Posts by quietlyleaving

man escapes jail for sex attacksbbc news - 1 hour, 42 minutes agoa jehovah's witnesss gets a community sentence for a series of sex assaults on children and adults.man escapes jail for sex attacks porter was put on the sex offenders registera jehovah's witness has escaped a jail term after admitting a series of sexual assaults on children and adults in clevedon.

michael porter, an elder in the religion, pleaded guilty to 24 counts of indecent assault and gross indecency on 13 victims aged 18 months and older.

among the individuals were others involved in the faith.

quietlyleaving

I've been told that a small group of disgruntled folk have been keeping a vigil outside Michael Porter's home in North London. Bethel, apparently aren't happy with the media for disclosing his whereabouts.

Stories of media indescretions are being bandied about. A poular story, (from a bethelite) is the one about a Kent journalist who wrote a piece about JWs a short while ago. I understand that she put a copy of the front page of the watchtower in her article but gave the impression that wife swapping was one of the topics in the watchtower magazine . The legal department, I understand, wrote a strong letter of protest.

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THINKING OF FAKING IT GOING FOR REINSTATEMENT

by JapanBoy in

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friends

born and raised in the borg.. i haven't posted for some time.

i got divorced from my jw wife, of 25 years, after living with another woman for almost 1.5 years [knew her for 3 years] .

the divorce that was my doing was last dec. 06. the divorce went through but all the financial settlements have yet to be agreed on.

quietlyleaving

japanboy

In answer to your question I think it is a combination of all the things you mentioned, security, love, kids, stability.......when you are married to someone for so long it is hard.

You probably know yourself and your wife better than we do - if you think there is a chance then go for it. From the above it sounds to me that you value the love you have for your wife and children and imo the sacrifice of going back into a religion you no longer believe is worth it.

Also now that your wife is working and paying her own way may mean that she is a stronger person emotionally and will be making her own valid choice if she decides to have you back. I would encourage you to give her that choice

Perhaps you had some sort of mid life crises, it does happen.

I'd warn you though not to tell her that you no longer believe in the JW relgion. Tell her when you start your fade - who knows she may join you.

best wishes to you

ql

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I LEFT MY HUSBAND last night. Kind words anyone?

by AWAKE&WATCHING in

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i am white, my husband is black.

he is not baptized but goes to all the meetings and is in the school.

a few months ago i read the following info which i just copied from vinny's thread.

quietlyleaving

courage and peace to you

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J.W peado from u.k. latest.

by xnmad in

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friends

have found out from reliable source that the object of our hatred at the mo( and still very deserving of our loathing though he may be) was actually disfellowshiped years ago, am still working on the exact details but will share them as soon as i get them guys.will try and get the date of his disfellowshiping etc n let you know.

quietlyleaving

bluebothers

If the man was already disfellowshipped then the whole tenor of the reports is wrong, the mans sister is lying, and the respected UK broadsheet newspaper, The Guardian , made up this quote,
"The church said yesterday it would support him. But it denied claims by Porter's sister that he would continue to come into contact with children through his religion and visit families. A spokesman said: "He will be carefully supervised."!

and the careful supervision only extends to making sure that child molesters don't implicate the wts in any way.

The paedo I know is supervised by his wife who believes that as long he is spiritually strong he poses no danger to children. To her spiritually strong means answering up at meetings (which he does often), regular ministry (he is very zealous), attend all the meetings (he never misses).

The wts does not believe in privately warning parents so that they can protect their own children. Children love this guy, they go up to him and talk to him. Parents are oblivious and carefree. For them child abuse happens outside in the world and if it happens within the org its never by a spiritually strong person.

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J.W peado from u.k. latest.

by xnmad in

jw
friends

have found out from reliable source that the object of our hatred at the mo( and still very deserving of our loathing though he may be) was actually disfellowshiped years ago, am still working on the exact details but will share them as soon as i get them guys.will try and get the date of his disfellowshiping etc n let you know.

quietlyleaving

All I can say is that I have met and shaken hands with Michael Porter at Bethel where he was serving in the kitchen department and was an elder at the time.

A couple of ex-bethlites who served with him in his department for about a year, and then moved on to other departments, have verified my story.

He was reproved seven months ago after he'd left bethel to marry a single parent sister from the Mill Hill congregation.

I don't know anything about his life before he joined bethel.

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