byKelvin Ohoror May 10, 2025 in News A tragic and avoidable death has rocked the Borikiri area of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, after 33-year-old Victoria Paris, who was seven months pregnant and a mother of four, reportedly died following a cesarean section at Standard Maternity Hospital. The hospital allegedly refused to administer a […]
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After years of debate, Washington governor to act on clergy abuse reporting bill tomorrow News Brief by Cassy Benefield | FāVS News As of Friday, April 25, Governor Bob Ferguson signed 170 bills from the 2025 legislative session into law. He expects to sign several hundred more, notably SB 5375 – clergy mandatory reporting bill on […]
Criminal Justice, Government Bill proposed in response to InvestigateWest article makes no exemptions for allegations shared during confessions Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Spokane’s South Hill. Wilson Criscione/InvestigateWest By Wilson Criscione Apr 16, 2025 After a third consecutive year of raw, emotional debate over religious freedom and child safety, the Washington Legislature has passed […]
Article from Fædrelandsvennen. The congregation Samfundet and other religious groups that want to exercise negative social control can rejoice in the victory of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Court of Appeal. The losers in the case are some children who live with deep fear of internal punitive processes that are “very unpleasant”, “burdensome” and “humiliating”. Has […]
By Caroline Teinum Gilje and Julian Mellingsæter March 14, 2025 Jehovah’s Witnesses have been denied state subsidies for the years 2021 to 2024, and have also been denied registration of the religious community. Now the Borgarting Court of Appeal has ruled on whether the decisions are valid under the Religious Communities Act. This was the […]
By Hans Christian Bergsjo Thursday February 13, 2025 TRIAL Jehovah’s Witnesses vs the State Borgarting Court of Appeal Thursday is the second to last day of the trial between Jehovah’s Witnesses and the state Jehovah’s Witnesses attorney Anders Stray Ryssdal continued his argument reiterating that neither psychological violence nor negative social control are legal terms. […]
A public access reveals that convicted pedophiles may well be a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses. In return, parents in the affected congregations must apparently warn their children and not leave them alone with the local pedophile Of Alberte Linde • Nicklas Calvert Are you Jehovah’s Witness? Or do you have input on the subject? Then […]
Jan. 28, 2025 at 7:32 pm By Shauna Sowersby Seattle Times staff reporter OLYMPIA — When there is suspicion of child abuse or neglect, state law requires certain professions, like teachers and social and health care workers, to report it to authorities. While most states include clergy on the list of mandated reporters, Washington is […]
https://www.vl.no/religion/2025/01/23/jehovas-vitner-far-ikke-innhente-internasjonale-eksperter-til-rettssak COURT: When Jehovah’s Witnesses meet the state in the appeal case regarding state subsidies, they want two international experts to be called as expert witnesses. Both the state and the Court of Appeal say no. – Worrying, says the religious community. Jehovah’s Witnesses have filed a lawsuit after the authorities decided to deprive them […]
by Madaleine Rubin, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Jan 20, 2025 A 46-year-old man was found guilty in Butler County common pleas court last week of rape, indecent assault and corruption of minors – the latest verdict in a six-year, ongoing investigation of widespread sexual abuse in Jehovah’s Witness congregations across Pennsylvania. Shaun Sheffer, who was accused of […]