Russell has been accused of molesting Rose Ball over the years. Rose did not come to live with them till she was fourteen years of age. In the trial to which you refer, Mrs Russell was refering to a later time when Rose was 24 years of age. There is no written evidence or court testimony to indicate Russell molested Rose as a child. Many have misinterpeted the court testimony to mean just that, not so if you confirm the time period referred to by Mrs. Russell in the Court transcripts. While Russel had many faults, there is no evidence to date to show he was a child molester. Mrs. Russell and Mr. Russell had a celebate marriage.
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Charles Russell a Child Molester?
by LFitzwater ini recall reading a couple years back, some court documents posted on an ex-jw site that stated that charles taze russell was accused by his wife (at their divorce hearing) of sexually abusing a girl that they had taken in to their home.
does anyone have any information on this?
or know where i can find this again?
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Just Saw StarWars Episode II
by Reborn2002 inonly one word is sufficient to describe this film =.
it is not religious persecution for an informed person to expose publicly a certain religion as being false, thus allowing persons to see the difference between false religion and true religion.
wt 11/15/1963 page 688 paragraph 3
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This movie sucked big time!
There I said it, all that waiting and hype?
Those duds who waited in line for five months? boy they look even dumber now.
I lasted for the first 30 minutes, kept falling asleep. The worst acting, worst script, worst directing, crappiest flying car chase scene, (falling 1000 feet then saying ho hum glad you caught me, TWICE?)Then there was the Porter girl, pretty but please don't pretend to be an actress, I guess they thought hairdos would compensate. It did not work. When her friend/lookalike is blown to hell, along with her space ship, she has an appointment in 5 minutes and some how she manages to get cleaned up and have a four hour hairdo that looks like a peacock having an orgasm on top of her head. I thought it was a comedy for a minute there. Why does she walk like she is killing roaches? Why couldn't the wormy thingys killed her in the first part of the movie, it would have been a mercy killing.
Bad movie, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, MOVIE. Not only is the concept worn to a frazzel but they are so busy trying to create effects they forgot to make a movie. Who the hell thought up those names, a kindergarten class? bobo jojo momo dingding ling ling, GOD! let this dog die please!
Insomnia, is good not great, Why? Fingernails.... and I will leave it at that.
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Diane Wilson
by messenger in.
http://audio.netradiolive.com:8080/ramgen/meria/sunday052602.rm.
today there was an interview with diane wilson who wrote "awakening of a jehovah's witness,escape from the watchtower society" along with gerald bergman, phd.. it's an awesome expose of the jw's and i think you will enjoy it.
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. http://audio.netradiolive.com:8080/ramgen/meria/sunday052602.rm
Today there was an interview with Diane Wilson who wrote "Awakening of a Jehovah's Witness,Escape From the Watchtower Society" along with Gerald Bergman, PhD.
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Brother Longo Speaks
by messenger inhttp://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?id=46070.
christian longo writes to family friends from jail .
newport - from his cell in the lincoln county jail, christian longo has been writing letters to family friends, not admitting his guilt outright, but describing his actions last december.. "he said..."i picked the wrong reasons and i might have done something wrong, but i did do things for a reason and we were the happiest we'd ever been for the last year that she was alive," says longo's brother-in-law mark baker.. longo, accused of killing his wife mary jane and their three children last december along the oregon coast, was found by mexican authorities and fbi agents at a resort beach camp near cancun in january.. in his letters, baker says longo also mentions reuniting with mary jane and their children because of the couple's jehovah's witness faith in everlasting life.. "he says they'll be back together someday," says baker.
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. http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=46070
Christian Longo writes to family friends from jail
NEWPORT - From his cell in the Lincoln County Jail, Christian Longo has been writing letters to family friends, not admitting his guilt outright, but describing his actions last December.
"He said..."I picked the wrong reasons and I might have done something wrong, but I did do things for a reason and we were the happiest we'd ever been for the last year that she was alive," says Longo's brother-in-law Mark Baker.
Longo, accused of killing his wife Mary Jane and their three children last December along the Oregon Coast, was found by Mexican authorities and FBI agents at a resort beach camp near Cancun in January.
In his letters, Baker says Longo also mentions reuniting with Mary Jane and their children because of the couple's Jehovah's Witness faith in everlasting life.
"He says they'll be back together someday," says Baker. "Man...it just made me sick when I heard that stuff."
Baker spoke to KATU News on the phone from his auto shop in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He says he was appalled when he learned Longo's attorneys asked the judge to throw out his case.
