As far as I understand the Australian Royal commission is appointed under legislation and has wide ranging coercive powers of investigation on these royal commissions (e.g. abilities to call and cross-examine witnesses, obtain evidence while also providing protection to witnesses and inquiry members from legal action such as defamation. My dealings as an ex member who has submitted a lengthy submission to the inquiry has been a positive one with counseling and support offered by the commission. And you need it!! Even just putting in a written submisiion about that cult is a very traumatic experience because you are so controlled by fear of retribution) When I read the up and coming witnesses list for the next two weeks I personally (used to )know some of the elders they are going to call and its not going to be pretty!! I felt that one of those elders today (not Jackson) was a sacrificial lamb. Wonder how far up the food chain we will get to see.
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Royal Commission convened for now, but Jackson is an asshole
by umbertoecho ini have just finished listening to this man jackson.
i remember him well.
he is twisting things around as much as he is allowed.
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Are Jehovah’s Witnesses losing the War on Apostates
by Watchtower-Free infound this.
http://jwalumni.org/2015/06/08/who-are-jehovahs-witnesses-september-watchtower/.
by misha anouk on 8. june 2015 in news
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So good to have access to intelligent, well written and researched material. So sad that I spent so many years under the illusion that that WT garbage was "food at the proper time". McDonalds maybe. Junk and no good for you! Keep it up!! -
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Royal Commission convened for now, but Jackson is an asshole
by umbertoecho ini have just finished listening to this man jackson.
i remember him well.
he is twisting things around as much as he is allowed.
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It was great! two weeks to go of probing questions using their literature. The Australian news are already talking about criminal liability for "concealment". Watching the live streaming Jackson made me feel physically sick he was so smug and self righteous. And absolutely no clue about the victims perspective?? how many times over the course of the day did both elders say "Don't know would contact legal department at branch headquarters??" -
http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.aspx
by possum inlive streaming now .
http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.aspx.
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Just two weeks in our new home and the knock at the door happens!!
by truthseekeriam injust relaxing with my morning coffee enjoying looking at the pictures fipper shared of the camping trip when the dreaded knock came.
of course the dogs beat me to the door followed by my daughter trying to catch them, she looks through the giant peep hole and waves me away saying "its them.
" i almost just walked away from the door when i saw the sweet face of a 5/6 year old little boy with his mom and dad and couldn't resist talking to them.. i opened the door and smiled and said jehovah's witnesses?
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Thanks so much truthseekeriam, Have made a nine page submission to the Australian Royal Commission. Will not allow that publishing organisation more oxygen than it deserves so getting on as a family trying to live a honest happy and productive life. Best revenge is to live well! (I absolutely refuse to cal them a religion they distort everything good about spirituality and faith) I agree with you that they (as an organisation) have absolutely no regard for the basic human rights and their policies and procedures for dealing with abuse not only child abuse but spousal abuse ect will be shown up in public forums as disgraceful, criminal conduct that exposed its adherents to moral and physical danger. Also sites like this, facts and white- anting them eg, that wonderful poster in USA will eventually reveal their dark core. -
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Celebrating small victories
by StarTrekAngel indon't want to get into a lot of detail but it seems like my wife is finally having some flashes of awareness.
she's got them before, but not in very touchy subjects.
she was willing to seat down with me and look over some websites talking about some very controversial subjects that i do not dare to write about at the moment.
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I was terrified when I discovered my husband accessing this site. Now I post and he doesn't! Took along time to trust and also org in stills such fear you think you'll be struck by lightning at the computer! How I was treated by JW and Org was what got me searching for info and support. Husband has been my rock but no pressure. -
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Just two weeks in our new home and the knock at the door happens!!
by truthseekeriam injust relaxing with my morning coffee enjoying looking at the pictures fipper shared of the camping trip when the dreaded knock came.
of course the dogs beat me to the door followed by my daughter trying to catch them, she looks through the giant peep hole and waves me away saying "its them.
" i almost just walked away from the door when i saw the sweet face of a 5/6 year old little boy with his mom and dad and couldn't resist talking to them.. i opened the door and smiled and said jehovah's witnesses?
