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Royal Commission Live Hearing Now
by LostinJapan in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
wednesday 5 , day 7 live hearing.

case study 29, july 2015, sydney.
jwfacts

Wow, O'Brien looks to have personally committed perjury, and McClellan is not impressed. It is getting so uncomfortable.
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Royal Commission Live Hearing Now
by LostinJapan in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
wednesday 5 , day 7 live hearing.

case study 29, july 2015, sydney.
jwfacts

The Watchtower is showing how little they care about the RC and its suggestions, unlike other churches that have been actively working with them. I think after this they may finally be scared into action.
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Royal Commission Live Hearing Now
by LostinJapan in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
wednesday 5 , day 7 live hearing.

case study 29, july 2015, sydney.
jwfacts

McClellan must be finding it hard listening to the way O'Brien (and JWs in general) have just made up doctrine to be convenient, rather than based it on any evidence, and then say they must follow that as from God.
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Royal Commission Live Hearing Now
by LostinJapan in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
wednesday 5 , day 7 live hearing.

case study 29, july 2015, sydney.
jwfacts

Terry O'Brien and his wife were in the same pioneer school as me back in about 1988. I was also in bethel when he first arrived in the early 1990's. He is a nice guy, though very shy and quiet, so I was surprised that he became the branch coordinator.
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Royal Commission Live Hearing Now
by LostinJapan in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
wednesday 5 , day 7 live hearing.

case study 29, july 2015, sydney.
jwfacts

Toole is feigning ignorance of the requirement to report criminal knowledge, and that mandatory reporting overrode it. I do not believe that he was so ignorant, as mandatory reporting should be seen to be an extension and not a watering down of legislation.
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Royal Commission Live Hearing Now
by LostinJapan in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
wednesday 5 , day 7 live hearing.

case study 29, july 2015, sydney.
jwfacts

"As a lawyer ... " Stewart is not letting Toole get away with the waffling, evasion and preaching that he allowed from Spinks.
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Royal Commission Live Hearing Now
by LostinJapan in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
wednesday 5 , day 7 live hearing.

case study 29, july 2015, sydney.
jwfacts

The other day there was a figure of about 285 cases in 10 years, or 2 a month. Vin now says they receive 3 or 4 a month. The numbers they have on file far down play the number of child abuse cases that are verbally reported and do not go through the Judicial process, not to mention those that don't get reported.
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Royal Commission Live Hearing Now
by LostinJapan in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
wednesday 5 , day 7 live hearing.

case study 29, july 2015, sydney.
jwfacts

Toole used to be a very good looking, charismatic man. His wife was the most fun Circuit Overseers wife that I know. I cannot believe how he has aged and how worn out he is looking since we last met 10 years ago.
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Royal Commission live Today
by LostinJapan in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
tuesday 4 _ .

case study 29 .
jwfacts

Spinks is saying Jehovah's Witnesses have absolute authority for the law. Did he forget the Scripture "Obey God as ruler rather than men."
Oh no, here it comes. Love how he refers to how good they were by refusing to obey the Nazis. Well what about when the RC recommend having a female on a judicial committee. Or not needing two witnesses.
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RC: an emotional trigger?
by sparrowdown in
1. jw
2. friends
is this rc triggering any painful memories for anyone else?

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for me, it's stirring up all the emotions of what it felt like dealing with assholes like this.
jwfacts

I am attending in person, and am a lot more stressed than I expected. Seeing some of the people I worked with at bethel, and listening to the obnoxious, authoritarian elders is bringing back bad memories of the constant fear and guilt that I felt under their strong thumbs.