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  Another shocking JW Abuse case, with Legal Commentary

  by Phizzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  "16 april 2020 | comment | article by alan collins.

  jehovah’s witness elder sentenced to nine years in prison for sexual abuse.

  jehovah’s witness elder, clifford whiteley, has been sentenced to nine years in prison at the birmingham crown court for sexual abuse offences he committed against a child member of the congregation over ten years ago.. mr whiteley initially denied the offences to the police, despite the fact that he had admitted his guilt during an internal investigation of the jehovah’s witnesses.. during court proceedings, mr whiteley’s defence counsel, sharon bailey, stated that the jehovah’s witnesses refused to disclose the details of his confession to the police.

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  Biahi - "...Soon, no one will want to be an elder..."

  Which, in turn, forces the Org higher-ups to scrape the bottom of the barrel even deeper just to find qualified guys willing to "reach out"...
  

  ...in effect, lowering the ethical standards required for congregation leaders...

  ...which, in turn, can't help but further reduce the overall quality of congregation leadership...

  ...thus alienating even more decent, sincere rank-and-filers...

  ...which, in turn, even further reduces the pool of available and qualified guys willing to "reach out".

  A vicious cycle.

  Ten bucks says the GB is viewing the Covid-19 shutdown as a fucking God-sent reprieve, for all kinds of reasons.
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  700 million laundered funds by Watchtower to avoid sex lawsuit payment?

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  based on a daily telegraph article : jehovah's witnesses accused of selling off assets and moving cash to avoid sex abuse compensation

  watchtower has 800 charities in australia and australian law says they don't have to report assets below 1 million .

  doesn't this imply watchtower can have in excess of 700 million laundered funds?

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  Vidiot

  Revenue agencies might notice and care...

  ...they're being cut out, after all.

  
  
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  Overlapping Generation

  by pandorasbox1914 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the september 2015 broadcast had david splane explain matthew 24:34 “truly, i say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place”.

  his explanation of this scripture was by means of a chart to indicate an overlapping generation.. .

  no scripture was used to show the overlapping generation concept, and as a result it makes no sense.. to illustrate how crazy this concept is, look at the lyrics of the song my generation.. my generation.

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  slimboyfat - "...Maybe the idea is not even meant to be understood, it’s a paradoxical kōan-type test of JW ability for mental gymnastics while attempting to remain sane."

  That's it, it's a litmus test!

  It's like how doofy Stephen Lett looks when he's on JWTV...

  ...only the most hard-core brainwashed loyalists could drink that guy's Kool-Aid and honestly want more.

  
  
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  700 million laundered funds by Watchtower to avoid sex lawsuit payment?

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  based on a daily telegraph article : jehovah's witnesses accused of selling off assets and moving cash to avoid sex abuse compensation

  watchtower has 800 charities in australia and australian law says they don't have to report assets below 1 million .

  doesn't this imply watchtower can have in excess of 700 million laundered funds?

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  Vidiot

  I gotta say, this is just about the dirtiest they've ever looked in the press.
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  Things are too quiet at Warwick (Bethel)

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i guess it's the covid-19 thing.

  but very little news from a couple of people i know well there.

  they can't leave the "compound" or much of anything else.

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  Also, has Top-Shelf Tony's whiskey stash run out yet?

  
  
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  Things are too quiet at Warwick (Bethel)

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i guess it's the covid-19 thing.

  but very little news from a couple of people i know well there.

  they can't leave the "compound" or much of anything else.

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  Vidiot

  Would it be wrong to kinda-sorta hope the virus is able to make its way to them?

  
  
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  Jehovahs Dodge Claim

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  "victims say cash moved offshore".

  i just thought you might be interested in how widespread this article has been taken up by the media in australia.. west australian newspaper , herald sun sunday victorian newspaper ,the daily telegraph n.s.w.

  newspaper,.

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  Vidiot

  BTW, Natalie O'Brien is my new favorite journalist.
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  Jehovahs Dodge Claim

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  "victims say cash moved offshore".

  i just thought you might be interested in how widespread this article has been taken up by the media in australia.. west australian newspaper , herald sun sunday victorian newspaper ,the daily telegraph n.s.w.

  newspaper,.

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  truth_b_known - "...the proceeds have been funneled elsewhere?"

  Sort of.

  A couple years back, WTHQ had the bulk of their money in Australia transferred overseas.

  There is no fucking way it was a coincidence.
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  Australia - Selling Off Assets

  by Pants of Righteousness in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this article seems to confirm what we already knew:.

  https://thewest.com.au/news/australia/jehovahs-witnesses-accused-of-selling-off-assets-and-moving-cash-to-avoid-sex-abuse-compensation-ng-08ffe6d55e293182580d9e34b4400088?transactionid=72145.

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  Not to mention that as soon as the Org's lawyers start whining that doing so will put the WTS in "financial distress" or somesuch...

  ...the collective world's response will probably be somewhere in the range of "seriously?", "so?", and "boo-fucking-hoo".

  And good luck spinning "paying back Caesar's things to Caesar" as "persecution".
  
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  Australia - Selling Off Assets

  by Pants of Righteousness in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this article seems to confirm what we already knew:.

  https://thewest.com.au/news/australia/jehovahs-witnesses-accused-of-selling-off-assets-and-moving-cash-to-avoid-sex-abuse-compensation-ng-08ffe6d55e293182580d9e34b4400088?transactionid=72145.

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  @ smiddy3...

  My favorite bit in the pic you just posted...

  "...the Federal Government would 'name and shame institutions and consider financial sanctions such as revoking charitable status' if they did not join the scheme."

  Can't help but wonder...
  

  ....just how financially dependent on its tax-exemption is the Org?...

  ...and if it gets pulled in Australia, how soon will the Org's other charity-status dominoes around the world start to fall?