I am at work and trying hard to liik like I am working.
Has everyone got their popcorn and drinks ready?
I gotta crab a cup of tea!!
hello people.
the rc will still go ahead with it's live stream on friday 14th august.
however, it seem that it will be a video link.
I am at work and trying hard to liik like I am working.
Has everyone got their popcorn and drinks ready?
I gotta crab a cup of tea!!
what may be good for the usa will not cut the mustard here in australia.
http://www.jw-archive.org/post/125844213823/geoffrey-jackson-declines-to-appear-before#at_pco=cfd-1.0&at_ab=per-15&at_pos=0&at_tot=14&at_si=55c27690475c6bb3
I think a Royal Commission is different from ordinary summons to appear at court.
ROYAL COMMISSIONS ACT 1902 - SECT 3
1) A person served, as prescribed, with a summons to appear as a witness at a hearing before a Commission shall not:
(a) fail to attend as required by the summons; or
(b) fail to attend from day to day unless excused, or released from further attendance, by a member of the Commission.
Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months.
(1A) Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
(1B) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.
(2) A person appearing as a witness at a hearing before a Commission shall not fail to produce a document or other thing that the person was required to produce by a summons under this Act served on him or her as prescribed or that the person was required to produce by the member of the Commission presiding at the hearing.
Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months.
wednesday 5 , day 7 live hearing.
case study 29, july 2015, sydney.
i actually started clapping at that point, as his honour explained to the wt type creep sycophantic slithery lawyer that........" i understand that we all have issues to face in life and .....that is a part of life...........however it has become obvious that this man ....is in such a position to assist with this investigation.....".
it boils down to the fact that stewart outright accused the latest witness of misleading the royal commission and this lead to some document searches which led his honour to conclude that they had been protecting mr jackson.
this was a warm and fluffy moment folks.................brilliant stuff!!!!!
I think if he leaves the country the Judge will make him video conference.
fingers crossed.
Proud to be an Aussie !!!
Geoffrey Jackson has refused to appear the judge is not impressed. He asked twice but arn't policies and procedure decisions made by New York.
geoffrey couldn't appear due to personal reasons . Statemetn given he doesn't create the poicies or procedures. or something to that extent.
I am disgusted !!
this is in the july 2015 monthly program on tv.jw.org cedars wrote about it too.. starting at around 42:30 in the video, morris talks about the child abuse situation for almost 10 minutes.
link to video.
i'm writing a transcript right now.
The Royal Commission in Australia are holding a public hearing in July in regard to child abuse within the Watchtower.
I believe the latest Sophie and Caleb video is to show that they have something in place to protect the children.
Two things the commission is looking for from them is:
· . The systems, policies and procedures in place within the Jehovah’s Witnesses Church and the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Australia Ltd for raising and responding to allegations of or concerns about child sexual abuse within the Church.
4. The systems, policies and procedures in place within the Jehovah’s Witnesses Church and the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Australia Ltd to prevent child sexual abuse within the Church.
disgruntled jehovahs witness was caught on camera poisoning his elders milk with weed killer after being excommunicated over an extramarital affair, a court has heard.
for the first time, the advertiser can name and show brett darren mardon, who is standing trial accused of attempting to put three lives at risk the elder, his wife and their young child.. he has denied injecting milk, apple juice and other liquids in the refrigerator of ben anthanysz with glyphosate a weed killer that causes health problems if consumed in large quantities.. mardon has maintained his innocence of the charges despite being recorded by a cctv camera mounted in the anthanyszs kitchen.. opening the trial, prosecutor nick healy said mardons actions were a vengeful response to his church peers ignoring his existence, as required by their faith.. he said mr anthanysz had been part of a three-person jehovahs witness committee that censured mardon for having sex with someone while married.. mardon was part of the jehovahs witness congregation based at crafers, and was excommunicated because of moral issues, he said.. an excommunicated member is still entitled to attend church meetings, however none of the congregation can speak to him while they are there.. mardon, 47, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempting to create a risk of harm and three counts of serious criminal trespass in a place of residence.. he has pleaded guilty, however, to two counts of theft namely stealing personal documents from mr anthanyszs home.. http://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/sa-court-told-brett-darren-mardon-poisoned-the-milk-of-jehovahs-witness-elder-after-he-was-excommunicated-from-the-faith/story-fnii5yv4-1227238876533 .
For the first time, The Advertiser can name and show Brett Darren Mardon, who is standing trial accused of attempting to put three lives at risk — the elder, his wife and their young child.
He has denied injecting milk, apple juice and other liquids in the refrigerator of Ben Anthanysz with glyphosate — a weed killer that causes health problems if consumed in large quantities.
Mardon has maintained his innocence of the charges despite being recorded by a CCTV camera mounted in the Anthanysz’s kitchen.
Opening the trial, prosecutor Nick Healy said Mardon’s actions were a vengeful response to his church peers ignoring his existence, as required by their faith.
He said Mr Anthanysz had been part of a three-person Jehovah’s Witness committee that censured Mardon “for having sex with someone while married.
Mardon was part of the Jehovah’s Witness congregation based at Crafers, and was excommunicated because of moral issues,” he said.
“An excommunicated member is still entitled to attend church meetings, however none of the congregation can speak to him while they are there.”
Mardon, 47, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempting to create a risk of harm and three counts of serious criminal trespass in a place of residence.
He has pleaded guilty, however, to two counts of theft — namely stealing personal documents from Mr Anthanysz’s home.
watchtower-qcstelecom ownership agreement.. .
re: petition to transfer ownership of qcstelecom, inc., to watchtower bible and tract society.
http://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/common/viewdoc.aspx?docrefid=%7b57614a3f-7101-408a-8b25-b3499530db5a%7d.
The brethren in Australia have a company called UBT. my daughter works for a company that is owned by the brethren and she has told me that UBT is the filter between them and the ISP provider
i just had two disciples of this religion knock on my door.. "the church of god is a destructive cult portraying itself as a mainstream religion.
by exploiting christian terminology and the bible, they are manipulating their followers to further the goals of the movement, namely money and power.
a former seventh-day adventist, and self proclaimed messiah, ahnsahnghong founded the organization in korea in 1964. .
I just had two disciples of this religion knock on my door.
"The Church of God is a destructive cult portraying itself as a mainstream religion. By exploiting Christian terminology and the Bible, they are manipulating their followers to further the goals of the movement, namely money and power. A former Seventh-day Adventist, and self proclaimed messiah, “Ahnsahnghong” founded the organization in Korea in 1964.
After his death and subsequent ascension to heaven in 1985, Ahnsahnghong was succeeded by his spiritual wife Zahng-Gil-Jah; also known as Mother God, Heavenly Mother and New Jerusalem Mother. Members pray to her and are encouraged to visit Korea to pay her homage. Mother God is the core of their faith."
The iPad shoved in my face at the door (first thing I saw) to entice me to a two minute presentation. It reminded me of what the witness's are trying to do now. From this personal experience of having the iPad shoved in my face i feel the JW's will not have much luck using it as a tool in their ministry. I immediately attempted to touch the screen to stop it.
Has any one else come across this kinda copy cat to the JW's cult?
It felt cheap!!