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◾AD1914.comA new website chronicling the changes in Watchtower doctrine over the past century, and telling the stories of some leading activists and thinkers.
◾AvoidJW.orgA website aimed at innoculating members of the public against Watchtower indoctrination.
◾Ex-JW.comA journalistic JW website dedicated to exposing scandals and generally unknown facts about the Watchtower and Jehovah’s Witnesses. Ex-JW.com delves deep and offers personal testimonies from JWs at various stages of their roads to awakening.
◾InsideTheWatchtower.comAn informative website with a variety of contributors that approaches Watchtower teachings from a critical viewpoint. Includes some personal experiences.
◾Jeffro's 607 pagesJeffro is a blogger who focuses his attention on Watchtower’s strange preoccupation with 607 BCE in support of its 1914 teaching.
◾Jehovah's TrumpetA tongue-in-cheek website covering JW-related events and stories.
◾Jehovah's Witness BlogA light-hearted blog site with a friendly, humorous tone. If you’re an active Witness, try not to be put off by the image of the burning Watchtower. These guys don’t bite!
◾Jehovah's Witness ReportA new website aiming to offer articles on the latest JW developments.
◾Jehovah's Witnesses: A HistoryDr Jayne Persian, a student of Watchtower history, relives moments in the organization’s past through her blog.
◾JW FacepalmA new blog that hopes to be “somewhat of an Understanding Jehovah’s Witnesses for Dummies.”
◾JWvictims.orgA new website that focuses on the far-reaching consequences of harmful Watchtower policies.
◾Marvin Shilmer's BlogThis blog was down for some time, but seems to be back up. Marvin does a great job of delving into some of the greatest scandals and oddities from Watchtower history.
◾TAZETaze.co is a website dedicated to coverage of Jehovah’s Witnesses and Cult news, lifestyle and entertainment from an “apostate” perspective. It is the follow-up project to JW Alumni and is run by Misha Anouk.
◾The Watchtower FilesDoug Shields was a Witness for 33 years before leaving and being shunned by family and friends. He now runs this interesting and well-presented blog.
◾The Watchtower StudyA collection of essays on various Watchtower teachings.
◾TowerwatcherA new blog exploring some key teachings of the organization from an honest, critical viewpoint.
◾WatchtowerWatch.comAn attractive, functional, news-oriented website with a variety of seasoned contributors. WatchtowerWatch keeps abreast of the latest developments in the JW universe.
◾X-J-W.orgA simple new website offering resources for those with niggling doubts about the organization.
Documents & Research
◾JW FactsThis is arguably the foremost site if you are seeking a comprehensive and objective rundown of ALL of Watchtower’s more questionable teachings and practices. The articles are well researched and offer a balanced and logical perspective.
◾JW FilesA smart website offering forensic analysis of Watchtower teachings. Some of the articles are a bit “quote heavy,” but if you’ve got the time, they’ve got the information.
◾JW GraphsA website that dedicates itself to comparative analysis of Watchtower Yearbook statistics.
◾JW LeaksA bold website with a seemingly deliberate “Anonymous” feel to it, JWleaks goes straight for the jugular with damning documented evidence of Watchtower’s legal entanglements.
◾Watchtower Documents LLCBarbara Anderson’s amazing resource for learning the real history of the Watchtower, with reams of documents, newspaper clippings, and old Watchtower publications available for download. Barbara is a former Brooklyn HQ writer and researcher.
◾Watchtower Society QuotesA superb selection of extremely embarrassing quotes taken from Watchtower literature listed by topic in alphabetical order. Pour yourself a coffee, put your feet up, and let the laughter commence!
◾WTArchiveA website offering a number of rare Russell/Rutherford-era documents and publications in PDF form.
Ex-JW forums and support
◾Ex Jehovah's Witnesses of Los AngelesIf you’re fresh out of indoctrination, and you happen to live in or near Los Angeles, Cynthia Hampton and her friends would love to hear from you.
◾Ex-Jehovah's Witness Forum and Recovery SiteAn Ex-JW forum with over 3,500 members and an emphasis on support and recovery.
◾Ex-Jehovah's Witness Meetup GroupsA website offering ex-JWs the opportunity to arrange meet-ups in person. So far there are more than 35 groups representing three countries, namely the USA, the UK and Canada.
◾Ex-Jehovah's Witness Recovery Group 3The largest and best-moderated exJW Facebook group, with over 6,000 members. (WARNING: Please make sure you post under a pseudonym or fake account if you are concerned about your privacy.)
