alanv, I am not so sure, they may very well Appeal, as the Judge said the WT of NY were vicariously liable. The powers that be in the U.S H.Q of the Jdubs will want that quashed, I would have thought.
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16Article: Jehovah's Witnesses leaders ordered to pay rape victim £62,000 damages
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/jehovahs-witnesses-leaders-ordered-pay-17661919.
jehovah's witnesses leaders ordered to pay rape victim £62,000 damages.
the woman was raped by a fellow jehovah's witness after going door-to-door evangelising near cardiff, glamorgan, 30 years ago, mr justice chamberlain heard.
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Why Are There So Many International Words to Poop and Pee?
by RubaDub inhere, in the us, we go to the "bathroom".
am i taking a bath?
we either poop or pee.. when we go to canada, we go to the "washroom".
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Phizzy
Thanks Rub, a truly funny guy !
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Richness of personality seems to work against spiritual-mindedness,
by snugglebunny inare you bland enough?
just incredible imho.
wt 63, 2/15.
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Phizzy
I have similar memories of some very colourful people Blues. I have observed that as the years have rolled on they are appointing more and more, and only it seems " little grey men". ( Yes men).
But the point made by the O.P was certainly valid in my case, I never wanted to be an Elder, but for a number of years the Body of Elders used to struggle with why they couldn't appoint me, and I am sure that my outspoken ways, and being a big personality regardless of Org rules were the only things they could find.
A number of Elders over the years struggled to explain to me the reasoning of the Body, not that I asked for reasons, I always said " I am happy to serve my Brothers as an M.S ", but then they would say all the things that made me "qualified" and wished I would " work toward being an Elder, one even said " We really need people like you to be an Elder". But my being a bit of a character must have saved me from that fate !
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Angel's Advocate
by Under No Illusion insooo.... i've been perusing recent topics for a few minutes and seeing pretty much the standard jw fare these days - scandals, abuse, bad behavior, cover ups, bullying, shunning, family splits, torturous extrications from a cult, mind control etc.. i started to try and think of anything the dubs were doing that was actually beneficial to mankind in any way, and i'm struggling.
without being facetious, wtf do they do to make anybody's life better?
help me out here.. pros.
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Phizzy
The only one I can think of that is very tenuous is : I know of three cases where had these individuals remained as Drug Addicts they would now be dead. But having said that, support from other Institutions is probably better, and effective in far more cases.
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Born-In Fading Out
by NC1998 ini was raised in it.
there were questions, but the psychological abuse prevented me from ever really getting answers.
i am naturally a logical thinker in spite of my decades of indoctrination, and my brain just never could get passed things that were glaringly huge issues.
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Phizzy
You are most welcome here, you will find any support and advice you need, and you will find real love, despite what you have been told about XJW's.
Many have walked the road that you have taken the first steps on, the Road to True Freedom, we are here for you,and I hope many many more like you.
It is not an easy Road to begin with, a bit like the " Narrow Way" that Jesus spoke of, but the going gets easier, and the rewards along the way are just tremendous !
Keep going, happiness and personal development and fulfilment are ahead !
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Things we should not have said,
by Phizzy indo any of you remember things you should never have said to a fellow j.w ?.
two of mine come to mind, one was when we were out in field circus one day and my companion was complaining of knee pain, he explained, " it has a crack in it ", i replied " that explains why my bum hurts, that's got a crack in it", the other one was when a guy showed me a chef's knife he had bought for chopping, and i said " i always wanted a big chopper ".. you ?.
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Phizzy
Do any of you remember things you should never have said to a fellow J.W ?
Two of mine come to mind, one was when we were out in Field Circus one day and my companion was complaining of knee pain, he explained, " It has a crack in it ", I replied " That explains why my bum hurts, that's got a crack in it", the other one was when a guy showed me a Chef's knife he had bought for chopping, and I said " I always wanted a big chopper ".
You ?
