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Hi from wary
by wary innice to be part of the board at last.
been reading here for around eight months.
very warily at first, but now my mind is out of the org.. i was raised in it and never would have dreamed at looking at internet sites for fear of being misled.
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Is the "King of Connecticut" getting ready to attack the "Great Harlot"?
by Nathan Natas insee: http://www.gather.com/viewarticle.jsp?articleid=281474977620194&nav=groupspace&grpid=3659174697241980.
catholic church under attack.
state trying to take away governing powers from dioceses!.
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Correction: Fay was one of the other Catholic priest thieves in CT, a third was Rev. Moynihan. Here's the one that inspired Gallagher:
"A 17-year resident of Connecticut, Gallagher became a trustee at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Greenwich in January 1997 -- one month after the resignation of then Monsignor Charles Stubbs.
Stubbs announced his retirement in December 1996, citing health reasons. He was a few years later defrocked after admitting to molesting a boy in the 1980s.
Stubbs' departure from St. Mary's was dogged by questions of improper spending of least a half a million dollars. But the diocese never provided details."* * *
"In January 2007, Gallagher wrote a column in The Advocate calling on state lawmakers and the Catholic faith to make changes to the Religious Corporation Act "that produce a governing structure that allows for the best of the priesthood and the laity to blossom in an environment of mutual respect and understanding."
Greenwich lawyer defends bill for oversight of church finances
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ci_11882379~Sue
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Is the "King of Connecticut" getting ready to attack the "Great Harlot"?
by Nathan Natas insee: http://www.gather.com/viewarticle.jsp?articleid=281474977620194&nav=groupspace&grpid=3659174697241980.
catholic church under attack.
state trying to take away governing powers from dioceses!.
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The original idea for SB 1098 came from Greenwich Republican Thomas L. Gallagher, who is a former parish trustee and devout Catholic. The 46-year-old attorney wrote an op-ed article on the issue in The Stamford Advocate in 2007. He is joined by Paul Lakeland, the chairman of the religious studies department at Fairfield University, which is operated by Jesuit priests.
If approved, the bill would give the general and financial powers of parishes to a board of directors. The board would be elected by members of the congregation, and clergy would serve as a nonvoting ex-officio member.
What prompted it? Rev. Michael Jude Fay of St. John's Church in Darien stole about $1.4 million from the diocese.This is just part of the Democrat onslaught on freedom of religion. FOCA is going to force hundreds of Catholic hospitals to shut down. By the time the Democrats get done, the only thing we will be allowed to believe in is Obama.
I mean, can't these morons even read the Constitution? The Establishment Clause cuts both ways.
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Required Reading (Before you become a JW)
by sacolton inthere would be no jws if these books were read first .... .
another gospel.
ruth a. tucker.
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Thanks for compiling these resources, sacolton!
This one was helpful in my journey:
Approaching Jehovah's Witnesses in Love: How to Witness Effectively Without Arguing
by Wilbur Lingle
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Greetings!
by viva innew here, lurked for a while, glad to be able to join.. my introduction from jw recovery:.
"i am new to the board, so a short introduction is in order.
i am 26 years old and just out for about a month (update: four and a half months).
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Minister may have to testify in murder trial
by betterdaze inminister may have to testify in murder trial of man who belonged to his church.
10:00 pm pdt on sunday, march 8, 2009. .
by tammy j. mccoy.
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Oops, didn't see that... Thanks, jamie!
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/scandals/172456/1/Another-JW-Elder-Claiming-Clergy-Privilage-in-Court-Case
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Hello! I am no longer a Lurker!
by VIII ini have been reading the board for months and have been waiting to join!
thanks for allowing new members.
i was a jw.
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Minister may have to testify in murder trial
by betterdaze inminister may have to testify in murder trial of man who belonged to his church.
10:00 pm pdt on sunday, march 8, 2009. .
by tammy j. mccoy.
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Minister may have to testify in murder trial of man who belonged to his church
10:00 PM PDT on Sunday, March 8, 2009
By TAMMY J. McCOY
The Press-Enterprise
For the second time in a year,a judge should decide Friday if a minister with the Jehovah's Witnesses has to testify about conversations he had with a Murrieta man or if those statements are confidential.
Prosecutors want Jose Cespedes, an ordained minister with the Spanish Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses in Temecula,to testify at the trial of Kelle Lee Jarka.
Jarka is charged with murder in connection with his wife's bludgeoning death at the family's Tamarisk Street home April 28.
After receiving a subpoena from Jarka's attorney, Cespedes filed the motion asking that the court excuse him from taking the witness stand.
In court Friday, prosecutor Burke Strunsky said he was surprised by this development because Cespedes had already been interviewed three times.
"This is an important witness," Strunsky told Judge Judith Clark.
The motion will be heard by Judge F. Paul Dickerson III, who handled a similar issue that arose in a child molestation case prosecuted by Strunsky.
In March 2008, Dickerson ruled that elders from another Jehovah's Witnesses congregation had to testify against Gilbert Simental because his statements were never intended to be kept confidential.
Dickerson determined Simental was not seeking guidance or forgiveness when he talked to the elders during an in-house investigation into reports of child molestation. Simental was ultimately convicted of molesting two young girls.
Documents filed by Cespedes on Wednesday say Jarka was seeking spiritual guidance when he spoke to Cespedes and expected their conversations would be held in the strictest of confidence. Cespedes should not be ordered to testify because a law commonly referred to as the penitent-clergy privilege protects these conversations, the court papers say.
Isabelle Jarka, the defendant's wife, called Cespedes on the night of April 27 because her husband did not tell her that a family friend had died of AIDS and was spending a lot of time with the dead man's family, Detective Andrew Spagnolo testified last year.
Cespedes left the Jarka home at 4 a.m. -- about five hours before Isabelle Jarka, 40, was pronounced dead, according to Murrieta police.
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Woo whooo!
by lurk3r inkinda crazy, but finally being able to get on here almost makes me feel like i have just been released from prison.
i have had the privledge of doing nothing but read so many of your posts(for a solid 7 months i bet)...and i really wanted to say thank you, to the ones here who wear your hearts on your sleeves.. first off, i would like to thank the warden for making all of this possible (kidding simon...thanks for keeping this board going).
secondly, every single one of you regular posters here have been a great source of encouragment...looking at the many posts you have have contributed to the site really shows what dedication actually means.
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Welcome, lurk3r!
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Welcome, Bangalore!
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