"I thought it was pretty ridiculous, and that they shouldn't even question something like that because of what's happened and the evidence and all they have against him," says Baker.
Mary Jane's family is still struggling to pay for a headstone to mark her grave and the graves of Sadie, Zachary and Madison.
Longo's lawyer files motion challenging death penalty
The attorney for accused killer Christian Longo asked a judge to throw out his aggravated murder case Wednesday, claiming the death penalty Longo could face is unconstitutional.The 28-year-old Longo is charged with seven counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of his wife and three small children. Their bodies were pulled from Oregon coastal waterways late last year. Longo was arrested in Mexico.
Longo's next court appearance is scheduled for early October, when more motions are expected and he likely will enter a plea.
The motion - common in capital cases - attacks the death penalty as an unconstitutionally flawed punishment that depends largely on the whims of prosecutors.
Lincoln County District Attorney Bernice Barnett says she expects the trial to begin next spring or summer.
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Requirements
by bchapp indoes anybody know where i can get a copy of the "require brochure?".
"if the truth hurts most of us so badly that we don't want it told,.
it hurts even more grievously those who dare to tell it.
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.www.silentlambs.org
Please review to see what Catholics and Jehovah's Witnesses have in common...
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No such thing as bad publicity
by DanTheMan inthe first rule of marketing is to keep your name in front of people.. the wt are skillful marketers.
if it weren't for the blood issue, shunning, neutrality, and unfulfilled armageddon dates, the wt would have disappeared into oblivion years ago.
take the 1975 issue for instance.
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JWs LOVE CRIMINALS
by messenger inand you wonder why pedophiles are never caught?.
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/130/metro/owners_of_van_company_saw_a_good_deed_go_bad+.shtml.
owners of van company saw a good deed go bad.
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. http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/130/metro/Owners_of_van_company_saw_a_good_deed_go_bad+.shtml
Owners of van company saw a good deed go bad
By Corey Dade, Globe Staff, 5/10/2002
eon and Lula Mae Johnson had run their children's shuttle service to meet the needs of working parents and, when they could, do God's work of helping people turn around their fortunes.
No one seemed more in need than Franklin Speed, who by age 27 had a long history of drug dealing, assault, and gun possession, but now wanted to follow a straighter path. Speed was about to be a father and wanted to make an honest living.
The Bible says a man deserves a second chance, the Johnsons, who are Jehovah's Witnesses, believe.
''We normally don't hire anyone with a criminal record. But I thought about that young judge on TV,'' said the company's owner, Leon Johnson, referring to Judge Greg Mathis, a gang member as a teen who was later elected to the bench in Detroit before starring in his own courtroom television show. ''Somebody gave him a chance. Somebody pulled him up.''
So Speed went to work for the Johnsons as a driver, but on his second day on the job, disaster struck.
A Johnson and Johnson Transportation Co. van, driven by Speed, careened across Cummins Highway in Roslindale and plowed into an oncoming car, killing Myrna Skerritt, 36, of Hyde Park, and her 19-month-old daughter Jaelle.
Today, 10 days after the accident, Speed is scheduled to appear in West Roxbury District Court, where a clerk-magistrate will decide whether to charge him with vehicular manslaughter.
If he is charged, prosecutors said, they could upgrade the alleged crime to felony manslaughter.
Overcome with shock and guilt, the Johnsons fear that their efforts to give someone a chance at redemption could be their undoing.
On Tuesday, as they sat in the dining room of their attorney's Dorchester home, they appeared fatigued and said they feel betrayed.
What the Johnsons had taken as honesty from Speed about his criminal past turned out to be only partly true. Speed had supplied documents indicating he had a clean criminal record since 1998, encouragement enough for the Johnsons that he had mended his ways.
In fact, his criminal record was spotless for nearly four years because he was behind bars at the time for assault with intent to kill, among other offenses. The Johnsons said Speed never told them he had been released from state prison six months before applying for the job.
''I wouldn't have hired him if I'd known he'd just come out of jail,'' Leon Johnson said.
As the Johnsons reflect on their decision to place children in the care of a habitual criminal who lacked a commercial driver's license, their business has stalled. Immediately after the accident, the Registry of Motor Vehicles seized the license plates of their fleet of five vans.
And the state Office of Child Care Services suspended Lula Mae Johnson's license to operate her at-home day care pending an investigation, though she said she had closed her business last year.
Several obstacles confront the Johnsons' return to business. Only three of their five vans had the school bus plates necessary for vehicles to legally carry children. Some of the vans lack flashing lights or ''School Bus'' markings the state requires. The Registry of Motor Vehicles has started inspecting the Johnsons' vans.
