A warm welcome.
I look forward to hearing your experience.
truthseekeriam
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New ExJW here for the first time.
by WideAwake7 ini 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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ALERT: NEW LAWSUIT settlement - $13 MILLION
by Watchtower-Free inhttp://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
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 inhttp://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 inhttp://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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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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ALERT: NEW LAWSUIT settlement - $13 MILLION
by Watchtower-Free inhttp://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 inhttp://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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truthseekeriam
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.
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What offense is listed on form?
by truthseekeriam ini was just wondering if anyone knows in the case where someone is actually disfellowshipped for molesting children what do they list?.
is it child molestation, loose conduct ??.
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truthseekeriam
It should be rape.
I was asking because I know of a creep who molested multiple children who many years later was disfellowshipped for loose conduct.
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Are you afraid something horrible will happen to you now you have left the Wt.
by Still Totally ADD ini remember many years ago we would talk about those who leave the org.
something bad will happen to them.
because god was mad at them for turning away from the wt.
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truthseekeriam
That's so funny because the only reason we may have problems after we leave is because of them, not because we left. It takes a while to get the cult out of you and in this process sure we may have problems.
Once you're finally free from their thinking it's all up hill, things get better and better...the real life begins:)
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What offense is listed on form?
by truthseekeriam ini was just wondering if anyone knows in the case where someone is actually disfellowshipped for molesting children what do they list?.
is it child molestation, loose conduct ??.
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truthseekeriam
I was just wondering if anyone knows in the case where someone is actually disfellowshipped for molesting children what do they list?
is it Child molestation, loose conduct ??
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Consider the "outcome" when elders apply the two-witness "rule"
by AndersonsInfo injehovahs witnesses two-witness rule is applied by elders when a witness member accuses another member of a sin, even if that sin is a criminal act.
if there arent two witnesses to the accusation, it goes nowhere, including not being reported to the authorities.
and in the case of an allegation of child abuse, the accused is free to molest again.. watchtower attorney, jim mccabe, recently stated this about jehovahs witnesses two-witness rule which he described as a bible-based belief :.
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truthseekeriam
Not only should parents go to police first, the org should make that very clear in their written publications. As things sit right now, more parents will go to the elders first because this is what they are taught. Sad, but true.