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sKally
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Silentlambs video on Nashville news
by betterdaze innot sure if this was posted yet.
http://www.wsmv.com/video/13298579/index.html .
gotta love it when the brother says: "you haven't been invited on the property.
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Ray Franz was asked to comment on the child abuse cases and he had nothing to say or any comment
Show me.
Where has Ray Franz made ANY comment concerning these settlements recently? I'd absolutely like to see for myself.
Thank you.
sKally
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Watchtower spin on press conferences
by NanaR insomeone on another thread mentioned the "watchtower spin" on the settlements.
has a watchtower statement been posted, or a link to one?.
ruth.
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they were pleased to see the lawsuits resolved
LOL! Is that right Ted? Pleased, eh?
We shall see, brother.
sKally
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One hour ago...NEWSDAY [Abuse cases]
by sf injehovah's witnesses settle abuse casesby rose french.
associated press writer.
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-jehovahs-witnesses-sex-abuse,0,2429831.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines.
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I put these articles onto the kingdom hall doors this weekend. And finished up on emails. I received several replies. Albeit auto-replies. Replies nonetheless. And FOX has it on their site. THAT is progress.
Keep the pressure on the media lurkers. You are doing fabulous.
sKally
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Sixteen Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits against Jehovahs Witnesses Are Settled
by Dogpatch inpress release 5/10/07.
http://www.freeminds.org/history/16lawsuits.htm.
sixteen child sex abuse lawsuits against jehovahs witnesses are settled.
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There are many hits in google on this very topic OUTLAW. Here's one darlin'...the BBC transcript. You remember HER! She nailed Jaracz coming off the stage at the assembly:
Here is the link for the keywords therein:
sKally
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Sixteen Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits against Jehovahs Witnesses Are Settled
by Dogpatch inpress release 5/10/07.
http://www.freeminds.org/history/16lawsuits.htm.
sixteen child sex abuse lawsuits against jehovahs witnesses are settled.
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OUTLAW,
I'm pretty sure you did NOT hear this number confirmed per Brown. I will go back through some 'stuff' and see where it is that he does indeed agree that there is a "high number". Yet as far as confirming the database numbers, that I will re-view and post here.
Search engines are great tools too.
sKally
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ALERT: All Child Abuse Lawsuits have been settled. Millions cashed out???
by What-A-Coincidence inre: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/8/116108/1.ashx.
a bethel insider in the know told me that all of the child abuse lawsuits where the watchtower bible and tract society was one of the defendants were settled back in the beginning of this year.
i questioned it and called napa myself and they were absolutely settled back then.
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Finally, FOX did post it:
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007May10/0,4670,JehovahapossWitnessesSexAbuse,00.html
sKally
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One hour ago...NEWSDAY [Abuse cases]
by sf injehovah's witnesses settle abuse casesby rose french.
associated press writer.
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-jehovahs-witnesses-sex-abuse,0,2429831.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines.
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Well, goodnight. I know I'll sleep 'tight'. I just completed my own email campaign. [[ FOXNEWS, ABC,CBS,DATELINE, PBS, LOCAL NEWS, WHITE HOUSE, LOCAL REPS, FAMILY, CNN, MSNBC...]]
Tomorrow I print up the NEWSDAY/ AP article and get it ready to distribute this weekend. {Going back to kh area}
Spreading this news is easy.
Good luck to the lurkers. Be proud! Sleep well. It's going to be a busy weekend.
sKally
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ALERT: All Child Abuse Lawsuits have been settled. Millions cashed out???
by What-A-Coincidence inre: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/8/116108/1.ashx.
a bethel insider in the know told me that all of the child abuse lawsuits where the watchtower bible and tract society was one of the defendants were settled back in the beginning of this year.
i questioned it and called napa myself and they were absolutely settled back then.
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would add that they may be wary about subjecting the congregations to the spectacle of a public
fight about sexually abused kids in the organization. For those of you that hope for an eventual
Watchtower catastrophe, I have observed only one way that a congregation can rapidly fall apart
and that involves open fights and scandal among elders. Since Witnesses worship the "organization",
if the leadership ended up in a long, draining fight that exposed their corruption, you could
see entire congregations fall apart. Maybe they realize that...