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Why Are There So Many International Words to Poop and Pee?
by RubaDub inhere, in the us, we go to the "bathroom".
am i taking a bath?
we either poop or pee.. when we go to canada, we go to the "washroom".
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Phizzy
" Going to turn my bike around".
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Jehovah's Witnesses commission secret report highly critical of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
by jwleaks inon 14 november 2018, australian-based barristers david bennett ac, qc and james gibson presented to watchtower australia and the jehovah’s witnesses organisation their commissioned review and opinion on the findings and recommendations of the royal commission into the institutional responses to child sexual abuse as it related to jehovah’s witnesses.. .
the review entitled “review of the commission’s investigation into jehovah’s witnesses and its ensuing reports” was divided into four parts, as follows:.
part one considered the history and powers of royal commissions in general.. .
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Phizzy
I think the JW Org will see it as money well spent, an "expert" Legal view, that they can quote to assure the faithful numbnuts JW's that the R.C was not conducted "properly".
The Report does not seem to really make any accusations that stand much scrutiny as to the conducting of the R.C.
Points like the R.C seemed to think it had carte blanch to investigate all Abuse cases within the J.W's ????? Well, I would criticise the R.C if it did not !
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Just saw this on Facebbok, by Barbara Anderson, Disfellowshiping cancelled by "worldly" Court !
by Phizzy inexcuse the translation to english not being perfect ,.
barbara anderson.
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Phizzy
Excuse the translation to English not being perfect ,
" IMPORTANT NEWS FROM ITALY in English
Posted Jan. 25, 2020 on a personal blog."HISTORICAL JUDGMENT IN ITALY- THE JUDGE OVERTURNS THE DECISION OF A JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES"
Perhaps what we will tell you is the first case in which the disfellowshipping of a Jehovah's Witness is canceled.
The lawyer Vito Pucci is a Jehovah's Witness who held high-level positions within this association.
For years he has also been a legal point of reference for the Italian Body of Jehovah's Witnesses.
It was until the requests for defense began to collide with his self and his morals, the way in which this institution asked to deal with the debates and the complaints about the crimes of pedophilia led him to make evaluations.
These evaluations and these choices cost him the expulsion or disfellowship that took place with a judicial committee (an internal body of Jehovah's Witnesses).
The Pucci thanks to his experience as a lawyer has appealed to the ordinary courts to invalidate the decision of the judicial committee.
The judge confirmed the argument of lawyer Pucci by effectively canceling that disfellowshipment, declaring it in fact illegitimate.
In the next few days, the lawyer Vito Pucci will explain the whole process he has undertaken.ATTENTION The court order referred to, dating back to June 2004 (almost sixteen years ago!) Was canceled by Judge Francesco Cassano with Ordinance of 6/12/04. The Cause continued until 19/5/2010, the date on which it was merged with the similar Cause promoted in 2005 by dr. Luigi Fallacara against the same legal entity Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses.
After years of postponements and negative judgments of the first, second and third-degree, in 2018 the Fallacara case finally came to the EUROPEAN HUMAN RIGHTS COURT based in Strasbourg. Even if exhausted by the lengths of the judgments indicated above, we are all waiting to know the date of the discussion and the consequent decision. Together with prof. adv. Nicola Cipriani, we are evaluating the opportunity to have the tens/hundreds of sisters and brothers illegally disfellowshipped and discriminated against intervening in the Cause.
-------The News is a personal blog, whose purpose is not only to report LOCAL - NATIONAL - INTERNATIONAL news and facts but also to comment on them freely and independently.
The in-depth blog/newspaper is enriched with increasingly professional figures for topics related to legality with the professional figure of Elda Laudisa, an expert lawyer in the field."
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Trailer for the Oxygen documentary exposing JW abuse coverup
by krismalone inhttps://relevantmagazine.com/culture/heres-a-trailer-for-a-new-documentary-about-a-jehovahs-witnesses-child-sex-abuse-cover-up/.
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Phizzy
I really hope this gets Worldwide coverage !