Looming is a wrongful death lawsuit expected to be brought by Dalton Skerritt, the widower of Myrna Skerritt and Jaelle's father, which could endanger the family's personal assets. There is also the possibility of criminal charges.
The Suffolk district attorney's office is considering impaneling a grand jury to determine if Johnson and Johnson Transportation Co. can be held criminally responsible for the accident.
After his auto parts business failed, Leon Johnson started his transportation company eight years ago out of the family's Mattapan home. From transporting about 20 children a week, Johnson and Johnson expanded to 80 children.
Police are still trying to dermine the cause of the accident. Investigators also are inspecting the Ford van Speed was driving the morning of May 1. Skerritt died at the scene. Jaelle, strapped in a car seat, died the next day at Children's Hospital.
By coincidence, Lula Mae Johnson happened past the accident scene and spotted the red van, flipped onto its side. She thought the van looked familiar but didn't have time to stop because she had children to drop off. ''I saw a baby chair and somebody was standing over the seat,'' she said. ''I assumed they were giving CPR because that's the way we would do it.''
Lula Mae Johnson picked up her cellphone and contacted her husband, suggesting that he check the whereabouts of his other vans.
''I picked up the two-way radio and I started calling for Mr. Speed to pick up,'' said Leon Johnson, who was behind the wheel of another van. When Speed didn't answer, ''I just had a gut feeling that it's got to be my van,'' he said.
Johnson hurried to Cummins Highway. He asked Speed how he had lost control of the van. ''He said he really didn't know,'' Johnson said. ''Then he started saying something about how the brakes were bad,'' he said. ''I know the brakes weren't bad because my daughter drove it the night before.''
On Monday, Skerritt, a former nurse and native of Arquin, Haiti, and Jaelle were buried in Fairview Cemetery in Hyde Park.
Dalton Skerritt has hired Boston attorney Daniel P. Munnelly and has refused interview requests. Through Munnelly, Dalton Skerritt released a statement on Tuesday saying, ''persons responsible for taking the life of my wife and daughter will be brought to justice.''
''I want to know why an improperly licensed operator and vehicle was on the road,'' the statement said. ''I want to know how children's day care and children's transportation businesses can operate without background checks and oversight. I want to know why this happened.''
Even though he isn't legally required to do so, Johnson said he has all job applicants provide state criminal background checks. The criminal search on Speed revealed only a fraction of his more than 20 convictions, the earliest from a pair of drug cases when he was 17. The list, reviewed by the Globe, showed the most recent assault conviction in 1998, but omitted the four-year sentence he received.
However, a separate criminal background check requested by the Globe from the state showed all his convictions and his most recent incarceration.
''Why wouldn't they give us that on the record?'' said Lula Mae Johnson. ''There was no way for us to know.''
Before hiring him, Leon Johnson said he sat with Speed and ''talked with him a long time. His girlfriend was having a baby. He said he changed in four years, was getting himself together. He mentioned no one was giving him a chance.''
Speed was hired for a 90-day probationary period, though he didn't have the necessary 7D license for transporting children. State law mandates employers to ensure drivers possess the license before taking the wheel. Johnson said he expected Speed to obtain the license in his first three months on the job. Drivers also are supposed to be certified in CPR.
The Johnsons said they didn't know if Speed had such training.
Corey Dade can be reached at [email protected].
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Church of Nativity Burns, No Christian Outcry?
by Valis inwell, now that yasser has left, there's fires burning around the church of the nativity.
one question i have is, where is the outcry from all those that believe jesus was born there and it is indeed a holy site?
i would think they would be up in arms...some literally.
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The Org cracks down on the Apostle AK...
by TheApostleAK inbeen going to all the meetings lately and have hardly been shunned (they haven't made the announcement yet).. they've now made sure that i can't get magazines/literature anymore as they canceled my wt/awake order and they canceled literature that i had on order.
they said (elders) that it's society policy.. should the apostle kick up a stink??.
from ak
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The current ruling is you can only obtain campaign literature at the counter. That is any literature that is offered to the public. On the other hand you cannot obtain certain literature that is considered for JW's only. For example the cd, bound volumes, concordance, etc. Typically you go to an elder who will authorize the transaction but you will not be able to obtain quantity, usually only one of each. After this is established you then can usually just go to the counter and get the basics. If the elders denied you this they went to far.
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you want to make a million $ by friday? SYN
by one inall you have to do is take a few days off from work, the rest is a piece of cake.
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