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  IICSA hearings on religious organizations begin 16 March

  by Corney in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (iicsa) is holding a public hearing in the child protection in religious organisations and settings investigation for the next two weeks.

  the provisional timetable for the first week was released today: https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/17795/view/2020-03-12-cpiros-public-hearing-week-one-timetable.pdf .

  five witnesses will testify on the jw issue next thursday, 19 march:.

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  Second thread: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5711078775324672/iicsa-hearings-resume-next-week
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  IICSA hearings resume next week

  by Corney in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (iicsa) will hold additional virtual public hearings in the child protection in religious organisations and settings investigation next week.. the timetable was released today: https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/20825/view/virtual-cpiros-timetable-week-3-10-august-2020.pdf .

  five witnesses will testify on the jw issue next monday and tuesday, 10 and 11 august:.

  - pr-a5, a victim abused by ministerial servant peter stewart;.

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  The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) will hold additional virtual public hearings in the Child Protection in Religious Organisations and Settings investigation next week.

  The timetable was released today: https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/20825/view/virtual-cpiros-timetable-week-3-10-august-2020.pdf

  Five witnesses will testify on the JW issue next Monday and Tuesday, 10 and 11 August:

  - PR-A5, a victim abused by ministerial servant Peter Stewart;

  - Sarah Davies and Duncan Corbett, on behalf of Ex-JW Advocates Opposing Crimes Against Children, "a group of survivors of child sexual abuse, former elders and former member activits, within Jehovah’s Witnesses religious organisations in the UK", and Lloyd Evans;

  - Paul Gillies, "the director of the Office of Public Information of the World Headquarters of Jehovah's Witnesses", on behalf of Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

  Hearings will be streamed online here: https://www.iicsa.org.uk/live

  https://www.iicsa.org.uk/news/inquiry-hold-further-public-hearing-child-protection-religious-organisations-and-settings

  Previous thread: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5193036790235136/iicsa-hearings-on-religious-organizations-begin-16-march
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  AUSTRALIA | 23 July 2020 - Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall bomber found guilty by Supreme Court

  by jwleaks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  leonard warwick has been found guilty for a number of bombings committed during the 1980’s, including the family court bombing and the jehovah’s witnesses casula congregation kingdom hall bombing on 21 july 1985 which killed the public speaker, graham wykes, and injured 13 others.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-23/leonard-warwick-family-court-bomber-found-guilty/12483286.

  side note: i have been closely following this story for 35 years now, including the past few years of supreme court hearings, much of which dealt with the jehovah’s witnesses kingdom hall bombing..

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  In case you want to learn more about this case, here is the (extremely lenghty) judgment: http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/nsw/NSWSC/2020/926.html

  Honestly, I'm shocked. Just think about this: five bombings took place in 18 months, including three targeting the judiciary and one targeting a church, but the police investigation was effectively stopped just two years after the latest bombing, in July 1987, and "[n]o further substantive investigations occurred until July 2013, when a decision was made by the Officer in Charge of the Unsolved Homicide team to commence a further investigation". Perhaps this 26-years-long delay wasn't entirely unreasonable, but it doesn't seem to be entirely reasonable too.

  And as the result, the case against Mr Warwick was pretty weak. His bloodstains were the only strong evidence against him. He was convicted of five crimes other than the Kingdom Hall bombing just because he had motives and no alibis. There was no proof of "any qualification or experience in dealing with explosives", the bombs had little in common, and despite at least four searches in the defendant's house conducted between 1980 and 1985, literally no physical evidence was found linking him to the crimes.

  To be fair, the judgment isn't unreasonable and makes sense but it seems to me that the defendant's guilt hasn't been proven beyond a reasonable doubt in respect of every charge. I still hope justice really has been served in this case, and he hasn't been wrongly convicted on any count..
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  Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue Owners of FaithLeaks for Posting 74 Convention Movies

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/jehovahs-witnesses-sue-faithleaks-owners-over-convention-videos .

  https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/05/01/jehovahs-witnesses-sue-owners-of-faithleaks-for-posting-74-convention-movies/.

  the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, which oversees the jehovah’s witnesses, is suing the truth and transparency foundation and its founders ryan c. mcknight and ethan g. dodge alleging copyright infringement..