And I would offer a way to add momentum to said "spectacle":
Print these press releases up and distribute them in the neighborhoods of each kh you live near.
If just one person, in each town, would actually do this, do you realize the buzz it will generate throughout these areas? The residents will at leat be armed with info that is factual.
It is so easy to do. If you don't feel comfortable actually going door to door with the print outs, then simply just post them up an down the street. Do this WHILE THE MEETING IS IN FULL SWING.
Post them throughout your communities. Just one person is all it takes. Designate yourself!
Happy trails!
sKally
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One hour ago...NEWSDAY [Abuse cases]
by sf injehovah's witnesses settle abuse casesby rose french.
associated press writer.
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-jehovahs-witnesses-sex-abuse,0,2429831.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Settle Abuse Cases
By ROSE FRENCH
Associated Press WriterMay 10, 2007, 6:14 PM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A victims' rights group released documents Thursday that showed the Jehovah's Witnesses recently settled civil suits with 16 people who claimed they were sexually abused by church elders or that church officials failed to act on abuse allegations.
The group, called silentlambs, held a news conference in Nashville to demand that the denomination change its policy for responding to sex abuse reports.
Settlements were reached in late February and early March, according to court records obtained by silentlambs and posted to the group's Web site. Fourteen of the cases were filed in California; the other two were in Oregon and Texas.
Details about the settlement terms could not be disclosed under confidentiality agreements negotiated between the parties, said Stephen Owens, a plaintiffs' attorney involved in the California cases. Other cases are still pending, according to silentlambs, which couldn't say how many.
The Jehovah's Witnesses, whose headquarters are in Brooklyn, N.Y., said Thursday that they were pleased to see the lawsuits resolved, declining further comment.
"Our loving heavenly Father makes it clear in his Word, the Bible, that he abhors child abuse," a statement from the denomination said.
"As an organization, we will continually strive to educate families and congregations with sound Scriptural teachings that they can use to protect their children from child molesters. And we will continue to do our utmost to protect children from this horrible crime and sin."
William Bowen, silentlambs' founder, was a Jehovah's Witnesses elder from Kentucky who quit the denomination after he said it took no action against a molester. Bowen said the settlements were bittersweet.
"On one hand, we're glad a few victims are finally getting some financial help," he said. "On the other hand, we're sad and worried because they've essentially been forced to give up their right to protect others by speaking out about their abuse to the public."
Bowen's group has criticized the Jehovah's Witnesses' policy that if an accused abuser denies the charge, two credible witnesses are required to establish guilt -- due to literal application of such Bible verses as Deuteronomy 19:15 ("only on the evidence of two witnesses, or of three witnesses, shall a charge be sustained").
If two witnesses are lacking, the accused is deemed innocent, charges remain confidential and -- silentlambs says -- parents who warn others are subject to disfellowshipping for slander.
Disfellowshipping is an extreme penalty that means a total cutoff of relationships by family members, friends and business associates who are Witnesses.
There are about 1 million Jehovah's Witnesses in the United States, and followers are known for distributing Awake! and Watchtower magazines door-to-door.
Bowen also said Jehovah's Witnesses have a long-standing policy of not reporting molesters to police. He claims that the denomination has a secret database of accused abusers that they have not shared with law enforcement officials.
"They keep putting innocent kids and unsuspecting families at risk of horrible crimes because they value their secrecy and reputations more than they value children's safety," Bowen said.
Since establishing silentlambs in 2001, Bowen says about 7,000 people who claim they were abused have contacted his group.
Angelique Taylor, 42, a silentlambs member from St. Louis, said she was molested by a Jehovah's Witnesses elder when she was about 12. Taylor said she told her father, who was also an elder, and he said she was making a big deal out of nothing.
"I want every elder, every Jehovah's Witness, whenever they suspect any abuse, they go to the police and tell them about the problems," Taylor said. "The devastation of sex abuse is unbelievable."
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Associated Press reporter Allison Hoffman in San Diego contributed to this report.
sKally