Posts by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara

Inside a courthouse in Thompson Falls, Montana, the Jehovah's Witnesses organization in September suffered its greatest court defeat in a U.S. childsex abuse case.

Dan Stinnett helped bring down Lady Justice's hammer.

"Everybody agreed they were guilty,” Stinnett recalled recently from his home. Stinnett, in his first interview about the case, explained how he and eight other Sanders County jurors found the Jehovah's Witnesses governing organizations negligent and "guilty of malice" in the child sexual abuse of Alexis Nunez, awarding her $35 million.

Through her Texas-based attorney, Neil Smith, Nunez declined an interview request because the church has appealed to the state’s highest court. "I believe they were trying to cover [abuse] up, yes. I have no doubt about that, ” Stinnett said. When asked if he was trying to send a message with his jury vote, Stinnett responded, “Why, absolutely. We as jurors and as society really don't condone… any of this.”

Dan Stinnett, a juror who participated in the largest&#x20

civil verdict against the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization, 

interviewed by Chief National Investigative Correspondent Mark 

Albert

Hearst Television

Dan Stinnett, a juror who participated in the largest civil verdict against theJehovah’s Witnesses organization, interviewed by Chief National Investigative

Correspondent Mark Albert

Investigation finds new allegations

The Nunez case is one of dozens tallied by the Hearst Television National Investigative Unit as part of a yearlong investigation that uncovered new allegations of child sexual abuse and decadeslong cover-ups inside the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious organization in the United States. As reported Monday by Hearst Television, the allegations span congregations, states and generations. The findings are contained in a three-part Hearst Television series of reports called “Silent No More” and shed new light on the growing number of people

accusing the religious organization of systemic shortcomings in the protection of children. The Jehovah's Witnesses organization, which goes by several names including Watchtower Bible and Tract Society and the Christian Congregation and is headquartered northwest of New York City, has fought and settled cases coast to coast. ‘I’m a Survivor’ One of the longest-running court battles involved Candace Conti.

"I'm a survivor,” Conti declared during a joint television interview with 12 other people who grew up in the religion and allege they were abused as children, many of whom were sharing their accusations publicly for the first time.

Conti refused to initially settle her case seeking damages against Watchtower, her congregation, and a fellow Jehovah's Witness for sexual abuse and negligence.

The case went to trial. In a headline-making decision, a California jury awarded her $28 million, the largest verdict against the organization at the time. "There's a strange validation that came from that. Having the jury not only say that they believe you, that they know that this happened, but that the organization was in the wrong in the first place,” Conti said. Growing emotional, Conti continued: “And I am so sorry to everyone behind me

and to everybody who's fighting right now… I wish – I wish above all else – that they could have that same validation that I did. I really do.”

Thirteen people who grew up in the Jehovah’s Witnesses religion speak to Chief National Investigative Correspondent Mark Albert in a group interview in Sacramento, Calif. Conti says she went to the elders – the typically six to eight men who compose each congregation's leadership – a decade ago to urge them to set "Megan's law" alerts for automatic notices when convicted child molesters move into a new congregation, which would give leadership in the new Kingdom Hall a photo of the person. "What I wanted was to help fill this gap in their policies and their procedures to help ensure that this is not going to happen to somebody else,” Conti recalled. “They wouldn't even listen to my idea.”

‘Abhor Child Abuse’

The state’s appeals court later slashed Conti's award amount dramatically after finding that, under state law, the Jehovah's Witnesses had no "duty to warn" a congregation about confessed or convicted child molesters. Both sides reached a confidential agreement after the case reached the state’s Supreme Court.

Through its Office of Public Information, the organization’s governing body leaders and its spokesperson declined to do an on-camera interview about the Conti case or the organization’s policies in general and did not address any of a detailed list of 22 questions submitted to it.

 A statement to Hearst Television 

said the Jehovah’s Witnesses “abh

or child abuse.”

Hearst Television

A statement to Hearst Television said the Jehovah’s Witnesses “abhor child abuse.” Instead, in a statement, they said, "Jehovah's Witnesses abhor child abuse as a sin and crime. Our policies on child protection comply with the law, including any requirements for elders to report allegations of child abuse to authorities. Our organization will continue to promote child protection education for parents." Efforts to obtain comment by a television crew that visited three of the Jehovah’s Witnesses nationwide administrative sites in New York state were rebuffed.

In addition, letters sent to all of the individual congregations named by the group interview participants – a total of 20 – were either returned unopened or did not elicit a response.

A Jehovah’s Witnesses pamphlet on 

display near a subway station in 

downtown Washington, D.C.

Mark Albert

A Jehovah’s Witnesses pamphlet on display near a subway station in downtown Washington, D.C. Scrutiny Increasing The scrutiny on the organization is increasing. The National Investigative Unit has learned Attorneys General offices in three states – California, Pennsylvania, and Delaware – have been looking into allegations of child sexual abuse in the Jehovah's Witness organization.

