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W5 Investigation
by Christian Gutierrez in
1. jw
2. friends
hey guys!

i just want you guys to know that today is a really great day.

there are so many jehovah's witnesses that saw this documentary and were disgusted by watchtowers policy.
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MPs demand action over Jehovah’s Witness abuse allegations March 26, 2018
by Not_Culty in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
the guardian (uk), monday, march 26, 2018. mps are demanding government action after more than 100 people contacted the guardian with allegations of child sexual abuse and other mistreatment in jehovah’s witness communities in the uk.. “i am extremely concerned, but not surprised, by the allegations of child abuse within the jehovah’s witness movement.

whenever there is a closed society with an inherent power imbalance, the potential for abuse is there,” said the labour mp sarah champion.. she said she would be raising the issue in parliament and demanding that the government take actionto make sure all children were safe.. alex chalk, the conservative mp for cheltenham, said he planned to raise the issue in parliament, saying it was not just an historical issue but an ongoing child safety concern.. “my instinctive thoughts are that the sheer numbers and seriousness of the allegations coming forward is concerning ... if even half the allegations coming to light are true then it’s clear that an entrenched culture of cover-up and flawed in-house investigations continues to this day,” chalk said.. champion said she was concerned that victims had to report their abuse to elders, without independent scrutiny.. she also expressed concern that abuse claims can only be taken before a committee for investigation if there were two witnesses to it.

“abuse happens in the shadows, so to ask for a second witness is ludicrous and effectively prevents reporting,” champion said.. read full article:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/26/mps-demand-action-over-jehovahs-witness-abuse-allegations.
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Jehovah's Witnesses accused of silencing victims of child abuse March 25 2018
by Not_Culty in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/25/jehovahs-witnesses-accused-of-silencing-victims-of-child-abuse-uk.

scores of alleged victims come forward and describe culture of cover-up in religious group in uk.

more than 100 people have contacted the guardian with allegations of child sexual abuse and other mistreatment in jehovah’s witness communities across the uk.. former and current members, including 41 alleged victims of child sexual abuse, described a culture of cover-ups and lies, with senior members of the organisation, known as elders, discouraging victims from coming forward for fear of bringing “reproach on jehovah” and being exiled from the congregation and their families.. a guardian investigation also heard from 48 people who experienced other forms of abuse, including physical violence when they were children, and 35 who witnessed or heard about others who were victims of child grooming and abuse.. the stories told to the guardian ranged from events decades ago to more recent, and many of those who came forward have now contacted the police.. they told the guardian about:.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses threaten Irish blogger with damages (avoidjw.org)
by Not_Culty in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
jason wynne: threatened with legal action by the jehovah’s witnesses .

sect claims publication of its secret policy documents is a copyright violation; website contents also include documents concerning child sex abuse allegations.

https://www.businesspost.ie/news/jehovahs-witnesses-granted-subpoena-irish-blogger-412638.
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2017 Film "The Dark Tower" written by Stephen King
by Not_Culty in
1. social
2. entertainment
at 18:21 features old watchtower headquarters in a slow scan.

for many of us its the real dark tower.. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1648190/.
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Why are there more sisters than brothers at the Kingdom Hauls?
by Sour Grapes in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have always wondered why there are more females than males in all of the congregations that i have visited?

some of these females are in their 70's so maybe their husbands have died and women just live longer.

or could the reason be that years ago men were the breadwinners and women stayed home to raise the children thus they were home during the week when the jdubs came a knocking?
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Help Elders poking nose in
by Formerbrother in
1. jw
2. friends
what can i do when elders want to poke their nose in?.

they want to have another chat with me and my wife, but we dont want to, it just gets us down..
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Leaked Videos-Petra-I need help!
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
leaked videos.i need help with these leaked videos.

grampa has a whole stack ofthem but they need to be reduced in size.i have never seen these videos before.

some are pretty large in size,so if someone could reduce their size and get them on youtube be myguest.
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2018 Regional (District) Convention Outlines
by AverageJoe1 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so the official program is out but does anyone have access to the actual outlines for the assembly this year in english and/or spanish?.

maybe the gb are clamping down on their "high-up" leaks within the organisation and the circuit overseers making these available have been kicked or had to no longer leak material for fear of getting themselves discovered by the wt gestapo..
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And God Gave Us Grace [Mouthy!]
by compound complex in
1. jw
2. friends
dear newbies and others somehow unaquainted with our resident grandma,.

"...the watchtower is determined to doggedly hang on to the lie that the time of the end commenced in 1914. there is no other explanation for the watchtower's persistent and seeming incurable interpretive schizophrenia.

" [cc: emphasis] -------(e-watchman.com/essays/dawn_new_world_order.html --- sorry, it's not clickable[?]).