Just in case they don't know, maybe we should email them to let them know about the recorded testimony of the RC which has done all their work for them.
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Attorney General: JW congregation didn't report child abuse
by betterdaze indelaware attorney general: sussex co. jehovah's witnesses congregation didn't report child abuse.
by associated press 1:47pm, august 5, 2015. the delaware attorney general's office is suing a jehovah's witnesses congregation in sussex county, claiming that elders failed to report an unlawful sexual relationship between a woman and a 14-year-old boy, both of whom were congregation members.. oral arguments in the civil action are set for november.. authorities say elders learned in january 2013 that katheryn harris carmean white was having sex with the boy and failed to immediately call a child abuse hotline.. the congregation's attorney argues that the elders are protected by clergy privilege from the reporting requirements, similar to the confidentiality of a church confessional.. carmean white, who worked as a teacher's aide at seaford middle school, was later convicted of rape and child endangerment and sentenced to six years in prison..
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It's funny that he advises people to just be inactive. If an inactive menber is reported as attending another church, they will be disfellowshipped. So there is no way to leave the org and continue on a spiritual journey. Oh, and if you speak to anyone about your issues while inactive, you'd be disfellowshipped for apostasy. So, his defense of the harshness of the impossible choice still presents people with an impossible choice.
There is NO way to leave the org without famimy and friends cutting ties to you. This is evil.
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Jehovah Witness Wikapedia written by the same people who write the publications?
by thedepressedsoul ini took a look at the jehovah's witnesses wikipedia page for the first time and i couldn't help but notice it was worded very closely to how jw's publications are.
the good stuff seems to be very positive while the negative items seem to be very downplayed.
the talk of persecution is enough to get your average jw wet.
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Maybe it should be changed and the RC's page of evidenced linked as the source.
how in the world are they putting stuff on Wikipedia that isn't well sourced since we know that the policy manuals are confidential. I know anybody can write anything, but at the minimum, their statement that elders do report even in the case of one witness should be struck for lack of credible source. In fact, the actual source that can be linked without DMCA says otherwise.
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Attorney General: JW congregation didn't report child abuse
by betterdaze indelaware attorney general: sussex co. jehovah's witnesses congregation didn't report child abuse.
by associated press 1:47pm, august 5, 2015. the delaware attorney general's office is suing a jehovah's witnesses congregation in sussex county, claiming that elders failed to report an unlawful sexual relationship between a woman and a 14-year-old boy, both of whom were congregation members.. oral arguments in the civil action are set for november.. authorities say elders learned in january 2013 that katheryn harris carmean white was having sex with the boy and failed to immediately call a child abuse hotline.. the congregation's attorney argues that the elders are protected by clergy privilege from the reporting requirements, similar to the confidentiality of a church confessional.. carmean white, who worked as a teacher's aide at seaford middle school, was later convicted of rape and child endangerment and sentenced to six years in prison..
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1) JWs proudly proclaim they have no clergy like Cgristendom. Quite hypocritical to then claim rights specific to clergy as a defense. R&F (or should I say laity) should know just how the higher ups view themselves.
2) Confession is not the same as information arising during the conducting of a judicial meeting or investigation.
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ABC News in Australia looking to contact Geoffrey Jackson
by cognac inthis post was in the other thread about geoffrey being in australia.
thought it should have its own post.. urgent urgent urgent.
i am a producer at abc television in sydney.
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I am not in favor of this. regardless of the lack of humanity the GB has shown to those who have suffered under their rule, I still believe mercy should be shown to them individually. I will still feel sorry for him even if he has caused such pain to others. I am human and so is he. -
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RC: an emotional trigger?
by sparrowdown inis this rc triggering any painful memories for anyone else?
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for me, it's stirring up all the emotions of what it felt like dealing with assholes like this.
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This has been a cathartic event. I have become solidly convinced that any previous doubts I had regarding this organization as God's sole channel have been solidly proven. -
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Chant to Geoffrey J.
by JustVisting inhey, hey geoffrey j,.
will you testify today?.
hey, hey geoffrey j,.
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Don't bother him at this time. While the WT counsel's statement that he would not be useful is laughably ridiculous, he is attending to his dying father and we should have compassion for that. This is regardless of any compassion he has shown or lack thereof with regards to the policies he is implicated in. We should not be heartless nor inhumane in our pursuit of justice against those who may deny the same. Allow him to attend to his own issues. But he must ultimately answer for his involvement. -
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Spinks implied, by his comments about Korea and mentioning court cases of Human Rights, that perhaps the Royal Commission had better think long and hard before taking this " oh so loving" organization on....
Human Rights..... hmmmmm, what about the Human Rights of the victims???
Yes, it's a veiled threat to the commission. I'm certain the commission is smart enough to have perceived it as such and I hope they take them to task heartily for it.
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If they were interested in making real changes, they would be concerned with more than what their Australian branch can do. Of course, this is only to placate the Authorities in the only country with the balls to call them to task. What happens in other countries doesn't matter...status quo. They will only change where they have to since they don't really care about victims. -
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In light of Types and Anti types, Russell’s Prophecy nearly right.
by fadinfast inperhaps the closest he came to prophesying anything right, is his baby [the watchtower] grown up..
the term "babylonish.
the word babylonish, as we have frequently pointed out, signifies confusion.
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I do give the WT credit for teaching strong morals and a focus on the Kingdom. It seems like only in the last decade or so is there a revival in mainstream Christian thought of the Kingdom and, even more importantly, a Kingdom on Earth. Now, how we get to 2 hopes instead of the one hope is where they go off the rails. Well, one of the areas.