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  Failure to report confession of child abusers offence created in Queensland, Australia

  by naomidangerlee in

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  2. child-abuse

  this happened in queensland, australia, today.

  i am proud to be a member of the australian labor party and have worked in politics for the last two terms of their government in queensland.

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  If I understand OP correctly, confessions are to be reported to the authorities, not accusations. It's good to see that the Australian Labor Party is mandating common sense limitations on the clergy-penitent privilege. This same issue is being litigated in the United States.

  However, how many cases of this nature come to light as the result of an abuser's confession? In the cases involving JWs, it is the action of an accuser, not a confessor that brings the situation to light, as far as I know.

  Once it is clearly understood by all that child abuse is a crime, then religion can step aside and let law enforcement and the courts investigate accusations and prosecute. If a religion wants to take measures to rehabilitate the sinner (including false accusers) that's fine; but not before the proper authorities are called upon.
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  The New York Child Victims Act is for JW CSA Survivors in ALL 50 States Please help spread the word. Thank you.

  by Xjw csaSurvivors in

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  2. current

  new york child victims act.

  https://avoidjw.org/en/legal/new-york-child-victims-act/.

  "who may avail of the provisions in the child victims act?.

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  It wouldn't surprise me if a motion to dismiss as to the Governing Body only is filed in this case. When the the myriad corporations were created by Watchtower, the Governing Body was removed from the boards of all the Watchtower corporations. Since then, the boards of directors have been comprised by non-Governing Body elders only. An object of these measures was to insulate the Governing Body from litigation. We will now be able to see the effectiveness of these measures.
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  New York's Child Victims Act - What Will This Mean For WTBTS?

  by AnonVet in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  august 14th 2019 marks the date that new york state will allow civil litigation for child sex abuse claims against all institutions and individuals for a period of one year, regardless of how long the abuse has occurred.. i'm curious how this will play for wt.. any opinions?.

  https://www.natlawreview.com/article/ny-child-victims-act-sets-one-year-revival-period-sex-abuse-claims.

  https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/28/us/new-york-child-victims-act/index.html.

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  Once the 2 new NY lawsuits are filed we will know whether the Governing Body members are being sued individually or whether they are being sued collectively as the Governing Body. Some here are under the impression that they will be sued individually. Is there any confirmation of this?
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  Questions Re October 2019 Watchtower

  by DNCall in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the october 2019 watchtower, in the article "1919--one hundred years ago" it states:.

  "but the brothers at headquarters could not just resume the work that they had been doing for years.

  because during their imprisonment, all the printing plates that were used to print literature had been destroyed.

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  In the October 2019 Watchtower, in the article "1919--One Hundred Years Ago" it states:

  "But the brothers at headquarters could not just resume the work that they had been doing for years. Why not? Because during their imprisonment, all the printing plates that were used to print literature had been destroyed. This was discouraging, and some brothers wondered if the preaching work was finished."

  Does anyone know why all the printing plates were destroyed during the officers' imprisonment?

  I can understand destroying the plates for "The Finished Mystery" due to its underlying the charges against Rutherford, et al. But why all the plates?

  It's no wonder that, one hundred years later, the same "Theocratic Warfare" is practiced whereby congregation records are shredded and older literature is purged from Kingdom Hall libraries and online access.
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  Rutherford Exposed: The Story of Berta and Bonnie

  by Farkel in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  it was made by a women who in later years wore crotchless panties and bras which had holes in the nipple areas.

  he not only knew the woman in question (she's now deceased), he has met her numerous times.

  up until recently this secret of her year's long sexual affair with rutherford was kept by the family.

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  Anna Marina: The award winning commercial you reference was shot and conceptualized by Timothy Galfas II, now deceased. Although Timothy had been a Witness for many years, he had been disfellowshipped prior to making the commercial. A couple decades later he applied for reinstatement and finished his life in good standing with the Org. He knew Rutherford. He also knew Bonnie and Bill Heath. The Galfas family the Heath family both lived in Atlanta, GA, where the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. is headquartered.
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  NBA Player Retires to Serve as Jehovah's Witness

  by 720Reddog in

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  2. friends

  https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27078092/collison-retires-nba-31-focus-faith .

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  Prester John: Dave Meyers of the Milwaukee Bucks and UCLA under Wooden before that. He passed away some years ago.
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  Famous Movie Quotes You Like

  by The Bethelite in

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  2. friends

  the last lines from the movie platoon.

  "i think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy, we fought ourselves, and the enemy was in us.

  the war is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days.

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  "Steal something casual."

  "You have a wonderful economy with words. I await your next syllable with great anticipation."

  "They're in the medicine cabinet behind the unused can of shaving cream."

  "If I should begin to die, please take this hat off of my head."
  

  All Arthur, all Sir John Gielgud

  (Lookin' at you, Dagney!)
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  Does Anyone Remember Mr. Coffee

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the apostate that hung around bethel back in the early 1970's.. i talk about "the frog" and "lady margret" in my book but knew nothing about "mr. coffee".

  any help please.

  new boy.

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  He always carried a briefcase. Wondered what was inside. Saw him berate Bert Schroeder once. Fit into their persecution complex nicely, so they let him do his thing. When he was backed up on by the truck, I'm told the Bethelites got him into an ambulance and off to the hospital.
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  McFarland Fx W. Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Lorain Ohio, 2016

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  just stumbled across this record of a child abuse case in ohio which apparently went to the ohio supreme court:.

  http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/9/2016/2016-ohio-5462.pdf.

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  This was an appeal not to the Ohio State Supreme Court but to the State Court of Appeals. It did not concern the case as a whole but rather as to whether the lower court erred when it ordered Watchtower to produce a number of documents. The Court of Appeals ruled against Watchtower's claim of clergy-penitent privilege with the exception of four documents, which it ruled did not have to be produced by Watchtower. It ordered that the majority of the documents requested by McFarland be produced.

  From the child abuse cases against Watchtower that I have read, Watchtower's appeals based on clergy-penitent privilege have failed for the most part. The differences between the states and even between the U.S. and Canada with respect to this privilege do not differ to a great degree.

  Due to the way Watchtower handles these matters by involving elders, judicial committees, the service and legal departments, they rarely stay within the bounds of the clergy-penitent privilege.

  I don't know what became of this 2016 case. I suspect the parties settled because I haven't heard of this case until today. If anyone has an update, I'm sure we would all appreciate hearing more about it.
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  The Atlantic Magazine: A Secret Database of Child Abuse

  by Pants of Righteousness in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i haven't seen reference to this article on the forum, so would like to post a link to an article that was published by the atlantic on 22 march 2019.. .

  https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/03/the-secret-jehovahs-witness-database-of-child-molesters/584311/.

  only factual matter that i could correct is the number of gb members at the time of the australian royal commission - i'm pretty sure it was 7 at that time..

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  It occurs to me that the millions of dollars Watchtower has spent and continues to spend to protect its reputation, is an costly exercise in futility. Its worse days are still ahead.