This article is in fact from 2018, but maybe the PI is resurrecting it due to the other stories in the news from around the country and globe?
South-Central PA, representin'!
WingCommander
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The PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Sunday October 6, 2019
by lastmanstanding inbig article.. https://www.inquirer.com/news/inq/jehovahs-witnesses-silent-history-child-sex-abuse-20180425.html.
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The Watchtower stole from me and you too
by rickroll inthink of how much time and money the tower stole from any who were in the cult.
think of the vacations as a child you could have taken with your families the memories you could have made instead of sitting in a hot bs week of echo talks and propaganda.
they stole so much from us.
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WingCommander
Nothing like spending a week in the sweltering hot July sun at Veterans Stadium instead of going somewhere fun like HersheyPark or Busch Gardens. Nope! I didn't get to those places until I was 16+ and had my own car!
Ahhhhhhh, the memories!
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Sarah Brooks video testimony in front of PA Senate hearing on statute of limitations of child sexual abuse
by WingCommander ini heard that this hearing had commenced last week, and today i found the actual video of the entire hearing.
for context: pennsylvania still has an outdated law wherein an abuse victim only has a certain amount of time to come forward and have their abuser charged with a crime.
several abuse victim advocacy groups have been lobbying and petitioning around the country in states where these statute of limitations remain in order to rewrite the laws to eliminate such time frames so that victims of abuse can come forward at any time in the future and press charges.
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WingCommander
I heard that this hearing had commenced last week, and today I found the actual video of the entire hearing.
For Context: Pennsylvania still has an outdated law wherein an abuse victim only has a certain amount of time to come forward and have their abuser charged with a crime. Several abuse victim advocacy groups have been lobbying and petitioning around the country in states where these statute of limitations remain in order to rewrite the laws to eliminate such time frames so that victims of abuse can come forward at any time in the future and press charges. I believe Barbara Anderson is one such advocate, tirelessly working behind the scenes on this issue.Ex-JW CSA abuse survivor Sarah Brooks was one to testify in front of the PA Senate Judiciary Hearing.
Here is the video of those proceedings, and Sarah's testimony starts at 5:15:55. It is hard to sit thru this and not nearly burst into tears. I can't even imagine the bravery it must have taken to do this, so a heartfelt "Thank You" goes out to her and the others that testified that day.
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Activism Works, Success :UPDATE
by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara inactivism success update:.
hi all, just wanted to update you on further to my post (link https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6235349429780480/activism-works-success ).. as usual we were in the park this weekend gone (the two bros fading, my good friend and i).we went for a coffee later.
as we were walking to the coffee place we passed a lady and i mentioned that "she lived on my street , near my house.
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WingCommander
Your JW friend is ignorant. Christadelphians were around LONG before CT Russell started his Bible Students. In fact, CT borrowed a lot of his terminology from the Christadelphians. He also borrowed from the Adventists, Quakers, and Masons. The man didn't have an original thought; he just merely picked and choose what he liked and threw it all together to form his own money-making religion.
Even his Pyramidology (tied into 1914) was borrowed from someone else. Wikipedia is your friend.
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Sarah Brooks testified at the PA. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing this week.
by Joyful insarah brooks got punished in her last judicial hearing held at her parents home, this time on wednesday, october 2 she was one of many heroes at the pa. senate judiciary committee hearing.. -21:16 - facebook video.
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https://www.facebook.com/pasenategop/videos/390585115197596/?t=19012.
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In short, she was abused by not just one, but TWO JW's, one of which was an in-law. She was threatened and after a few years when she broke down and told her parents, her father (ever concerned with his "position") instead of being a man and going and kicking the dogshit out of his daughter's abusers and then call the police, instead called the Elduhz to his home to interrogate his young daughter. (I heard some Elduhz were related to the abuser!) So of course, she was hushed up and they were DF'd, but she was victim-shamed and made to feel "dirty" by her brainwashed, indoctrinated, warped parents. SAD. (Shame on you Bob & Connie!) Did I mention she was DF'd as well? Guess she "deserved it" somehow in the JW's eyes.
Yorkana Congregation: I hope you burn to the ground you smug, arrogant, hateful mutherfuggers!!!
A sincere Bravo! to Sarah for having the bravery to come forward and not only get justice for herself, but also for showing up the JW's as the victim-shaming scumbags that they truly are. The Philadelphia Inquirer, YDR, and WGAL reports did NOT go unnoticed in this area and others. I'd also like to state Sarah's other siblings are also OUT of this nutcase cult, and hopefully living full lives. The parents? Still sippin' the Kool-Aid!! Ohhh yeaaaah!
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How Long Did It Take To Finally Leave The Organization Once You Realized It Was Really Not The Truth?
by minimus init actually took me a few years to finally leave the organization so i was mentally out for a while before i simply stopped all meetings altogether.. how long did it take you to finally make the break?
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@Blondie:
What exactly made you up and leave after one particular meeting, never to return? I know some of your background having been on here for years, but not sure I heard that part of your story before.
