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  Well, I did it...I called up the Society

  by logansrun in

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  well, i think it was psychologically healthy, perhaps.

  you see, i never did dissassociate myself and was never disfellowshipped.

  i never had the "officialness" of it all.

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  Logan,

  I wouldn't be one bit surprised if this man deep down agrees with you and may even feel the same way you do. So many at WT have doubts but have no where to go if they left.
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  has there ever been a successful lawsuit against the WTBTS?

  by doodle-v in

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  does anyone know the answer to this?

  has there ever been a successful lawsuit against the org?

  i've heard of many cases against them, but i'm curious to know if any have been successful.

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  DevonMcBride

  Vicky,

  Your post reminded me of a recent discussion on another group.

  We were talking about lawsuits and judgements against the Watchtower. I had questioned if it were possible for the Plaintiff to ask for a public apololgy in addition to a financial settlement. We all felt the Watchtower would probably not appeal a judgement against them for a lot of money but would probably try to fight the public apology.

  Just our thoughts,

  Devon
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  Watchtower to pay for Silentlambs trip

  by Dogpatch in

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  from silentlambs (bill bowen):.

  on thursday of this week world wide work money will again be spent to protect a pedophile.

  in addition it will also be spent to pay money to a disfellowshipped person in order to find a way to prevent them from assisting the court case of abuse survivors.

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  Paul Berry was already tried and convicted of 17 counts of molestation. He either served or is still serving a sentence in jail.

  The link to this case is at:

  http://www.courts.state.nh.us/supreme/opinions/2002/0207/berry076.htm

  I believe the case going on now is a civil suit against the elders and Watchtower Society.
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  has there ever been a successful lawsuit against the WTBTS?

  by doodle-v in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  does anyone know the answer to this?

  has there ever been a successful lawsuit against the org?

  i've heard of many cases against them, but i'm curious to know if any have been successful.

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  Coughlin v. Jehovah's Witnesses and Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York

  October 1, 2002

  $1.55 million dollar mid-trial settlement arising out of motor vehicle death. Jehovah's Witness defendants claimed that the driver who caused the death was not their employee but rather was on his own private religious trip at the time of the accident. Joel uncovered evidence of the sect's activities and obtained secret documents during discovery that bolstered the case and caused the Jehovah's Witnesses to pay the highest settlement amount in their history. No offers to settle were made by Jehovah's Witnesses until after the trial commenced
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  has there ever been a successful lawsuit against the WTBTS?

  by doodle-v in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  does anyone know the answer to this?

  has there ever been a successful lawsuit against the org?

  i've heard of many cases against them, but i'm curious to know if any have been successful.

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  DevonMcBride

  Here's an interesting one that just happened last year. Notice the Watchtower settled out of court.

  http://www.koskoff.com/index.cfm/hurl/dbg=0/upv=2/SectionID=12/PeopleID=18

  Devon
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  WT changes UN role?

  by Nordic in

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  what wt is about the changes on un not being the scarlet beast?..

  nordic

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  See this link

  http://www.randytv.com/wteliminated.htm
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  Bomb Suspect linked to Religious cult

  by DevonMcBride in

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  i just heard on the news that eric rudolph was a member of a cult called the christian identity movement.

  they are a racist religious movement that promotes white supremecy, anti-semiticism, anti-immigrant and anti-government.

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  http://www.msnbc.com/news/920361.asp?0cv=CA01

  RUDOLPH, 36, WAS captured after a young rookie cop in western North Carolina spotted a man digging in trash behind a grocery story in the small town of Murphy about 3:30 a.m., said FBI Special Agent Chris Swecker at an afternoon press conference. After first giving police a false name, he revealed his true identity, which was confirmed through fingerprints, investigators said.
  Rudolph had been on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list and had eluded a massive manhunt for five years, much of it in the western North Carolina mountains near where he was arrested Saturday. The FBI had offered a $1 million reward for his capture.
  
  NOT SEEN SINCE 1998
  The Army veteran and experienced outdoorsman hadn’t been seen since July 1998 after he took supplies from a health store owner in North Carolina.
  Authorities believed he had fled into the mountains, and as more time passed with no reported sightings of him, some believed he must be dead.
  “We always thought he was up here in the mountains,” Swecker said. “We had no credible sightings elsewhere in the country.”
  Clad in work clothes, a camouflage jacket and jogging shoes at the time of his arrest, Rudolph was in good health when he was taken into custody, police said. “He’s lost quite a bit of weight,” Cherokee Count Sheriff Keith Lovin said.

  Agents spent years searching the hills and caves around Murphy for any trace of Rudolph. Early in the search, they ran across some camping sites believed to be his and found cartons of oatmeal and raisins, jars of peanuts and vitamins, and cans of tuna they said were the same brands Rudolph ate.
  The 1996 bombing at the crowded Olympic park during the summer Olympics in Atlanta followed closely on the heels of the Oklahoma City federal building bombing and stunned the world.

