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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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jehovah’s Witness church spends 3 years fighting scrutiny of Royal Commission of Inquiry 2:31 pm on 4 September 2023 Anusha Bradley, Investigative Reporter @AnushaBradley anusha.bradley@rnz.co.nz The Jehovah’s Witness church has been fighting scrutiny from a national inquiry into the historical abuse of children for three years, court documents show. The church has accused the Royal Commission of […]
The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office reportedly is investigating whether the Jehovah’s Witnesses repeatedly failed to report child sexual abuse allegations to authorities in what is believed to be the first wide-scale examination by a U.S. law enforcement agency. The attorney general’s office told USA TODAY it “cannot confirm or deny the existence of investigations.” But Mark […]