That is the key thing. You need to get laws to change. Right now there is a legal reasoning behind not reporting. But if you remove that legal basis than that makes it different. The issue is that you cannot remove it from one religion and not alls, and that is where the fight is. You will be going up against all religions including Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Muslims and every other religion that is legally defined as hierarchial not congregational.
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Two witness rule: Stop using it, its not working on JWs!
by StephaneLaliberte inmost jws don't see this as a problem.
they reason that.
just like the jws, the police will not convict a pedophile over the story of one victim alone, there must be collaborative evidence.
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Lloyd’s new book
by jwfacts ini see there has already been discussion over lloyd’s new book how to leave the jehovah's witnesses.
this includes discussion around his personality, motives and financial gains.
i have written a foreword for this book, because it is an important topic that has not been covered in such a complete format before.
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Let's be honest. He is making at least $1572 a month on his patreon account. He is monetizing his Youtube account. His funding accounts for his books raked in tens of thousands of dollars. These are actual facts not making stuff up.
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Lloyd’s new book
by jwfacts ini see there has already been discussion over lloyd’s new book how to leave the jehovah's witnesses.
this includes discussion around his personality, motives and financial gains.
i have written a foreword for this book, because it is an important topic that has not been covered in such a complete format before.
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AbusedandPissed
Actually when Lloyd constantly complains about YouTube not monetizing his videos that makes it clear what he is actually about. Also, the fan base that pays him to make videos and he is now under obligation to make a certain number of videos exclusively for them again that shows what he is about.
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Guardian Newspaper
by Phoebe injust to say, the guardian investigative reporter who is looking into child abuse among jws rang me today as i had completed the form linked to their recent article.. we had a nice chat, she asked me for some details about my particular experience and asked me to spread the word as they are looking for more abuse victims.
her new article will probably come out in 10 days, so look out for it.. if you are in the uk and you are a victim or know of one, this is an opportunity to speak out and you can remain anonymous, as i have done.
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I am in no way saying that your story is not true in any way. I am just looking at the movie Spotlight where the reporters were not so concerned on the fact that the abuse occurred because that wasn't going to be a huge surprise as the priests were human, but that there was a cover-up. Was the reporter looking for more on evidence of a cover-up or was she just looking for a one-off story? -
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"The Guardian" is requesting your stories of JW abuse and problems
by Bad_Wolf inyou 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 ina 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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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 ini 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 inhttps://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.
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AbusedandPissed
According to the Redress Scheme from the Department of Social Services.
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 inhttps://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 inhttps://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.