◾ExJW ReunitedAn Ex-JW forum, based in the UK, offering former members the opportunity to come together and exchange their experiences.
◾Jehovah's Witness RecoveryWith over 4,000 members, Jehovah’s Witness Recovery provides a place for ex-JWs to share their stories.
◾Jehovahs-Witness.comOne of the largest and longest-running exJW forums.
◾JW OnlineA small forum for JW-related discussion.
◾The Broad RoadAn Ex-JW social network and meet-up community that prefers logical debate over religious evangelism.
◾The Ex-JW Reddit CommunityA mixed bag of JW-related subjects are discussed on the popular social news and entertainment website.
◾xjwsforChristA small forum frequented by Ex-JWs who hold on to their Christian faith.
Ex-JW sites: Atheist
◾Alec Holmes XJW BlogAlec Holmes is an ex-Jehovah’s Witness and atheist, and his blog offers his occasionally off-the-wall reflections and observations following his awakening.
◾ApostateChick.comStephanie is a survivor of abuse within the JW religion. Now an atheist, she guides her readers and YouTube viewers through her journey to spiritual and mental freedom.
◾Atheist Geek NewsThis is a humorous blog by an atheist ex-Witness, who doesn’t mince his words when giving his take on all things Watchtower related.
◾Fugue's BlogChris Fugue was raised a Witness but disassociated after learning the real truth behind the organization. Now an atheist, he keeps track of his thoughts on his personal blog.
◾Watchtower & AwakeningA series of well-written articles exploring JW-related issues from an agnostic/atheist perspective
◾Witnesses For AtheismA blog site set up in 2011 by two former Witnesses who turned to atheism. It does not appear to be updated frequently.
Ex-JW sites: Christian
◾Ex Jehovah's Witnesses United in ChristA new website with news, videos, and a forum. Exjws-united.com offers analysis of Watchtower developments from a Christian perspective.
◾Jehovah's Witness Outreach ProjectA rather dated site aiming to explore the primary teachings of the Watch Tower Society and how these directly relate to the Bible.
◾JW LoveA denominationally-neutral website set up by Ex-JW Christians.
◾JW StruggleThis website was set up by an elder who could no longer reconcile his Christian beliefs with the teachings of the Watch Tower Society. He has since been disfellowshipped, as are all those who speak out openly against the organization.
◾Reasoning With Jehovah's WitnessesA website set up by a former elder who still maintains his faith in Christ but wants to help JWs find answers.
◾TowerWatch MinistriesThis site aims to help Christians “reach Jehovah’s Witnesses with the Gospel of our savior Jesus Christ.”
◾Watchtower Investigated UKA UK website offering a Christian-oriented perspective on JW beliefs and practices.
◾WatchtowerWorld.orgA website of some who left the Watchtower organization in the 70s and 80s and now seek to reach out to JWs with their Christian message.
◾Witnesses for Jesus, IncThis website offers a biblical perspective on JW beliefs and practices, but does not “endorse any specific church or religious denomination.”
Ex-JW sites: Legal
◾Jehovah's Witness ExpertsA website offering legal services to former Jehovah’s Witnesses, particularly those fighting child custody battles.
◾JW Child CustodyJWCC assist with cases regarding custody and various legal issues involving Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Ex-JW sites: Reformist
◾AJWRB.orgThe official website of Associated Jehovah’s Witnesses for Reform on Blood
◾JWreform.orgThe Jehovah’s Witness Reformation Movement is a group of current and former JWs who seem to think the organization still has a role to play in God’s purpose, and that reform from within is possible.
JW-related books and authors
◾Anthony Mathenia“Paradise Earth: Day Zero” is Anthony’s intriguing debut novel in which he explores what life would be like for an Armageddon survivor. A review of this book has featured in our “Book Corner” articles.
◾Brenda LeeBrenda’s memoir “Out of the Cocoon” is a remarkable story about how a single visit from two seemingly “nice” strangers nearly cost her everything, including her life.
◾Brianna Karp“A Girl’s Guide To Homelessness” tells Brianna Karp’s story as a girl raised a Witness who found herself homeless partly due to the Society’s rules on shunning.
◾Don CameronThis is the website for Don Cameron’s well-known book “Captives of a Concept,” which overwhelmingly dismantles the Society’s much-vaunted doctrine of the Faithful and Discreet Slave.
◾Joanna ForemanJoanna’s book “The Know-It-All Girl” chronicles her journey as a woman escaping the influence of the Watchtower. A review of this book has featured in our “Book Corner” articles.
