There is a thread about the AGM on JWTalk but it's available only for registered users, which is very sad
Corney
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Annual Meeting?
by pauluk inthe watchtower annual meeting is traditionally held the 1st saturday in october which is today, usually there are topics and speculations leading up to this but i've not seen anything on here or reddit this year.
has it been cancelled this year, anyone know?
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Elders accused of playing rape tape to victim, 15; case goes to Utah Sup. Court
by Corney ina woman is suing a local congregation ("kingdom hall of jehovah’s witnesses, roy, utah, an unincorporated association"), individual elders and watchtower ny after, she claims, a judicial committee forced her to listen an audio recording of her own rape.
the trial court summarized the facts as alleged by the plaintiff as follows:.
at the time of the judicial committee, plaintiff was fifteen years old.
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TD, as was explained in the district court opinion (footnote 7), "the legal definition of child pornography would not cover an audio recording without any visual aspect".
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Elders accused of playing rape tape to victim, 15; case goes to Utah Sup. Court
by Corney ina woman is suing a local congregation ("kingdom hall of jehovah’s witnesses, roy, utah, an unincorporated association"), individual elders and watchtower ny after, she claims, a judicial committee forced her to listen an audio recording of her own rape.
the trial court summarized the facts as alleged by the plaintiff as follows:.
at the time of the judicial committee, plaintiff was fifteen years old.
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Update: the Utah Supreme Court will hear that case on November 9 via Webex video conference. The argument will be streamed online.
https://www.utcourts.gov/opinions/cal/calendar.php?court=sup&month=11&year=2020#
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Orange County, CA: New Case and New Legal Tactic
by Corney injohn 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: after six years of litigation, the case has apparently been settled.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation v Watch Tower Society
by Corney in[disclaimer: the headline is slightly misleading since the eff itself doesn't participate in the case, so read more below].
it's not a secret that during the last two years watchtower obtained nearly 40 dmca subpoenas requiring google, facebook, instagram, twitter, soundcloud, scribd, reddit and other isps to provide personal information of users that allegedly infringed the society's copyright.. since subpoena proceeding is ex parte, almost all the requests were granted.. but one of the affected users contacted, on advice of youtube's legal team, the electronic frontier foundation (eff), and the foundation found a law firm ready to represent him pro bono, namely garvey schubert barer:.
youtube's legal department emailed the user on or about july 10, 2018, five days before the subpoena's return date, stating that it would comply with the subpoena unless it received a file-stamped motion to quash "or other type of formal objection before july 20, 2018.
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After two years of inactivity, Judge Roman (SDNY) today has allowed Kevin McFree to challenge the subpoena and ordered the parties to brief the case, which may be heard this year.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7182176/watch-tower-bible-and-tract-society-of-pennsylvania/?order_by=desc
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Another Kingdom Hall Sold (Van Buren, NY)
by Anony Mous inhttps://www.xome.com/commercial-for-sale/7758-maple-road-van-buren-ny-13027-319162381.
i was just looking around, this one i've been involved in renovating with the rbc.
apparently it sold for $500k..
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1234, thanks for info. In case you're curious, the sale price is $825,000, and the buyer is Unity of Sedona, "a New Age spiritual center, New Thought church, and energy vortex."
"[W]e are now able to announce that we have indeed found a new center. The process was magical in so many ways—a great confirmation that we are following the Guidance of Spirit," - announced the church.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13nlovB1BtQ5NxQFkXIvBjjQNKWNY3BYj/view?usp=sharing
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5 kingdom halls in New Addington for sale
by usualusername1 ini had it confirmed today that 5 kingdom halls on one site in new addington are for sale.
price being asked £3.5 million.. every witness in london worked on that site.
am in shock.
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stan, just noticed you proved to be a kind of prophet.
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5 kingdom halls in New Addington for sale
by usualusername1 ini had it confirmed today that 5 kingdom halls on one site in new addington are for sale.
price being asked £3.5 million.. every witness in london worked on that site.
am in shock.
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The above-mentioned listing has disappeared, the Addington Residents' Association announced that "it looks like it [the property] may have been sold now" (source, p. 5), and I think I know who is the purchaser and what is the sale price:
https://www.hyderi.org.uk/event/saturday-2nd-night-mahe-ramadhan-sgm-notice/
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Anyone know the org's view on the HPV vaccine?
by careful intypes of cancer.i've been wondering for some time what the current gb has said about witness parents giving the green light, or red light, to having their kids vaccinated against hpv (the human papillomavirus) since it is a sexually transmitted disease.
it causes cervical and other types of cancer.
the recommended age for vaccination is 8-12 years old.
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This is apparently the only WT publication on HPV: https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102005453
The 2005 article admits that HPV may be transmitted in ways other than sexual contact but still states that abstinence and mutual monogamy are the best prevention methods. It doesn't address vaccination in details, which is understandable, given that (AFAIK) the first HPV vaccine became available only in 2006.
This issue was not covered in more recent publications and the 2011 Correspondence Guidelines.
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IICSA hearings resume next week
by Corney inthe 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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slim, you're welcome.
smiddy, no, it's a fact-finding body akin to the ARC.