Care to clarify? Thanks!
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wt and money
by zeb inwell she went off to the big convention this morning.
as she left i ventured a bare tiny 'dont give them money' 'they have millions.
' she spun back, (we are on pensions.).
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Actually, they have BILLIONS. They actually TAKE IN money during relief campaigns, far more than what they give out. The only time money flows OUT of the WT's bank accounts is when forced to by court ruling for CSA victims.
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What’s The Worst Thing You Have Heard About A JW?
by minimus inthere was a guy that became an elder and he was a father of 8 children including 4 or 5 girls.
he was a little bit on the self righteous side and would counsel people a lot, especially families about how they could be better witnesses.
one day his wife dropped a bombshell!!!
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@LongHairGal:
You are 100% correct. I always got weirded out vibes around JW's, even as a kid. And yeah, they were always harping on about trusting your brothers and sisters as they aren't like "Worldly" people. They're right, JW's are WORSE!!!!!
Case in point: The JW kids I went to school with. At least 50% of them were WORSE than the so-called "worldly" kids I was warned to stay away from. I was encouraged to make friends with these two-faced assholes, which I refused to do since they couldn't be bothered to give me the time of day inside a Kingdom Hall. And at school? Ha! They acted like little darlings at the KH, but in school they were total heathens! Smoking, drinking, sex, lookin like scum, etc. It was an amazing sight to behold. Their parents were all clueless morons!
No wonder to me that something like 9 out of 10 JW kids I grew up with, left at 18 and have NEVER returned. Only the truly brainwashed, homeschooled, sheltered JW kids of Elduhz and Pioneers remain, and they luv that shit cause it's all they know.
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What’s The Worst Thing You Have Heard About A JW?
by minimus inthere was a guy that became an elder and he was a father of 8 children including 4 or 5 girls.
he was a little bit on the self righteous side and would counsel people a lot, especially families about how they could be better witnesses.
one day his wife dropped a bombshell!!!
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Local Elduh. 144,000 Anointed. Husband. Father. Rapist. Incestuous child molester.
Mid-90's, wife of 20+ years left him along with their 3 daughters. 2 sons stayed with him. She was made out to be a Jezebel and DF'd. Daughters never showed up to KH again.
Fast-forward almost 20 years. I discover:
1. Eldest son was arrested multiple times for child porn, as well as nearly killing an infant of his GF's. 3rd Strike, was sent to State Pen for 25-life. This made the local newspapers and he was on Megan's Law website.
2. Youngest son (my age) had apparently kidnapped and raped his youngest sister. He was caught, but not arrested. All kept hush-hush in the Congregations, but WT HQ had a letter sent to his new Congregations forbidding him from going out in service unsupervised or with children. No privileges, etc.
3. Was told Elduh father had molested probably ALL of his children. ALL of them.
4. Saw a post online by Elduh molester's ex-wife confirming this, as well as her discovery that he had raped his sisters growing up. Disgusted is an understatement.
5. Elduh was never turned in, prosecuted, etc. He was shuffled off to a neighbouring county where he eventually was made an Elduh again. Served in a foreign language Congregation for a while. Remarried eventually to a Pionsneer dumbass. Saw him out walking going door-to-door about 3 years ago. I couldn't believe he wasn't dead or in jail. My jaw hit the floor.
6. Daughters all "out" of JW's and seem well-adjusted with families of their own. No contact with father or molester brothers. Mother "out" as well, long-ago.
7. Eldest son in PA state penn.
8. Youngest son fled Pennsylvania, headed down south last I heard and married a woman with 3 young children.
9. I had a book study with this Elduh when I was 13-14 yrs old, and it was the Greatest Man book. It was alone in my home. We had no idea. Nothing happened. If it had, my father would have killed this man and dissolved his body in a bathtub filled with lye acid. (he was a Vietnam vet, and CSA survivor himself)
Anointed abuser resides in one of the Mount Joy, PA Congregations. I won't name names, as no prosecution has ever been brought forth. Local members can guess who I am referring to. Anyone guessing who I am? EAT SHIT. I was never baptized, all my family are dead, and I am untouchable.
FUCK THIS CULT.
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The urgent, lifesaving work of Jehovah's witnesses......hardly!!
by RayoFlight2014 insince june 2016 i have kept a journal of my encounters with jehovah's witnesses at my door or in my street.
i'm a a nosey bastard and a bit of a home body when i'm not at work so i don't miss much of who comes past my home or knocks at the door.. will and dill.. they came to my door on a wednesday morning around 10:30am mid june 2016, i was on afternoon shift and had been reading bart ehrman "misquoting jesus".. what follows is the conversation as best i could recount after they left;.
of the two young gentlemen, dillon, the younger in appearance introduced will and himself, he then proceeded to present me with a brochure about world conditions supposedly getting worse.. me: i could stand at the door nodding in agreement if you like?
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"Who is Fred Franz?"
((( FACE PALM )))
These simpletons are doomed!