29 – July 1, 2017 (preconference workshops on June 29th)

Call for Papers deadline for this conference is next month. If you want to submit a proposal to speak, see the Call for Papers and get your proposal in before the deadline.

http://www.icsahome.com/events/callforpapers

Leaving and Recovering from Cultic Groups and Relationships: A Workshop for Families and Former Members

October 15-16, 2016, Los Angeles, California

More info: http://www.icsahome.com/events/localevents/los-angeles-workshop

Dangerous Liaisons: The Truth About Campus Predators, Toxic Relationships, and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Teens

October 23, 2016, Garden City, NY

More info: http://www.icsahome.com/events/localevents/dangerous-liaisons

Special ICSA Conference in Poland - Enhancing Professional Knowledge on Preventing Undue Influence and Cults

December 9-11, 2016

More info: http://www.icsahome.com/events/conference-europe

Recovery from Spiritual Abuse

April 21-22, 2017, Fort Myers, Florida