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  Jehovahs Witnesses to pay 6 figure sum to sex abuse victim. UK.

  by The Scotsman in

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  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33201010.

  story just broke in uk!!!!

  a woman who claimed jehovah's witness elders failed to protect her from sex abuse carried out by a convicted paedophile has won a six-figure payout.

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  This may open the way for further cases.
  

  Absolutely great.
  
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  Balls

  by Driving Force in

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  men in their twenties play football.. men in their forties play tennis.. men in their sixties play golf.. when men get older their balls get smaller..

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  Men in their twenties play football.

  Men in their forties play tennis.

  Men in their sixties play golf.

  When men get older their balls get smaller.
  
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  Can't sign out!

  by stillin in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  my wife has recently become very curious about my activity on my ipad.

  i delete my browsing history but if she should discover this site and my identity here, she will gladly hand me over to the hangman, something i have managed to avoid for quite some time now,.

  i hit the "sign out" button, but i find that i'm still logged in!

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  stillin I think you are in a dysfunctional relationship.
  

  That is hard, because I am in such a relationship right now, and all because of the bOrg.

  My wife use to use my iPad, so I bought her a tablet (as has been suggested), now she leaves mine alone, there is no reason for her to use mine.
  
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  Elders are Complicit with WT Society in Child Abuse Scandals- Gonzalo Campos Case

  by flipper in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  of course, most of us realize this.

  however sometimes even on this board sometimes threads have stated that the jw elders have been occasionally painted as the " fall guys " who take the rap for the wt society leaders - which of course is true - to a degree.

  however- that being said , many times elders have failed to protect - or even have failed to advocate for child abuse victims when it has been within their power to do so.

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  They have Stockholm Syndrome

  That is a very good point you make, and I remember with my own experience I thought of ways and excuses to believe the WT leadership for a long time, but the child abuse was just too much for me. As has already been mentioned in another thread the publicity for such things is just scarce, especially here in Germany, and to be honest I only heard about child abuse within the bOrg at the end of last year.
  
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  Elders are Complicit with WT Society in Child Abuse Scandals- Gonzalo Campos Case

  by flipper in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  of course, most of us realize this.

  however sometimes even on this board sometimes threads have stated that the jw elders have been occasionally painted as the " fall guys " who take the rap for the wt society leaders - which of course is true - to a degree.

  however- that being said , many times elders have failed to protect - or even have failed to advocate for child abuse victims when it has been within their power to do so.

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  I talked quite extensively to a brother about the child sex abuse within the organization of JWs and how under the direction of the GB this is all kept quite.

  His opinion; if the GB says that these things should be kept quite and the abusers are protected, then they must have a reason, therefore it is OK with him.
  

  Needless to say this is not a person I want to associate with.
  
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  Why don't people in the US, UK or Euro-Citizens know anything about Jehovah's Witness Pedophile Issues and lawsuits?

  by MagicMItchJensen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know you all are aware of how little knowledge people have about jehovah's witnesses and topics men like bob bowen and women like barbara anderson tried to raise the level of public awareness that "the jehovah witness coming to your door might be a pedophile or child molester!

  " what's gone wrong, has the society outsmarted the media or do people not really care what happens to young children?

  if you took a survey trying to ascertain how many people walking through the grocery store, a target or upper class stores nordstroms, your going to be shocked how little people know.. if it's about the catholic church, those numbers shot through the ceiling, is this because there is no problem in the new world watchtower order or their better at damage control?

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  The JW's are an insignificant, minor, cult religion that simply does not come on to people's Radar.

  I agree wholeheartedly with this statement. A couple of weeks ago I had a conversation with someone who was quite knowledgeable about the press and their interaction with politicians, and basically neither politicians or the press are interested in JWs, they are simply too insignificant. I am in Germany BTW.
  
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  I had breakfast with 50+ JWs on Sunday

  by zimunzucz in

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  2. friends

  we pulled into a hotel parking lot saturday around 6pm on the return leg of a wonderful family vacation to new england - an then fate stepped in---a man in a suit got out of a car with the rest of a picture perfect family.

  i immediately noticed all the name tags--- and my blood pressure spiked 50pts- damn!!

  i was booked in a 4 story hotel full of jws-- the only time they took off the name tags was in the swimming pool- they were so proud of themselves.. at 6:30 am the hot water went cold in the wife's shower- what do you expect on the 4th floor when a herd of jws is trying to get ready at the same time?

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  Absolutely fantastic.

  
  
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  'Conti' Court decision secures Watchtower's Policy of confidentiality

  by telemetry11 in

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  2. child-abuse

  the court on the rule of confidentiality of penitential communications and evidentiary privilege--.. decision reads:.

  "the law generally protects the confidentiality of communications with clergy like those of kendrick to the elders here.".

  "if the person has a constitutional right to independence in making religious choices, the recognition of an evidentiary privilege is an apt means of protecting that autonomy.

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  So correct me if I am wrong, but this confirms the Watchtower policy of not having to inform others of a child molester, which surely is negative for the Watchtower meaning that there will potentially be even more cases in the future. The GB do not have to change anything, being detrimental for children, confirming the demonic stance of the bOrg.

  Although I look forwards to the Watchtower being hammered further on this aspect, I would rather see the problem solved and children protected.
  
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  Disturbing hidden image in w15 04/15 page 9 (Not DF image)

  by campaign of hate in

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  2. scandals

  could someone do me a favor and post the picture on page 9 on the above mentioned watchtower.. i'll point it out, very surprised no one else has picked up on this creepy image..

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  Well in the bottom right corner, there is a big rock, it looks like a ninja turtle.
  
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  Being shunned only increases my certainty that the WBT$ is a cult

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well, i don't wanna rant too much but sometimes things cut you don't they.. a family member had a get together for the family, jw and non jw and of course i wasn't invited being da'd.. i understand why they couldn't invite me but it just made me think.

  in normal society this wouldn't happen.

  i'd have been there.. the shunning is so unnatural and damaging.

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  .the beer is better at "worldy" parties also