article.
https://saysorry.org/2024/02/19/jehovahs-witnesses-and-the-australian-national-redress-scheme/.
video.
Ted was on the list. He had a lifelong hatred for another GB member who was responsible for kicking him out of the Australian branch many years prior for his transgression.
Their animosity for one another was thick whenever they were together in public as I recall. I learned why later. Surprisingly many others knew.
Now we even know what Ted did. It just proves that Bethel can never keep a secret forever, except from the police.
i've seen people say something along the lines that the authorities would like to/have been trying to subpoena (members of) the gb (in csa cases).
my question is: why don't they?
if the gb are issuing orders to cover up evidence in csa cases, and otherwise interfere in justice being served in those cases, then they are accessories before (and after) the fact, and theoretically can be arrested and charged as such.
Notformer - so far the legal system has been reticent to take on WTC over CSA interference.
The current climate could change but it has to be a grass roots movement, not a flash in the pan “woke” moment. Protecting children requires fortitude that the current state of politics lacks entirely.
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.
CSA is not like any other sin/crime.
WTC policy implies that they are authorized and are qualified to asses the danger that a pedophile is to the community.
Example: I could purchase an official looking police badge, but I would be in trouble if I misrepresented myself as an officer in the community. If I “arrested a person” and took them back to a holding cell in my home, I would be compounding the impersonation.
Recently some Chinese agents in California did as much in a community. They were shut down when discovered.
WTC and local elders are not authorized to investigate crimes of CSA, and certainly are overstepping when they decide that a perpetrator represents no threat to others in the community. That right is reserved for law enforcement and the courts. There are no exceptions.
In effect, WTC and local elders are running a shadow organization of law enforcement… and doing a terrible job.
https://www.jwupdates.com/post/u-n-infomercial-backfires.
the following appeared on jw news section earlier on in january:.
on december 15, 2023, an ongoing conflict between two armed factions in sudan’s capital, khartoum, spread to the country’s second-largest city, wad madani.
JW attempts at disaster relief solidify as soon a scheme for benefiting financially is concocted. I saw this firsthand - it is indisputable.
WTC is an opportunistic parasite that always shows up after a tragedy occurs. Since they rejoined the UN, they are sucking the teat as often as possible.
(revelation 17:5) “babylon the great, the mother of the prostitutes (plural!
) and of the disgusting things of the earth.”.
btg is spotlighted as being the principal "disgusting thing" which affects christians & christianity, with other lesser "prostitutes" in the background... (revelation 18:4) “get out of her, my people, (christians) if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues.".
Babylon the Great is clearly Las Vegas!
Everyone knows that! It is a mystery because everything that happens there stays there. John said to get out of her because eventually you will lose all your money and your morals.
I hope this was helpful.
i was watching a youtube by jerome about religious freedom part 2. it was so disgusting to see the two jw testifying that instead of the congregation shunning those who disassociate, it is the person who disassociates that is choosing to shun the congregation.
the commissioners kept asking why someone who had been sexually abused had to be shunned if they disassociated ....jdubs talked in circles and never answered the question.
so glad i woke up and got out ...to support the org is a reproach to anything decent..
I still consider shunning to be a gift to me by the cong and family. They were so toxic! I would pay a fee to have them leave me alone if necessary!!
JWs should just own it and admit that those who leave prefer to be left alone so “we try not to bother them with our crazy sh_t, and it is better for them that way”.
Wouldn’t most judges agree with that? Lord knows I would accept that!
with the jw congregations about to be informed that the ubiquitous awake!
magazine is to be issued just once a month from january 2006, now is an apt time for interested parties to share brief memories and/or impressions about the bi-monthly awake!
magazines, whether poignant, hard-hitting or humorous.
Once a year since 2022 - one time too many IMHO.
https://www.jwupdates.com/post/four-jehovah-s-witnesses-sentenced-to-seven-years-each-in-russia.
the following is an update in relation to the russian ban on jehovah's witnesses as it appeared on reuters on the 30th january .
jan 30 (reuters) - a russian court has sentenced four jehovah's witnesses to seven years each in prison after finding them guilty of coordinating extremist activities, according to a spokesman for the religious group.. .
I think I am beating a dead horse here but again I say REMOVE WTCs TAX EXEMPT STATUS and they will collapse immediately. Time it with a stop watch.
WTC has almost ceased to be a genuine religion in the traditional sense of the word. They are a high control real estate holding corporation that does not pay dividends or returns on investments, meanwhile masquerading as a religion for tax exempt status.
Defending and apologizing for WTC makes a person sound foolish.
no doubt everyone has been following the juan viejo postings regarding the watchtower kingdom hall "grab" on jwn for the last couple of years.
called the mrs and me to say "wow- you have to google this" we did...came here to jwn ...became members..and the rest is history.. in the last nine months i have been calling and emailing contacts in the silicon valley for verification on the societies theft and forced sale of the menlo park kingdom hall (near the new facebook heaquarters) because the story seemed...a little far fetched.
every reliable contact i made has confirmed what juan reported.
DOC - Montana ruling just said the same. It will no doubt be used widely as a precedent for other cases against WTC, BOEs and other related parties.
just wondering if the rich celebrities that occasionally were aligned with the wt gave enough to the 'tower to be a worthwhile presence within the organisation?.
my gut instinct is: "no".
i imagine that the jackson family gave a fair bit, but it was obviously never enough to buy michael the right to be held as being in good standing.
Notformer - that was my understanding according to friends who knew the situation.
