Also, the watchtower was filing for a motion for summary judgement because of statute of limitations. In the depositions of Mr Lopez, he admitted that he knew he suffered from harm when he was in his teens which would mean that the statute of limitations would start to count down from his 18th birthday and which would mean he couldn't state a claim.
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Jehovah's Witnesses to settle sex-abuse case - San Diego Reader (California, US), Friday, January 12, 2018
by darkspilver injehovah's witnesses to settle sex-abuse case - san diego reader (california, us), friday, january 12, 2018.
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Jehovah's Witnesses to settle sex-abuse case - San Diego Reader (California, US), Friday, January 12, 2018
by darkspilver injehovah's witnesses to settle sex-abuse case - san diego reader (california, us), friday, january 12, 2018.
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John Davis
During the Padron Appeal it was made that there is about 1000 files from 2000 till October of 2017. Those are the files that are in dispute within that case.
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Jehovah's Witnesses to settle sex-abuse case - San Diego Reader (California, US), Friday, January 12, 2018
by darkspilver injehovah's witnesses to settle sex-abuse case - san diego reader (california, us), friday, january 12, 2018.
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John Davis
It was settled back in December. That is when the court put the case on hold pending settlement.
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Reveal- Trey Bundy: New documents about Jehovah’s Witnesses’ sex abuse begin to leak out
by AndersonsInfo innew jehovah's witnesses document dump provides a grim play-by-play of how the religion deals with sexual abuse.
https://www.revealnews.org/blog/new-documents-about-jehovahs-witnesses-sex-abuse-begin-to-leak-out/.
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John Davis
Flipper:
If you feel that there should be laws that keep convicted pedophiles away from all children then you need to not speak on here you need to write your law makers to make laws like that, but you cannot expect people to enforce a nonexistent law. Even now there are people who date and marry known pedophiles and some of these people have children prior to them forming these relationships. And yes there are some professions where convicted child molesters are not allowed to work in even if an employer is willing to hire them, but those types of professions are few. And certainly one of those professions is not being a door to door solicitor, residential installer or other professions that puts a person in the home of someone else even if they are children in the home. If you order cable do you ask the cable company if their installer that they are sending you has ever been accused of child molestation or when you call for a plumber do you do a full criminal background check on the person in order to ensure he hasn’t been arrested for a sex offense.
And yes I agree my thoughts on the fact that the court was made aware of the abuse during the restraining order is just speculation but it is educated on the facts of how to get a restraining order in Massachusetts. To get a permanent restraining order you have to show good cause and if someone wants to show good cause what better information to present to the court than the accusation of child molestation against you by that person.
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Reveal- Trey Bundy: New documents about Jehovah’s Witnesses’ sex abuse begin to leak out
by AndersonsInfo innew jehovah's witnesses document dump provides a grim play-by-play of how the religion deals with sexual abuse.
https://www.revealnews.org/blog/new-documents-about-jehovahs-witnesses-sex-abuse-begin-to-leak-out/.
by trey bundy / january 10, 2018 .
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John Davis
There is a problem though when people just dump documents with no context or research behind the posting of these kinds of documents.
First, there are questions related to privacy that both the victims and third parties and even the suspected perpetrator has. Even though the names have been redacted it is easy for people to surmise who these people are and can cause additional emotional pain and distress for all those parties. Look at the ARC they only released the documents that were part of one case because they had communicated with the harmed woman, she gave them testimony and I would assume they communicated with her before releasing those documents. This would grant the victim an opportunity to decide if they want people to know the story or not. And yes even the accused perpetrator has rights not for certain information to be let out that he doesn’t want out or that is not put out through legal means.
Second, these documents have not been authenticated nor is it possible to know if these are all of the documents or contains all the facts known by all the parties. In court a lawyer cannot just introduce documents into evidence no matter how accurate or damning they maybe. Evidence can only be introduced after it is presented to witnesses for that information to be authenticated and for context to be given. Even in this case there is no documents as to communication with the legal department which would be the department that would give legal advice on if and when communication needs to be reported to the authorities.
Third, I understand that people have a problem with the fact that he was reinstated and allowed to go door to door, but that is his right to practice his religion. Just because someone has committed a vial act doesn’t mean that they have given up their rights as a human. Yes, he may reoffend in the future but we as a society don’t punish people for future crimes, we can only punish people for things that they have actually committed.
Fourth, is this thought that the authorities were never notified when it is certainly possible for one to surmise that authorities were notified. In the documents it speaks to a restraining order that was granted to one of the victims against the perpetrator. In order to receive a restraining order from a judge the victim of the abuse would need to explain to why that person is in potential harm and that the court would be required to curtail another person’s rights. The victim would have to explain what happened to her and why she feels that her father is still a danger to herself and her husband. Also it is impractical for anyone to expect a private organization to enforce a restraining order, it is up to the person who has the restraining order along with the police to enforce it, not for other people too.
I know I am going to take a lot of flak for my thoughts and certainly this should have been handled better by Watchtower, but it is also looking at the different sides of this matter.
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San Diego: Osbaldo Padron v Watchtower
by wifibandit inhttp://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2016/apr/24/ticker-tough-build-jehovahs-witness-sex-abuse-case.
tough to build jehovah's witness sex-abuse case.
11. without documents, says plaintiff, he can’t get justice.
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John Davis
The court of appeals has issued the remittitur today in this case. That is the official paperwork to send the case back down to the lower trial court.
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What Will The Future Hold For Jehovah's Witnesses
by VW.org inas descibed by the title here is a link to reddit of a what i believe is a powerful post with heaps of information.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/7ovq5o/watchtowers_decline_what_will_the_future_hold_for/?utm_source=reddit-android.
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John Davis
ToesUp: Probably a lot. But how many have actually been lost by Watchtower around the world. Probably none or very very few of them.
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2018 Conventions
by LogansRun indid they release the 2018 district convention dates and cities yet, i checked the jw website and it only mentions windsor ca for the region of the usa i was curious about.
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John Davis
Some dates and locations are up but not all as of yet. They probably won't put all up until a week or two. That will just make sure that congregations have had their official announcements before it is posted on jw.org
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George Lucas tinkering with Star Wars films
by LoveUniHateExams injust thought i'd start a thread about lucas revisiting star wars films and making new edits - for better or for worse.. first off, let me say that george lucas has a tremendous imagination and star wars (1977), also known as episode 4: a new hope, and the empire strikes back (1980) - episode 5 in the franchise - are two of my favourite films.
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as progress has been made in special effects, including the development of cgi, it makes sense for lucas to go back and retouch the spaceships, laser blasts and light sabres, improving what was 70s and 80s effects.. but i feel that lucas' tinkering has been a mixed bag - some have been bad choices, some unnecessary and others have been good.. what do you think ... .
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John Davis
Doesn't Disney own the franchise now and Lucas as no dealings with the company or the properties anymore?
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My father also molested my DAUGHTER!
by alamb inneeding advise.
i was on here years ago fighting for custody of my daughters.
the court gave us a joint arrangement.
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John Davis
Utah law is actually very fascinating. In the civil statute, it says that a civil action can be brought upon someone that negligently permitted the sexual abuse to occur. Though with two very important caveats.
1st it says that it has to be a living person. Which means that I don't think you could even sue an organization as that organization is a living person.
2nd that for the person to qualify to engage negligently it requires that the person knows or would have known that the abuse is occurring but it doesn't mean that everyone can be apart of this class. The law states the relations to the child that the person has to be in order for them to be negligent. It requires that they be related in specific ways or that person has to cohabitate with the child when the abuse occurs.