  The bomb was left hidden in a knapsack in the crowded Centennial Olympic Park on July 27, 1996. When it exploded, it killed one woman and injured 111 other people.
  Two years later, Rudolph was charged with that attack and in three others — at a gay nightclub in Atlanta and at an office building north of Atlanta in 1997, and at an abortion clinic in Birmingham in 1998. One police officer was killed.
  In all, the bombings killed two people and wounded more than 100 people, according to the FBI.
  Rudolph is expected to appear in federal court in Asheville, N.C., on Monday, where it will be determined if he is to be taken first to Atlanta or Birmingham to face charges.
  Rudolph, a Florida native who moved to western North Carolina in 1981, was believed to adhere to Christian Identity, a white supremacist religion that is anti-gay, anti-Semitic and anti-foreigner. Some of the four bombs he is charged with planting included messages from the shadowy “Army of God.” The search for Rudolph began a day after the Birmingham blast. He was initially sought as a witness: A gray 1989 Nissan pickup truck registered in his name was seen near the clinic following the explosion.

  He was tied to the bombings when authorities who searched a storage locker he had rented in Murphy found nails like those used in the clinic attacks.
  At its height, the search for Rudolph in the mountainous region in western North Carolina, just over the Tennessee border, included more than 200 federal agents. In 2000, it was scaled back to less than a handful of agents working out of a National Guard Armory just outside Murphy.
  Pockets of western North Carolina have had a reputation as a haven for right-wing extremists. Some there mocked the government’s inability to find Rudolph with bloodhounds, infrared-equipped helicopters and space-age motion detectors — and some said they would hide him if asked.
  The FBI had said it believed Rudolph was somewhere in the Nantahala National Forest, living on his own, breaking into vacant vacation cabins, stealing from local gardens. Murphy Police Chief Mark Thigpen would not comment Saturday on whether or not Rudolph had filled police in on his specific hideouts.

  Early Saturday, Murphy Police Officer Jeff Postell spotted a man behind the Save-A-Lot grocery who was rooting through trash and looked suspicious, authorities said.
  Postell, 21, who has been on the Murphy force about a year, was alone when he approached the man with his gun drawn because Rudolph was holding a flashlight that Postell thought might be a weapon, Thigpen said. Thigpen said Rudolph offered “no resistance whatsoever.” No weapons were found on his person of in the backpack he was carrying.
  Police said Rudolph first gave them a false name. When that didn’t check out and they asked him again for his name he admitted he was Rudolph, Lovin said. Lovin said Rudolph appeared to be “somewhat relieved and he has been cooperative at this point.”
  Jeff Lyons, whose wife, Emily, was critically injured in the women’s clinic attack in Birmingham, said they had never given up hope that Rudolph would be caught. Saturday morning, a friend called after hearing the news.
  
  ‘WORTH BEING WOKEN UP FOR’
  “I turned to Emily, and I said, ‘What news would be worth being woken up for?”’ he said. “This is indeed one of the best days we’ve had in quite some time.”
  Robert Stadler, whose wife worked at an attorney’s office in the Atlanta building that was bombed in 1997, had been inside the building with the couple’s baby twins when the bomb exploded. They had made it outside when a second bomb exploded that injured several police officers.
  “We had moved on from what happened in 1997,” Stadler said Saturday, “but always there was a feeling that Eric Rudolph was somewhere.”
  
  The Associated Press contributed to this report
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  Bomb Suspect linked to Religious cult

  by DevonMcBride in

  1. jw
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  i just heard on the news that eric rudolph was a member of a cult called the christian identity movement.

  they are a racist religious movement that promotes white supremecy, anti-semiticism, anti-immigrant and anti-government.

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  I just heard on the news that Eric Rudolph was a member of a cult called the Christian Identity Movement. They are a racist religious movement that promotes white supremecy, anti-semiticism, anti-immigrant and anti-government.
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  Upcoming Case Against Watchtower

  by DevonMcBride in

  1. watchtower
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  gluck, judy v. watchtower bible and tract .

  http://portal.courts.state.ny.us/pls/portal30/cms_dev.rpt_fcas_open_caseinfo.show?p_arg_names=enter_county_code&p_arg_values=30&p_arg_names=enter_index_no&p_arg_values=01180342002.

  does anyone have anymore information about this case?

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  DevonMcBride

  The link doesn't work when you click on it so you have to cut and paste it.
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  Upcoming Case Against Watchtower

  by DevonMcBride in

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  gluck, judy v. watchtower bible and tract .

  http://portal.courts.state.ny.us/pls/portal30/cms_dev.rpt_fcas_open_caseinfo.show?p_arg_names=enter_county_code&p_arg_values=30&p_arg_names=enter_index_no&p_arg_values=01180342002.

  does anyone have anymore information about this case?

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  GLUCK, JUDY v. WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT

  http://portal.courts.state.ny.us/pls/portal30/CMS_DEV.RPT_FCAS_OPEN_CASEINFO.show?p_arg_names=enter_county_code&p_arg_values=30&p_arg_names=enter_index_no&p_arg_values=01180342002

  Does anyone have anymore information about this case?

  Devon