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Jehovah’s Witnesses Must Pay $48k In Court Costs In New Zealand

Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King The Jehovah’s Witnesses must pay $48,000 in court costs to the Crown for a string of failed cases brought against the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. The Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses Australasia sought a judicial review in 2023 in a bid to get out of being […]

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Watchtower Loses Appeal in New Zealand

The Post April 23, 2024 The Royal Commission of Inquiry into abuse in care was acting within its powers to investigate complaints involving Jehovah’s Witnesses, a court has decided.LAWRENCE SMITH / STUFF Jehovah’s Witnesses have lost an appeal to have abuse claims involving elders ruled “out of scope” of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into […]

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Two More Jehovah’s Witnesses in Pennsylvania Accused of Sexual Abuse

TribLive Roger E. Zellars COURTESY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL Two Western Pennsylvania men are the latest accused of raping or sexually abusing girls stemming from a statewide grand jury investigation of child sexual abuse in the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Ronald W. Mangone, 69, of Lower Burrell and Roger E. Zellars, 68, of Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood […]

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Watchtower Challenges New Zealand Court Ruling

NEW ZEALAND LAW 21 Mar 2024 jemima.huston@rnz.co.nz Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King The Court of Appeal has reserved its decision in the Jehovah’s Witness Church’s case challenging the Abuse in Care inquiry. In Wellington on Thursday the church appealed a High Court ruling that dismissed its claim to be excluded from the investigation. The public gallery was […]

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Does the Bible Support Shunning Those That Resign?

The Watchtower society has printed what they believe are scriptural reasons for shunning persons that resign from their organization. While Jesus gave instructions about how to handle a member of the Christian congregation that engages in sin and does not want to change, this video answers the question: Does the Bible support the shunning of […]

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Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Champion Religious Freedom? Part 3

In 2015 The Australian Royal Commission in case number 29 gave the Watchtower organization recommendations that would enable them to respond more adequately to child sexual abuse allegations and protect children. After two years the commission reconvened in order to ascertain whether their recommendations were followed.

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A Failure to Show Love of Neighbor!

When asked what the greatest commandment in the Mosaic Law was, Jesus responded by saying that it was to love God with one’s whole heart, mind, soul and strength. But second to this was to love one’s neighbor as oneself. However, when it comes to protecting children from dangerous sexual predators, the Watchtower society is […]

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The Associated Press Investigates the Mormon Church’s Handling of Sex Abuse

By Michael Rezendes and Jason Dearen December 4, 2023 HAILEY, Idaho (AP) — Paul Rytting had been director of the Risk Management Division at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for around 15 years when a 31-year-old church member told him that her father, a former bishop, had sexually abused her when she […]

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Children of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Japan Report Sexual Abuse

  Ayuko Kato, minister in charge of child policies. A group of children of Jehovah’s Witnesses have submitted a report to the Child and Family Agency detailing sexual abuse. | KYODO BY KARIN KANEKOSTAFF WRITER Nov 28, 2023 A group of children of Jehovah’s Witnesses submitted a report detailing sexual abuse within the religious organization to the […]

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Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Policy Hides Abuse

Ousted Members Say Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Policy on Abuse Hides Offenses By Laurie Goodstein Aug. 11, 2002 William Bowen always considered himself a devout Jehovah’s Witness. As a child, he felt it was his duty to go door to door passing out the church’s magazine, The Watchtower. Later, as an elder in his Kentucky congregation, he said […]