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  Britain | Jehovah's Witnesses hushed up child sex scandal | July 16, 2013

  by jwleaks in

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  2. child-abuse

  church officials hushed up a child sex scandal in their ranks and refused to co-operate with police.. .

  jehovah witness ministerial servant gordon leighton admitted sexually abusing a child when he was confronted by his church elders, a court heard.. but during the official police investigation, the 53-year-old who made headlines in the 1990s when wife yvonne, 28, died after refusing a blood transfusion after childbirth on religious grounds denied any illegal wrongdoing.. and when detectives asked elders simon preyser, harry logan and david scott to make statements about the confession, all three refused and said what they had heard was confidential.. for three years, the elders refused to co-operate with the criminal investigation and kept up that stance when the case was brought before newcastle crown court after the victim made a complaint to police.. each was issued with a witness summons which they fought to overturn before being ordered to testify by judge penny moreland citing public interest.. their barrister richard daniels said the men had a duty to god not to breach confidence.. he added: privileged communication between members of the congregation and ministers is an absolute right and duty and there is no power in law to breach such a confidence.. judge moreland said: it is apparent that the three elders who were present when this conversation took place are in possession of relevant evidence as to a point which is of real significance in this case.. they claim the right of confidentiality, they claim that what they heard said by the defendant during the course of that meeting ought to be subject to privilege, as ministers of religion.. judge moreland refused to withdraw the summonses and said: public interest is clearly in favour of this evidence being given.. what was said by the defendant on that occasion is of great significance in the trial.. despite the judges ruling, the men still refused to make statements to police until just hours before they were called before the jury.. leighton, who has since been expelled from the church at lambton kingdom hall in washington, denied two charges of indecency with a child and seven of indecent assault.. he was yesterday found guilty of two charges of indecency with a child and six of indecent assault.

  he was found not guilty of one indecent assault charge, on the direction of the judge.. he was remanded in custody until he is sentenced next month but warned he is facing a lengthy spell behind bars.. prosecutor katherine dunn told the court the victim, who is now an adult, broke her silence in 2009.. the court heard how at a special church meeting, leighton admitted sexual abuse and made excuses for his behaviour.. miss dunn said: the elders conducted their own investigation.

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  No messaging control?

  by Oculos Aperire in

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  do we not have any control at all of our own messaging?

  i see no way to delete message from my inbox for example.. or to clear messages i sent.

  what if i wish to block someone from messaging me too or flag them as spam.. how can i do any of this?.

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  It's the JW's fault that I no longer see evidence for god......apparently.

  by punkofnice in

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  2. friends

  if i had a quid for the amount of times i've been told that the reason i no longer see evidence for a god is because the watchtower(tm) damaged my trust in god.....................................i'd have at least a pony!*.

  could there be any truth in this?.

  have you been told similar for your choices in 'spirituality'?.

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  I lost my pet today...

  by tooktheredpill in

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  2. experiences

  she was a 12 year old maltese.

  the best pet in the world.

  my wife and i never had kids, so she was our only daughter.

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  New JW.org video on "helping" prisoners

  by cedars in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-vjlssg3xi.

  you can't help but feel sympathy for these guys.

  some of the things they did will have been horrendous, but they are paying their dues to society through their incarceration.. what they don't deserve is to become mentally imprisoned to a damaging cult.. .

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  JWStruggle post: Bethel Layoffs Reveal a Kingdom without Clothes

  by Londo111 in

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  2. beliefs

  http://www.jwstruggle.com/2013/07/bethel-layoffs-reveal-a-kingdom-without-clothes/.

  despite everything, i still have a lingering admiration toward those who serve or have served in bethel.

  it is not that i believe it is gods organization in any way, shape, or form.

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  Forum bug?

  by Oculos Aperire in

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  when i click "active topics" i get this.. the active topcs:.

  when i try to click page 2 of active topics.... i get only posts that are all over 13 years old!!.

  the question is.. how are we meant to follow posts, even our own, if there is no easy way to find them?.

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  Smiley happy people

  by Simon in

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  up here in canadia we have a lot of filipino people doing jobs that many other people may not want to do.

  we often come across them working in low paid jobs at mcdonalds or other fast food places or the bottle depot or wherever.. but boy, do they seem happy !.

  not only do they always seem to be really hard working and dilligent but also genuinely happy with big beaming beautiful smiles.. they must have some different outlook on life that works great - anyone know what it is?.

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  I get so tired of people complaining about everything President Obama says or does

  by booker-t in

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  for the past 4 1/2 years i have heard everything said about president obama and now the lastest "obama being the anti-christ" just have me laughing my head off.

  where do people get nonsense like this?

  do they just sit around the kitchen table and say "what are we going to say next about obama and michelle?

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  Demonic Cat... (probably)

  by Oculos Aperire in

  1. social
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  1942 consolation.

  all issues of the magazine consolation (published by the watchtower society and distributed by jehovah's witnesses) for 1942. the magazine was later renamed awake!

  from 'consolation' magazine - 4th march 1942. .

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