i am pleased to announce that candace conti, and her key lawyers rick simons and kelly kraetsch are planning a youtube video to answer any questions that people in our community may have regarding the recent conti v watchtower lawsuit.
i have offered to coordinate the gathering of these questions, and i thought it might be fun to do it in a "competition" style jwn thread, with the best answers being chosen by kelly, rick and candace to be addressed in the video.. as you can imagine, there are some provisos to this.... this is an active lawsuit, so for obvious legal reasons kelly, rick and candace will have the absolute and final decision as to which questions are answered and how much information is divulged when they are answered.we need the answers in the next 7 days, so the "cut off" for this competition is exactly 7 days from the time this thread goes live on jwn.we kindly request that all questions are asked in a respectful manner without any malicious or offensive intent.
any inappropriate questions will obviously be discarded and ignored.
I would love to ask Candace how she is doing now?
Is she is satisfied with the outcome of her case so far?
Does she plan on continuing in her effort towards protecting the children of the WTS ?
last question would be...does she know what a wonderful example she has become for those of us who have had to deal with molestation within the WTS?
my short list; lynard skynard, beach boys, carole king, yes, doobie brothers, rod stewart, ringo starr.. all star band, styx, gordon lightfoot, moody blues.
can you tell i like the older stuff?.
Luther Vandross
Prince
Stevie B and Lisa Lisa
Bruno Mars
Anita Baker
Robert Palmer
George Michael
by the way I just gave my husband of 20 years the evil eye because we haven't been to a concert together in many years :) Time to change that.
my son turned 18 this year so i thought this was the perfect year to cast my first vote along side with him.
it felt really good!
i didn't look around once wondering if any jws were around:) we voted, got our stickers and then enjoyed a nice breakfast discussing our views...it was wonderful.
My son turned 18 this year so I thought this was the perfect year to cast my first vote along side with him. It felt really good! I didn't look around once wondering if any JWs were around:) We voted, got our stickers and then enjoyed a nice breakfast discussing our views...it was wonderful. I finally think I can honestly say..the fear is gone yippee
in aragon's thread which has reached 6 pages a couple of points were touched on that i wanted to bring out but thought these points deserved a whole thread to dissect and discuss them.. first off : there seems to be a total hypocrisy , arrogance, or typical speaking out of both sides of their mouth when the wt instructions in the letter says :.
" the branch office, not the local body of elders, determines whether an individual who has sexually abused children in the past will be considered a ' predator ' .
then this quote from the 1997 wt instructions : " and the congregation cannot read hearts to tell who is and who is not liable to molest children again.
Flipper,
I have to say I was quite disappointed when I came across the New elders child abuse letter directions. I was hoping for some real change, guess it will take many more judgements before they admit their huge issues and really put some heart into protecting children.
Stillin,
I'm personally glad the sister is looking after her child in the KH...too many others have been fooled into a false sense of security with their b/s and paid a very high price.
Always error on the side of protecting children and let the police decide whether the accusation is true or false.
My child's molester fooled many b/s into believing he did "nothing wrong" in fact he looked us in the face mouthing those same words on a few occasions. Imagian the suprise of those b/s who backed him completely when he finally admitted he was a molester.
Molesters are masters of mulipulation...children and parents can only go with their feelings...if they feel uncomfortable, they should voice it. Right or wrong.
do they talk to you, ignore you, love bomb you??
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A mixed bag. If eye contact is made I usually get a smile and greeting, however for some, if they can avoid me they will.
i'm flyin' high right about now !
my san francisco giants came back beat cincinnati 3 games to 2 after being down 2-0 and tonight they came back and beat st. louis 4 games to 3 after being down 3-1 !
and we had tornados in northern california in a powerful storm while this was going down tonight !
Giants!!!!
candace asked me to tell you thank you for all your kind expressions of support.
this really means a lot to her.
she wants you to know that she is coping well with all the stress and excitement, even though she's had years of anger and frustration because of being abused for so long, first by the molester, and then by the wt.
From my little family, we thank you Candace Conti !! Your strength and bravery will certainly be an example for all our young ones that have also been victims of this horrible policy!
the plaintiff, candace conti's goal from the very beginning was to bring enough attention to this problem to incentivize watchtower to change its policy of secrecy.
the award can be explained as it was decided: separate compensatory and punitive damages.
the punitive award is established in law to punish wrongdoing - here, the conscious disregard for others - and deter that conduct in the future.
Thank you Barbara for all the updates.
I was scanning through the court docs and came across the meaning of "Malice" as to the WTS...." despicable conduct which is carried on by the defendant with a willful and conscious disregard of the rights and safety of others." WOW! Powerful stuff!!
jane doe vs the watch tower in the oakland, ca case was awarded $20 million in punitive damages..
YES!!
many moons ago, i questioned the legitimacy of the steven unthank case and/or his manner of relating the news on his website.
official court documents were difficult to locate (at least for some of us, and after a certain date) and my only direct source for information was unthank's own website, though later i heard from a poster who attended one of the hearings.
i had my hopes up for a major case against the wt, but the little info i could verify left me confused.
Thank you Candace!!
I walked into my now 15 year old daughters room and told her what you accomplished today and she was soo happy for you.
She also was a victim at the young age of 9 and received her victory by helping in sending her molester (ex elder) to prison.
My favorite quote of all...
You did something!!!
