AbusedandPissed

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  "The Guardian" is requesting your stories of JW abuse and problems

  by Bad_Wolf in

  1. social
  2. current

  you are able to anonymously give this by putting in a fake name, as they indicated.

  this is not limited to sex abuse, but anything.

  shunning, lies, etc.

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  AbusedandPissed

  It is not right to try and conflate what is your personal grips with Watchtower with that of sexual child abuse. That is one of the things I have a problem with. People on posts or news articles that deal with child abuse within Watchtower and then complain about DFing or beards or the UN. These things are not equal and by trying to connect them people are minimizing what is an actual problem and crime with just another issue with an organization.

  This is about child sexual abuse and nothing else.
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  UK: Jehovah's Witness used his position to abuse girls as young as five

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  a paedophile used his position within the jehovah's witnesses to sexually abuse three girls for years - as young as five.

  michael john hewitt, 71, abused his victims over several decades, starting in the 1980s, at home while they were all under 16. .

  two of his victims were aged just five when hewitt began abusing them at both their homes and his while he was a member of the congregation.

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  AbusedandPissed

  At least the end process worked. When the abuse became known the authorities were notified and the authorities took action based on the crime.
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  Politically Neutral? Can a legalistic organization claim that status?

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i found a document that discusses the canadian tax law for religions.. http://www.carters.ca/pub/seminar/church/2010/kjc0824.pdf.

  i have long held the view that the org/wts says that it is non-political yet they behave like a political organization.

  and it bothers me that religions are restricted from political activity yet the org has always been political.

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  AbusedandPissed

  So by your definition, a person on trial for murder is trying to change the policy of the laws. No, they are defending themselves within the confines of the law.
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  NSW, Victoria sign up to child abuse redress scheme, with bill to reach hundreds of millions of dollars

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/nsw-victoria-sign-up-to-child-abuse-redress-scheme-with-bill-to-reach-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-20180308-p4z3ia.html.

  by david crowe.

  8 march 2018 .

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  AbusedandPissed

  According to the Redress Scheme from the Department of Social Services.

  https://www.dss.gov.au/families-and-children/programs-services/children/redress-scheme-for-people-who-have-experienced-institutional-child-sexual-abuse

  The majority of the cases with Watchtower was family cases.

  The type of abuse	It must include sexual abuse. An institution must be responsible for the abuse. The Scheme doesn’t cover non-institutional abuse, such as by a family member.
  Where and when it happened	The abuse must have happened when the person was aged under 18. It must have happened before 1 July 2018, when the Scheme starts. The institution or organisation responsible for the abuse must have joined the Redress Scheme. So far, only the Commonwealth, New South Wales and Victorian governments have agreed to join the scheme.
  A person’s life now	The person applying must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
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  NSW, Victoria sign up to child abuse redress scheme, with bill to reach hundreds of millions of dollars

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/nsw-victoria-sign-up-to-child-abuse-redress-scheme-with-bill-to-reach-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-20180308-p4z3ia.html.

  by david crowe.

  8 march 2018 .

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  AbusedandPissed

  It is not just that victim has to be willing to step forward but both the victim and the perpetrator have to meet criteria for the victim to actually receive compensation from what happened to them.

  Main one for the victim is that they can never have been convicted of a felony crime.

  For the perpetrator, it is not only that they have had to be an associate of an organization but that the organization had to have been aware of their propensity to commit this crime because they had done it before. So for the victims where they were the first to be abused or if the abuse stopped once the associated organization found out about it, those victims would not qualify for compensation. Nor would victims of serial abusers if any of the victims did not inform the associated organization or the civil authorities of the abuse.
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  NSW, Victoria sign up to child abuse redress scheme, with bill to reach hundreds of millions of dollars

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/nsw-victoria-sign-up-to-child-abuse-redress-scheme-with-bill-to-reach-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-20180308-p4z3ia.html.

  by david crowe.

  8 march 2018 .

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  AbusedandPissed

  Don't know why JWs wouldn't join the scheme. Under the ARC own recommendations, there would only be a small amount of the 1700 victims that would qualify for any kind of payment let alone at the top amount.
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  UK Newspaper Investigation, Your Stories Requested

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the guardian, no less, is asking for stories of abuse at the hands of jws.

  they seem to be doing a serious investigation, you can tell your story anonymously, on the record or in any combination to suit you.

  this may be the start of a real spotlight on dubdom.

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  any proper journalist like when the Boston Globe did the Catholic's looks for evidence to back up claims. There has to be evidence of not just the act but that someone tried to stop someone from calling the police. The first part is easy to get evidence on the second part is extremely hard and maybe impossible.
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  Sexist article about construction

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/activities/construction/women-in-construction/.

  it's all about women being trained to operate heavy equipment, like it's a miracle.

  they quote the male foreman, but don't tell you that only men are allowed to be foreman.

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  AbusedandPissed

  Actually many times sisters do run crews. They can't run a construction shop, but crews you see them all the time running it and giving direction to brothers.
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  Latest news from Australia - listen to this media discussion about suing a religion in Victoria over child abuse

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.abc.net.au/radio/melbourne/programs/mornings/daniel-andrews-and-francis-sullivan/9517566.

  the topic discussed at the above link is related to this one i posted recently:.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5784750204649472/victoria-australia-survivors-sexual-abuse-able-sue-churches.

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  AbusedandPissed

  There is already a legal entity that can be sued.
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  Apostate is an easy excuse

  by Formerbrother in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems to me that if there is something that any jw doesnt want anybody to look into, then they can just say the one word apostate, and nobody wil look at it.. this is rather convenient.. what if it is the truth, still dont even look at it to find out?.

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  AbusedandPissed

  Kind of like using the term apologist to just ignore what someone says.