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  Kingdom News No. 37 - What Absolutely Disgusting Hypocrisy!

  by Amazing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my first reaction to this little tract is that it is the same thing we left at the doors in the 1970s during blitz campaigns just before armageddon in 1975. yes, we were told that the end of false religion was extremely close, and that we were stepping up our preaching activity which we expected to bring on a major round of persecution.

  we were engaged in the final notification work of condemning false religion so that the few remaining sheep might get out of babylon the great just before the great tribulation was to start.. fast forward over 30 years: the jws are still blitzing the neighborhood with kingdom news tracts saying that the end of false religion is near.

  what a sad and cruel joke!

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  BTT
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  ALERT: NEW LAWSUIT settlement - $13 MILLION

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/135m-awarded-to-bible-teacher-gonzalo-campos-alleged-abuse-victim-jose-lopez-281031832.html.

  (published thursday, oct 30, 2014).

  thursday, oct 30, 2014 updated at 11:58 pm pdt.

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  Love this quote from Irwin Zalkin.

  "The emerging allegations have been compared to the Catholic Church clergy sex abuse scandal, with at least one major exception: “We were embroiled with a long slog with the Catholic Church around the country … but they accepted on some level that they committed these errors, that this was a problem,” said Lopez’s lawyer Irwin Zalkin, whose firm negotiated more than $200 million in settlements in Catholic abuse cases. “At least they said ‘mea culpa.’”

  The Jehovah’s Witnesses have not, he said.

  “These guys will deny and deny, they are belligerent, they are arrogant, they treat victims as adversaries,” Zalkin said. “This is not an organization that is ready to accept the reality of what they have been doing.”
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  Movie starring James Franco as familicidal ex-JW Christian Longo ready for release

  by wannabefree in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i see this movie has been finished and is waiting to be released.

  sick bastard.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/true_story_(film).

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  truthseekeriam

  Look forward to seeing it.
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  been fading for 2 years NOW I CAN LEAVE!

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the sexual abuse coverups are now getting traction.

  i can leave now without retribution from friends and family.

  i can simply say i will no longer represent an organization that protects pedaphiles as rampant as the catholic church!

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  Run don't walk!! Don't let them give you the lame excuses that they will undoubtably come up with I order to appease their own doubts.

  No excuse will ever help the countless victims, their lives are forever changed by not only the abuse but by the complete betrayal of the religion they trusted.
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  New ExJW here for the first time.

  by WideAwake7 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am here for the first time ...but have enjoyed reading others experiences that i feel i can relate too.

  i used to be an elder for more than 20 years .

  i have successfully faded with my wife and children.

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  truthseekeriam

  A warm welcome.

  I look forward to hearing your experience.
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  ALERT: NEW LAWSUIT settlement - $13 MILLION

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/135m-awarded-to-bible-teacher-gonzalo-campos-alleged-abuse-victim-jose-lopez-281031832.html.

  (published thursday, oct 30, 2014).

  thursday, oct 30, 2014 updated at 11:58 pm pdt.

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  So much gratitude for all your hard work Barbara.

  I agree this is a victory for all the victims of the WTS.
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  ALERT: NEW LAWSUIT settlement - $13 MILLION

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/135m-awarded-to-bible-teacher-gonzalo-campos-alleged-abuse-victim-jose-lopez-281031832.html.

  (published thursday, oct 30, 2014).

  thursday, oct 30, 2014 updated at 11:58 pm pdt.

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  truthseekeriam

  Watchtower issued this statement:

  "Jehovah's Witnesses will appeal the decision of a California judge in a case involving an alleged act of child abuse.
  
  The trial court judge rendered a multimillion-dollar damage award to a man who claims that he was molested once in 1986 by one of Jehovah's Witnesses who held no position of responsibility in the congregation. The trial court judge awarded $3 million in compensatory damages against Watchtower and added $10.5 million in punitive damages following a hearing at which Watchtower was barred from participating. Watchtower believes the appellate court will ultimately agree that the trial court abused its discretion by terminating its right to defend itself in this case."

  I really hate this religion!!!
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  $13.5 million to a San Diego man

  by truthseekeriam in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/135m-awarded-to-bible-teacher-gonzalo-campos-alleged-abuse-victim-jose-lopez-281031832.html#.

  the national organization for jehovah's witnesses was ordered to pay $13.5 million to a san diego man who says he was abused as a child by his bible teacher.

  nbc 7's rory devine reports on oct. 30, 2014.

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  By Jenny Day

  Story Published: Oct 31, 2014 at 9:01 AM PDT

  Story Updated: Oct 31, 2014 at 9:55 AM PDT

  A multi-million dollar settlement has been announced in a child sex abuse case. The abuse happened more than 25 years ago, but didn't come to light until recently.

  It was a seven-year-old and a minister. And for years, the Jehovah's Witnesses have been accused of covering up the crimes. At 10:30 Friday morning, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society - who oversees the Jehovah's Witnesses will pay this victim $13.5 million.