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Witnesses have been so used to mindlessly talking from the script door to door and its so good that you provided information to help them to think outside of WT parameters. I approached two brothers at a trolley to question them about their two witness policy(my 5 year old child was abused by a prominent elder and we obediently stayed muzzled for 12 years under two witness policy) resulting in a terrible mental, emotional and physical cost to our entire family. The older "brother" smug slave (who had never met me before) very patronizingly informed me I must have my facts wrong because he was absolutely sure that the brothers/ Jehovah's organisation in my case would have handled things correctly. (I am third generation family full of anointed and elders but somehow questioning them in public somehow transforms me into a stupid women). In our case I was told that the "investigating elder" took his friend the accused molester camping because reporting my child's abuse had stressed him! Never hurts to share knowledge especially to WT slaves who are under such deep mind control. Been there done that! have the scars. -
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Is The Watchtower Corporation Getting Ready For A Huge International Fire Sale?
by Brokeback Watchtower inwith all this talk about selling existing kingdom halls and robbing the congregations of savings accounts.
massive relocation of headquarters selling over a billion in prime real estate, gobbling up property and getting all the free labor they can from the rank and file slaves to fix up these properties and donate more and more money to cover the cost.. it looks like they are in the process of some type cannibalization of its self in an effort of self preservation.. are we on the cusps of a giant fire sale as the lawsuits pile up and build pressure i suspect things will get far worse leaving many congregations kingdom halless and traveling greater distances just to make a meeting every once and a while when they have enough gas money.. with a royal charities commission inquiry into inappropriate conduct of the wt corporation and loss of charity status and the eventual loss of such operational status in one country after another things are looking very bleak for this end of the world jehovah scam cult with it 1914,1975,2000, expiration dates long past..
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Bring it on! That tyrannical publishing company has distorted Christianity into what Nietzsche calls a hypocritical creed that has turned sexlessness into "purity", weakness into "goodness", submission to "obedience" and not being able to take revenge into "forgiveness". Nietzsche (the son of a line of pastors) also states that "Christianity amounted to a giant justification for passivity and a mechanism for draining life of its potential. WT cannibalizes your soul, your free will and tramples on your human rights (for its own gains). Forums like this and the Australian royal commission requires that those bigots justify their action or decisions in a very public forum. -
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Royal Commission into Institutional Child abuse in Australia.
by zeb inpublic hearing into the jehovahs witnesses .
22 june, 2015 the royal commission will hold a public hearing in sydney commencing on 27 july 2015 at 10:00am.. the scope and purpose of the public hearing is to inquire into:.
1. the experience of survivors of child sexual abuse within the jehovahs witnesses church in australia.. 2. the responses of the jehovahs witnesses church and the watchtower bible and tract society of australia ltd to allegations, reports or complaints of child sexual abuse within the church.. 3. the systems, policies and procedures in place within the jehovahs witnesses church and the watchtower bible and tract society of australia ltd for raising and responding to allegations of or concerns about child sexual abuse within the church.. 4. the systems, policies and procedures in place within the jehovahs witnesses church and the watchtower bible and tract society of australia ltd to prevent child sexual abuse within the church.. 5. any related matters.
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I cant be bothered wasting my time being patronized by someone who is only able to speak watchtower. Although I cant resist very kindly, quietly and respectfully engaging in some education re: two witness policy, ect when I see them parked with their little trolleys. -
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Royal Commission into Institutional Child abuse in Australia.
by zeb inpublic hearing into the jehovahs witnesses .
22 june, 2015 the royal commission will hold a public hearing in sydney commencing on 27 july 2015 at 10:00am.. the scope and purpose of the public hearing is to inquire into:.
1. the experience of survivors of child sexual abuse within the jehovahs witnesses church in australia.. 2. the responses of the jehovahs witnesses church and the watchtower bible and tract society of australia ltd to allegations, reports or complaints of child sexual abuse within the church.. 3. the systems, policies and procedures in place within the jehovahs witnesses church and the watchtower bible and tract society of australia ltd for raising and responding to allegations of or concerns about child sexual abuse within the church.. 4. the systems, policies and procedures in place within the jehovahs witnesses church and the watchtower bible and tract society of australia ltd to prevent child sexual abuse within the church.. 5. any related matters.
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In our submission we made it quite clear that a pedophile repeat offender in our family was protected by that cult while we had to move 2,000 klms to get way from the shunning and abuse for speaking out about the 2 witness policy. The abuser is now deceased buried "with full honors" of course. Heartening to know that I the granddaughter (3rd generation) have less value than a dead pedophile!