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  Lawsuit Settlement Amounts

  by Richard Oliver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i have a legitimate question and i am not trying to start a fight.

  i keep reading that there were 6 child abuse lawsuits that settled for 13 million dollars.

  how do people like barbara anderson or jwsurvey or jwfacts come up with this number?

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  truthseekeriam

  Why does the amount matter to you?

  The fact they have to pay anything at all proves their wrongdoing and failures to the victims.

  This is a victory and something they would have never got had they not fought for it
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  Guys ... Be honest here ... Do you ever Pee in the bathroom sink

  by RubaDub in

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  2. friends

  last month i got caught by my wife after a late night out with her (and some drinks).

  i guess i am evil.. just wondering if anyone else has had this misfortune.. rub a dub.

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  truthseekeriam

  I will definitely be looking at my sinks in a different light. Thanks for the warning..lol
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  UK Daily Mirror: Girl who was abused by dad for 5 years asked JWs for help - but got molested by church elder too

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this is from the website of the daily mirror - a british 'mass-market' red-top tabloid.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/daily_mirror.

  in the words of simon: "peers morgan was editor of the mirror and forced to resign after they published faked photos alleging that british soldiers were abusing iraqi's (around the time of ahu ghraib).

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  truthseekeriam

  What a very brace woman!! I truly hopes she finds peace by speaking out and openly sharing her truth.
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  Australia Take 5: “I was sexually abused by a JW elder as a child”

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  take 5 is a popular weekly 'women's magazine' based in australia.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/take_5_(magazine).

  the following 1,100 word story is from their website - don't know if it's in the printed version.....take 5, may 5, 2017.

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  truthseekeriam

  One never knows what will trigger PTSD. My daughter was watching a film in one of her college classes that send her into a panic attack. It's sadly something that you just have to live with when you suffered trauma.
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  Would You EVER Go Back To Being A Jehovah's Witness?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i could never understand why some people who know the truth about the "truth" ever go back.

  once you understand all the hypocrisy and negatives, i would think it's almost impossible to go back!.

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  truthseekeriam

  The thought actually triggers my gag reflex.

  I could never ever put myself in the position of village idoit ever again!!
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  A major misadventure!

  by Bungi Bill in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi, everyone.. i haven't posted here much in quite a while, but having just been laid low by injury, i'll likely be a frequent visitor for some time to come!.

  two weeks ago, i was involved in a workplace accident that left me with my lower l.h.

  leg fractured in three places (the tibia and fibular both broken clean through, plus another crack in the "neck" of the fibular for good measure!

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  truthseekeriam

  Sounds a lot like my sons injuries. He was in a motorcycle accident a couple of weeks ago and fractured both his tibia and fibula on one leg and several tears of ligaments on the other. He also got the rod driven down the tibia and will have months of no weight bearing on either leg.

  I know you pain:( My son was telling me those kayaking commercials never looked so good now that he can only go from his bed to his wheelchair.

  I wish you a speedy recovery!
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  Day 2 - Fessler vs. Watchtower – Thomas Jefferson Jr takes the stand in Jehovah’s Witness Child Abuse Trial

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  day two (wednesday 8 february 2017).

  see also posts and threads regarding: pre-trial / day one / day one update / day five (last day, settlement).

  jefferson: not totally.. zeff: okay.

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  Thank you so much for filling us all in on what happened in the courtroom John Redwood.

  I hope Fessler is able to start the healing process knowing she won't have to deal with those WT lawyers anymore. I'm really happy for her.

  I'm pretty sure if it would have went to a jury to decide the WT would be paying hugely *voice of creepy Trump*!! But then she would have to go through the years of appeals which keeps it going on and on. I wish her all the best.
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  one thing about all these pedophiles cases i cant understand is..

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  as a parent, if it was my kid i would go straight to the police and or beat the living shit out of the perpetrator.

  were all these parents of the victims brain dead or that indoctrinated?.

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  As a parent that has been in that situation I'll tell you that your natural reactions are muffled the moment you make that call to the elders...which by the way, you will. It's what you've been taught it's what has been ingrained in your mind over and over again.

  While we went against the grain and called the police first being the rebels we were (I guess) the moment the elders came into the picture we immediately knew we did the wrong thing, maybe not in words as much as in actions.

  I will honestly admit shamefully at that point that I felt extremely guilty for doing the right thing. I knew at that moment I was choosing my child over my religion and I knew what that would lead to. It really was two deaths at the same time! Death of my child's innocence and death of my faith in the religion I had spent most of my life in.

  The pain, tears, stress, and fight has been completely overwhelming at times, while I would never change the choices we made I can't judge those who didn't have the fight in them. It's hard to understand if you've never been in such a horrible situation.
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  Day 1 - Fessler vs. Watchtower – Opening Statements and Motions in Jehovah’s Witness Child Abuse Trial

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  news bulletin: fessler versus watchtower – opening statements and motions in jehovah’s witness child abuse trial – day 1. .

  posted on february 12, 2017. city hall, philadelphia, pennsylvania.

  on a cold philadelphia morning the 7th of february, 2017, stephanie fessler walked into the court of common pleas of pennsylvania, first judicial district, civil trial division.

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  truthseekeriam

  Thank you for the update.

  Sounds like this will be a really interesting case. I hope Stephanie Fessler is holding up well, I know how stressful these proceedings are.
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  Stephanie Fessler v Watch Tower - Trial on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 in Pennsylvania

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://avoidjw.org/2017/02/stephanie-fessler-v-watch-tower/.

  stephanie fessler v watch tower.

  stephanie fessler was brought up as a jehovah’s witness by her parents, jodee and kevin.

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  truthseekeriam

  It's completely disgusting that the elders nor the parents reported this abuse!!

  I understand the pressure they put on you is overwhelming...but where does common decency come in?? How does their so called high moral standards get ignored?

  My thoughts are with Stephanie as she faces those who failed her in such a horrible way. My hopes are that her experience empowers her and she knows within herself no matter the outcome she is doing the right thing.

  One step at a time, one case at a time... always remember we are not in a race but in a marathon. One day soon, changes will happen, not because they finally decided to do the right thing but because all those that have stood up and faced these abusers made them!