Map of clergy reporting laws in the&

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Hearst Television

These states have tougher laws requiring clergy of all faiths to report allegations of child sexual abuse to law enforcement. Lawmakers are taking notice, moving bills forward in New York, Pennsylvania, California and other states that would require clergy of all faiths to report allegations of abuse, add training or extend the statute of limitations for victims to come forward.

For Dan Stinnett, the juror in Montana who helped find the Jehovah's Witnesses negligent for failing to protect Alexis Nunez, justice may be blind – but he says his Creator is not.

"I believe [the Jehovah’s Witnesses] are going to be judged, and I believe it's going to be harsh. Judgment's coming, and it's coming on people just like the people that violated these girls,” Stinnett warned.

Travis Sherwin, April Chunko, Patricia Nieberg, Noah Broder and Beccah

Hendrickson contributed to this report.

On Wednesday, our ‘Silent No More’ series continues with ‘The Reckoning: hear from two former Jehovah’s Witnesses victims on the day a window in New York’s statute of limitations opens, providing an opportunity for lawsuits under the Child Victims Act.

Survivors speak with reporter about abuse Silent No More: The Survivors

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For the struggling faders and control freaks

by dubstepped in

jw
friends

i see people struggling with maintaining control over their reactions to their witness relatives and something struck me that i'd like to share.

as a jw you're taught that you should have unlimited self-control.

article after article, talk after talk, about controlling your impure thoughts, feelings, music, movies, speech, actions, literally everything a human could struggle with.

ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara

My thoughts : one has to decide to ask questions or get an explanation of doubts; if one starts to blabber everything they have found out about the TtATT, those in deep cant handle it. In effect they have FEAR, CONFUSION,DREAD ADRENALINE all kinds of emotions going through them at the same time; it is difficult to think clearly then. My method is give it in drips and drabs, well thought out, smoothly and know when to stop saying any more. Gently does it not all at once. Believe me all I have so far successfully helped over 12 people and counting.

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2019 Cart Witnessing Aggression Letter and Instructions!

by Atlantis in

jw
friends

just in case you were looking for this one.. 2019-07-10-witnessing cart aggression letter and instructions.

https://docdro.id/s6jtyi6.

credit goes to average joe.

ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara

My observation to this letter

A useless piece of tool is more important and valued; so please call the police and lodge a complaint if it gets damaged; also if people show aggression towards you or throw insults towards you. Yes fight for those rights.

But when a child is abused , it is not a crime; keep them silenced; sweep it under the carpet coz they are not at all valued. Silence is golden!!! Really?

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Cost of Attending the International Conventions

by RubaDub in

jw
friends

i have never been invited/requested/applied to any international convention, other than it happening to be our own convention in new york city where we were already assigned (i think back and maybe this happened two times or so when i was growing up).. anyway, people here keep commenting about the cost to attend; the inflated airfares, rooms, transportation, etc.. does anyone have some actual numbers to provide?

i realize that the cost of attending a convention in a different country will be affected by some variations in airfare from the departure city but generally how much do these things cost?

are they comparable to a tour from an expedia, travelocity or other travel site?.

ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara

what's to prevent anyone from simply booking their own trip and showing up at the convention?

Someone is already booked flights, hotels n all to do this! I am super excited to see how it pans out. By the way it is not me, I cant afford such luxuries.

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Funerals

by Theonlyoneleft in

so i have a question about a not so spoken subject.

so if you feel inappropriate please feel free to ignore me!

has anyone given a thought about what they would like for their funeral one day?.

ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara

You bet Blondie, the letter will certainly have something loud to say about jdumbs.

My little activism acts.

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Funerals

by Theonlyoneleft in

so i have a question about a not so spoken subject.

so if you feel inappropriate please feel free to ignore me!

has anyone given a thought about what they would like for their funeral one day?.

ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara

Me although young have got funeral sorted out.My body goes to research, and any organs to be donated, everything gets recycled

All my estate n money goes to animal shelters. Done n dusted. I have a very special letter to be sent to a newspaper to be published the day after.

If I ever changed all this to be just a cremation then I will probably have corn fo my last meal.Then when cremating , will go out with a bang, Ha, ha.

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Activism On The Go

by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

jw
friends

just wanted to share this with you all, it works to get rid of them.. for the past few weeks i have been observing some jdumbs setting up stall in a busy centre.

so i started to note which days they come, how long for etc.

then me n a close friend made two placards/flaggy things(dont know what it is in english) with two different websites on them n two different slogans .

ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara

Just wanted to share this with you all, it works to get rid of them.

For the past few weeks I have been observing some jdumbs setting up stall in a busy centre. So I started to note which days they come, how long for etc. Then me n a close friend made two placards/flaggy things(dont know what it is in english) with two different websites on them n two different slogans . We would stand a little off-side them every time they have been there holding our placards. The idea was to let passers by think we are all together/therby people actually getting to know TTATT after they visit those websites ie (ceasers channel, n somefacts.com) misspelt purposely. coz of work n stuff sometimes it has only been one of us but we did it anyway.

after two weeks or so of doing this, they have stopped coming altogether to this place. So we have stopped too but keeping an eye out for them soemwhere else. Seems like they have caught -on. None of them know me .

Just my way of activism in a small way.

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