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  The case has been settled: the defendants will never again publish copyrighted material owned by Watch Tower and will pay $15,000.

  https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.536399/gov.uscourts.nysd.536399.24.1.pdf

  https://www.truthandtransparency.org/press/2020/07/20/truth-transparency-settles-with-watch-tower

  https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2020/07/20/mormonleaks-founders-pay/
  
  
  
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  All Memorial Attendance Data

  by hipolito in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi friend.. i want to ask you to do me the next favor.. if any of you have the following data or file on the following topic: "all memorial attendance data from 1896 to 2016".. if one of you knows about it or has the file in excel, i will really appreciate it.. thank you..

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  Anders, thank you for the links!
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  Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue Owners of FaithLeaks for Posting 74 Convention Movies

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/jehovahs-witnesses-sue-faithleaks-owners-over-convention-videos .

  https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/05/01/jehovahs-witnesses-sue-owners-of-faithleaks-for-posting-74-convention-movies/.

  the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, which oversees the jehovah’s witnesses, is suing the truth and transparency foundation and its founders ryan c. mcknight and ethan g. dodge alleging copyright infringement..

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  Many old publications are available on the Internet Archive (for example, here: https://archive.org/download/WatchtowerLibrary).
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  Latest move by Kingdom Hall Trust in U.K current J.W Elders BEWARE!

  by Phizzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the latest instructions from the kingdom hall trust here in the u.k are very revealing, and current j.w elders need to beware !

  i will get to that in a minute.

  maybe in the usa and other countries too ?.

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  I'm not an expert on English tort law but I'm confident in my conclusions. KHT and other central entities (like CCJW and Watchtower Britain) are generally vicariously liable for elders' actions and omissions; see A v Watchtower and BXB v Watch Tower. NB: in both cases, Watchtower didn't try to throw congregations and their trustees (elders) under the bus - it actually agreed to satisfy any judgment against them, to pay for them (A, [4]; BXB, [1]).
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  Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue Owners of FaithLeaks for Posting 74 Convention Movies

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/jehovahs-witnesses-sue-faithleaks-owners-over-convention-videos .

  https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/05/01/jehovahs-witnesses-sue-owners-of-faithleaks-for-posting-74-convention-movies/.

  the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, which oversees the jehovah’s witnesses, is suing the truth and transparency foundation and its founders ryan c. mcknight and ethan g. dodge alleging copyright infringement..

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  In case you are not aware, Truth and Transparency Foundation aka FaithLeaks has surrendered to Watchtower, has deleted all JW files from its site, and is settling the case. Perhaps they were unable to raise enough funds or find a pro bono lawyer. It's difficult to blame them for this decision, except they probably could be more prudent from the beginning. The bad thing is that they aren't transparent on what they're going to do with the raised funds. I hope eventually this issue will be fixed.
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  Latest move by Kingdom Hall Trust in U.K current J.W Elders BEWARE!

  by Phizzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the latest instructions from the kingdom hall trust here in the u.k are very revealing, and current j.w elders need to beware !

  i will get to that in a minute.

  maybe in the usa and other countries too ?.

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  Quite clear, all responsibility for Safeguarding falls upon the Elders, this means I am sure, that the KHT cannot be Sued in Court for any case of Abuse

  You're wrong. The KHT and its corporate board aren't discharged from liability; delegation of power doesn't mean delegation of responsibility.

  Actually, nothing has changed. Congregation trustees were responsible for child safeguarding and were bound by "directions and guidances" of the branch office long before the reorganization.
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  Orange County, CA: New Case and New Legal Tactic

  by Corney in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  john roe 1 vs. defendant doe 1, congregation is a child sexual abuse case pending before the superior court of california, orange county (judge john c. gastelum).

  jury trial is scheduled on june 15, 2020, but it may not occur: the judge is expected to decide on multiple pre-trial motions including motion for sanctions filed by plantiffs; next hearing on pre-trial motions is scheduled on may 14.. case docket is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dbqcronnkeax492pshgwpuoubt-xaabz/view?usp=sharing .

  case documents are available for purchase here: https://ocapps.occourts.org/civilwebshoppingns/search.do (case number 30-2014-00741722-cu-po-cjc).. during the course of this litigation the court ordered watchtower to produce molestation complaints it received, redacting only names of victims and elders handling the matters.

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  Update: https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/hk08le/theocratic_lawfare_in_santa_ana_ca_big_case_and/

  In short, after three sets of proceedings, the proxy lawsuit has been dismissed on procedural grounds. An appellate court also harshly criticized Crockett and Associates lawyers for apparent abuse of process, and ordered them to pay the plaintiffs $25k as sanctions. I believe the main lawsuit will be decided this year.

  The recent court decision: https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/nonpub/G057684.PDF