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  BBC Radio 4. 14th February 2016. ''Sunday'' program with article on Witnesses and child abuse.

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the sunday programme investigates allegations that the jehovah's witness ordered the destruction of documents that could be used during the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse.

  was this in contravention of section 21 of the inquiries act 2005 which is punishable by imprisonment?.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0709v34.

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  Landy

  I think the combination of the CC investigation and this inquiry is enough to make the UK branch quite nervous at the moment

  I certainly hope so. And yes, I suspect a lot of their internal legal advice may well be second rate.

  
  
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  Why I think the J.W. Religion will be around for a long time yet.

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  on the one hand , if their is a disaster , a natural occurrence such as an earthquake , tsunami , tornadoes etc, the witness armageddon barometer kicks in .many fence sitters , relatives etc.

  flock to the nearest k.h.

  for a time.. on the other hand ,.

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  Landy

  It would be interesting to see what tne average age demographic has been over the last 50 years.
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  BBC Radio 4. 14th February 2016. ''Sunday'' program with article on Witnesses and child abuse.

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the sunday programme investigates allegations that the jehovah's witness ordered the destruction of documents that could be used during the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse.

  was this in contravention of section 21 of the inquiries act 2005 which is punishable by imprisonment?.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0709v34.

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  Just a thought, I need to wander off and check the OIC site to see whether JW congos are registered ...

  It would be interesting to know - remember they are classed as non-profit whch can mean exemption (in tne uk).
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  Going to listen in on the meeting today...just for fun

  by Freeandclear in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so real quick.

  i'm df'd, also awake to ttott, no desire to go back but of course i still have unresolved issues.

  so i think i'm going to listen in today just to see how things are at my old hall..... should be sickening....er i mean "encouraging"

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  Landy

  Consider it a lucky escape ahd the chance to spend an hour doing something useful!
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  BBC Radio 4. 14th February 2016. ''Sunday'' program with article on Witnesses and child abuse.

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the sunday programme investigates allegations that the jehovah's witness ordered the destruction of documents that could be used during the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse.

  was this in contravention of section 21 of the inquiries act 2005 which is punishable by imprisonment?.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0709v34.

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  Landy

  And I still think that such a request from the Borg stems from the desire to avoid litigation, avoiding the Org being sued is their only concern, the poor victims can go jump off a cliff as far as "God's Organization" is concerned.

  
  

  I don't disagree with any of that - it's still something they've always done and not in particular a response to Goddard.
  
  
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  Richard Dawkins has had a Stroke

  by cofty in

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  2. current

  he is back home and making god progress.. he has issued an audio statement here....

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  SBF

  1) It may be enlighting to some, but that's beside the point.

  2) His life is probably of value to his family. The fact it's dawkins is irrelevant - it could be anyone. The basic tenets of human decency allow us to pause for a just a moment and wish anyone a speedy recovery - whether it's the bloke next door, the president of the US, or dawkins. The fact that some disliked it says a lot more about them than it does about dawkins.
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  The WTBTS' Webmaster Caught In Another Lie!

  by JW GoneBad in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  wt's i. t. personnel have no shame putting this content into their website.

  in the 'frequently asked questions about jehovah's witnesses' section of their website the following appears: .

  how do you know how many are actively witnessing?.

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  Landy

  As our COBE commented during a WT study meeting.
  "Not turning in your service time is worse than watching extreme pornography."

  He probably speaks from lots of experience.
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  BBC Radio 4. 14th February 2016. ''Sunday'' program with article on Witnesses and child abuse.

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the sunday programme investigates allegations that the jehovah's witness ordered the destruction of documents that could be used during the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse.

  was this in contravention of section 21 of the inquiries act 2005 which is punishable by imprisonment?.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0709v34.

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  Landy

  Incredible to think that Watchtower gave the order to all congs to destroy a lot of their data AFTER a letter had been sent by the Goddard enquiry not to destroy data that may relevant to the enquiry. It once again shows their complete lack of compliance when it comes to such genuine enquiries and a complete disregard to victims of child abuse.

  I was one of the ones that defended the WT due to to believing that they were acting within the rules of the DPA. Now I'm not so sure they are bound by the DPA or that the data they hold is notifiable.

  I stil think that asking the BOEs to destroy personal notes is a routine request - nothing to do with deliberately hushing up child abuse cases but, if they did receive a request from the enquiry then they should have sent out letters to the BOEs telling them to preserve any material relevant to any abuse allegations.

  I hope Goddard does get involved and asks them some robust questions and where appropriate take legal action against the WTS and against the individual BOEs.
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  Richard Dawkins has had a Stroke

  by cofty in

  1. social
  2. current

  he is back home and making god progress.. he has issued an audio statement here....

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  Landy

  I didn't comment that people hadn't liked it. I didn't 'like' it (and fwiw have never yet and never plan to click 'dislike' on any post (except perhaps by accident on the ipad)) - my comment was to those who had actively chose to dislike it.

  Nowt as queer as folk.
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  JW Teacher Sues School District For Being Fired Over Valentin's Day

  by Bangalore in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://dailycaller.com/2016/01/25/suit-teacher-sacked-for-not-throwing-valentines-day-party/.

  a former public elementary school teacher who is a jehovah’s witness has filed a lawsuit against the suburban detroit school district where she used to work because, she claims, school officials ordered her to organize a classroom valentine’s day party and then sacked her because she refused.. people who belong to the jehovah’s witnesses, a millenarian christian sect, do not celebrate valentine’s day.

  thus, the teacher, yvonne lemmons, is suing for religious discrimination, reports michigan live.. the defendant in the lawsuit is the southfield public school district in southfield, mich.. lemmons, 56, says in her lawsuit that she had been a fourth-grade teacher at macarthur university academy, a public magnet school, for 10 years and had faced no issues concerning her religious beliefs prior to the valentine’s day party kerfuffle..

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  Landy

  I somehowhow get the impression there's more to that story then the headline.