  This victim was a member of the Linda Vista Spanish Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses back in 1986.

  The minister of the bible study admitted to abusing children, but avoided prosecution by fleeing to Mexico.

  The victim's attorney says the church never reported it to police, and that there are more secrets to come.

  "This problem of childhood sexual abuse within the Jehovah's Witnesses organization is insidious and it is an epidemic."

  The attorney of the Watch Tower says Jehovah's Witnesses do not tolerate child abuse.

  Stay with www.sandiego6.com for updates. This story will also air on San Diego 6 News at 10 p.m.
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  ALERT: NEW LAWSUIT settlement - $13 MILLION

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/135m-awarded-to-bible-teacher-gonzalo-campos-alleged-abuse-victim-jose-lopez-281031832.html.

  (published thursday, oct 30, 2014).

  thursday, oct 30, 2014 updated at 11:58 pm pdt.

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  truthseekeriam

  By Jenny Day

  Story Published: Oct 31, 2014 at 9:01 AM PDT

  Story Updated: Oct 31, 2014 at 9:55 AM PDT

  A multi-million dollar settlement has been announced in a child sex abuse case. The abuse happened more than 25 years ago, but didn't come to light until recently.

  It was a seven-year-old and a minister. And for years, the Jehovah's Witnesses have been accused of covering up the crimes. At 10:30 Friday morning, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society - who oversees the Jehovah's Witnesses will pay this victim $13.5 million.

  This victim was a member of the Linda Vista Spanish Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses back in 1986.

  The minister of the bible study admitted to abusing children, but avoided prosecution by fleeing to Mexico.

  The victim's attorney says the church never reported it to police, and that there are more secrets to come.

  "This problem of childhood sexual abuse within the Jehovah's Witnesses organization is insidious and it is an epidemic."

  The attorney of the Watch Tower says Jehovah's Witnesses do not tolerate child abuse.

  Stay with www.sandiego6.com for updates. This story will also air on San Diego 6 News at 10 p.m.
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  $13.5 million to a San Diego man

  by truthseekeriam in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/135m-awarded-to-bible-teacher-gonzalo-campos-alleged-abuse-victim-jose-lopez-281031832.html#.

  the national organization for jehovah's witnesses was ordered to pay $13.5 million to a san diego man who says he was abused as a child by his bible teacher.

  nbc 7's rory devine reports on oct. 30, 2014.

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  http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/135M-Awarded-to-Bible-Teacher-Gonzalo-Campos-Alleged-Abuse-Victim-Jose-Lopez-281031832.html#

  The National Organization for Jehovah's Witnesses was ordered to pay $13.5 million to a San Diego man who says he was abused as a child by his Bible teacher. NBC 7's Rory Devine reports on Oct. 30, 2014. (Published Thursday, Oct 30, 2014) Thursday, Oct 30, 2014 • Updated at 9:46 PM PDT

  A $13.5 million judgment was awarded Wednesday to a San Diego man who says he was the childhood victim of “very aggressive abuse” at the hands of his Bible study teacher.

  Jose Lopez, now 35 years old, came forward as one of eight children who accuse Gonzalo Campos of sexually abusing them between 1982 and 1995, according to his lawsuit

  Campos served in the leadership of the Linda Vista Spanish Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses and Playa Pacifica Spanish Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Pacific Beach, Lopez’s attorney Irwin Zalkin told NBC 7.

  In about 1986, when Lopez was 7 years old, Campos was first introduced and portrayed to him as a fatherly figure who could teach him about the Bible

  Instead, the accused perpetrator used his position and time alone with Lopez to groom him, according to Zalkin.

  "After a period of grooming him, which Campos was very adept at, one day he took him and he seriously molested him in a private residence," he said

  The attorney believes Campos would take his victims to a home his mother cleaned in La Jolla.

  Although the alleged molestation happened on one occasion, the high amount awarded by a judge reflects the severe consequences Lopez has faced as a result, including post-traumatic stress disorder, addiction and trust issues, Zalkin explained.

  But the lawsuit does not seek damages from Campos himself, or even the Linda Vista congregation.

  Instead, it names the defendant as the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, the entity that oversees Jehovah’s Witness churches.

  Zalkin said $10.5 million of the amount was for punitive damages as a result of the Watchtower’s response to the Campos scandal.

  "Damages that reflect the reprehensible conduct of the Watchtower in how they covered this up for years and allowed multiple children to be injured,” said Zalkin. “They protected and harbored a criminal."

  The Watchtower told NBC 7 it plans to appeal the judgment, saying the award given after a hearing at which it was barred from participating.

  “Jehovah’s Witnesses abhor child abuse and strive to protect children from such acts,” the organization said in a statement. “The trial judge’s decision is a drastic action for any judge to take given the circumstances of the case. We will seek a full review of this case on appeal.”

  As for Campos, Zalkin said he is in Mexico, where he moved as soon as they started investigating this case.