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  A message from Barbara Anderson re: the health state of her hero, her husband, Joe Anderson

  by jwleaks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from barbara:.

  my dear husband, joe anderson, has had very real problems with his short-term memory for at least a year which really worried me.

  as his mental health deteriorated, i decided to have our local longtime physician talk alone with joe during an office visit last september.

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  Child abuse calculations

  by Anony Mous in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  there are no real numbers for jws but they are a relatively small group.

  compared to the number of catholics at least.. the australian commission gathered more than 5000 cases with over 1000 perpetrators that went completely unreported for the jws.

  likewise they did the same for catholics and collected just under 4800 cases with 1880 perpetrators.

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  Petra!****Request**Circuit Overseer Training Videos!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  email request from shelly:.

  dear petra, are there any circuit overseer training videos that you know of?

  and could you send them over to larchwood?.

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  In the last week of Christmas . . . JW News releases a special video with an AI ‘guest appearance’ by M. Stephen Lett

  by jwleaks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  merry xmas everyone.. https://youtu.be/39lpikmd-is.

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  Hollywood actor Luke Evans new memoir (relevant summary): I was bullied for being gay and a Jehovah’s Witness

  by jwleaks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in this exclusive extract from his new memoir, the star recalls his childhood as a ‘tormented tug of war’ between his faith and his sexuality….

  [extract].

  like me, mam was smartly dressed.

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  Watch Tower PA sues Russia in DC district over confiscation of Bethel

  by Corney in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the watch tower society of pennsylvania filed a lawsuit on september 3, 2024, naming as defendants the russian federation, the russian ministry of health, and the almazov national medical research center.

  unfortunately, i can't access the case documents, including the complaint.

  i would appreciate if someone with an active pacer account could make them available.. anyway, it is enough to know the almazov center is one of the entities sued by the wts to say what this case is about.

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  Experiences After Leaving

  by Freeatlast2024 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am writing to ask if anyone cares to share their experience and/or offer advice for people leaving.

  i was raised in the religion, and both my parents died when i was very young.

  i recently stopped associating because my conscience no longer allows me to preach or support the organization.

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  The August 2024 Watchtower controversy and potential further changes

  by ukpimo in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  as an educated guess, the august 2024 watchtower may be delayed because 2 complicated subjects need to be discussed in this issue which haven't yet been approved to be included in the revised shepherding textbook.

  perhaps the revised shepherding textbook must be finalised before this watchtower is released publicly.. the 2 subjects may be as follows:.

  how to shepherd and appoint brothers based on the removal of the hour requirements, getting to know the brothers instead (does this mean prioritising appointing men who have auxiliary pioneered during the co visit and campaigns or men who are regular pioneers?).

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  Wikipedia article on Milton Henschel has just been edited and now contains an introduction that could be misleading

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the edit:.

  henschel did not step down "from his leadership position in 2000".

  he was a governing body member up until his death in 2003. a slight error but one that implies much more given the subject matter.. henschel resigned his position as the president of watch tower pennsylvania not as a leader of the jehovah's witnesses - his so-called "leadership position".. having accurate grass roots entry level information on members of the governing body is important in litigation for law firms, and for government departments undertaking a desktop study of such a person.. any wikipedians out there capable of correcting this statement.. .

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  Attorney Irwin Zalkin explains the article, Pa. courts weigh whether JW's elders must report confessed child abuse

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the pennsylvania supreme court memorandum opinion that i posted on this discussion board yesterday was confusing enough for me to ask attorney irwin zalkin to explain the issues.

  he promptly replied and gave me permission to post here the following important information that he provided.. "the pennsylvania supreme court memorandum opinion raises the question of whether jehovah’s witnesses (“jw’s”) elders, who are volunteer clergy, fall under an exception to the mandatory reporting law of the state of pennsylvania.

  jw’s members of the ivy hill congregation of jw’s sued the pa department of human services (dhs) and asked the court to issue a judgment that as a matter of law makes jw’s elders exempt from pa’s mandatory reporting of known or suspected child abuse, including child sexual abuse.

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