◾Richard E KellyThe official web page of the author of “Growing Up in Mama’s Club” and “The Ghosts From Mama’s Club.” Richard also contributes articles to JWsurvey.
◾Steve HassanSteve Hassan is a cult expert and former Moonie. His website features books and materials that can be used to help loved ones escape the clutches of mind control techniques.
JW-related entertainment
◾JW PodcastA two-weekly podcast show that takes a humorous look at what is going on in the world of Watchtower, featuring regular special guests and calls from listeners.
JW-related films
◾Truth Be Toldis a film that uses revealing interviews with former Witnesses to powerfully demonstrate the more damaging elements of the JW faith.
JW-related organizations
◾Advocates for Awareness of Watchtower AbusesAAWA is a not-for-profit organization that aims to draw attention to the most harmful teachings and practices of the Watch Tower Society. It also offers support to victims of mind control and emotional abuse.
JWsurvey elsewhere online
◾John Cedars on FacebookStay in touch with Cedars on Facebook.
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◾JWsurvey Facebook pageOur official presence on Facebook.
Official Watchtower-approved pages
◾Circuit VehiclesA site used by Watchtower for selling on its used Circuit Overseer cars.
◾Jehovah's Witnesses of IndiaOfficial Watchtower site intended to gather donations in India.
◾Jehovas Zeugen in DeutschlandThe official pages of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Germany.
◾Jehovas Zeugen in ÖsterreichThe official pages of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Austria.
◾JW RussiaThe official pages of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia
◾JW.orgThe official website of Jehovah’s Witnesses where you can download literature, watch promotional videos, or read the latest JW news with a pro-Watchtower spin.
◾JWgift.orgA Watchtower-sponsored UK website designed to collect donations. Even though it argues that it should “not be seen as the soliciting of funds in any way” it features a not-so-subtle “Make a Donation” button on the home page.
◾Watchtower Online LibrarySearchable archive of Watchtower literature published from 2000 onwards.
Watchtower-related sites and forums in other languages
◾Croatian (svjedoci.net)
◾Czech (krev.info)
◾Dutch (freedom4all.net)
◾Dutch (wachttorenkijker.nl)
◾Estonian (tunnistaja.ee/jehoova-tunnistajad)
◾Finnish (johanneksenpoika.fi)
◾Finnish (veljesseura.org)
◾French (chez.com/tjrecherches)
◾French (seb361.voila.net/)
◾French (watchteaser.blogspot.fr)
◾French (watchtowerwayback.org)
◾German (methodik-des-wachtturms.de)
◾German (sektenausstieg.net)
◾German (wachtturmwatch.wordpress.com)
◾Hungarian (jehovatanui.blog.hu)
◾Italian (forum.infotdgeova.it)
◾Italian (infotdgeova.it)
◾Italian (testimoni-di-geova.info)
◾Japanese (jwstudy.com)
◾Polish (free-minds.pl)
◾Polish (jw-forum.de)
◾Polish (watchtower-forum.pl)
◾Portuguese (extestemunhasdejeova.net)
◾Portuguese (testemunhasdejeova.forumeiros.com.pt)
◾Romanian (martorii-lui-iehova.ro)
◾Russian (jwforum.ru)
◾Russian (jwquestion.net)
◾Russian (nastyrnyi.livejournal.com)
◾Russian (paveltalyzin.blogspot.ru)
◾Serbian (jehovinisvedoci.blogspot.com)
◾Serbian (slobodnemisli.wordpress.com)
◾Serbian (whoismob.webs.com)
◾Slovak (straznavez.cz)
◾Spanish (extj.com)
◾Spanish (johnhenrykurtz.blogspot.com.es)
If you know of another non-English JW-related website that should be on the above list, please contact us.
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◾AD1914.com A new website chronicling the changes in Watchtower doctrine over the past century, and telling the stories of some leading activists and thinkers.
◾AvoidJW.org A website aimed at innoculating members of the public against Watchtower indoctrination.
◾Ex-JW.com A journalistic JW website dedicated to exposing scandals and generally unknown facts about the Watchtower and Jehovah’s Witnesses. Ex-JW.com delves deep and offers personal testimonies from JWs at various stages of their roads to awakening.
◾InsideTheWatchtower.com An informative website with a variety of contributors that approaches Watchtower teachings from a critical viewpoint. Includes some personal experiences.
◾Jeffro's 607 pages Jeffro is a blogger who focuses his attention on Watchtower’s strange preoccupation with 607 BCE in support of its 1914 teaching.
◾Jehovah's Trumpet A tongue-in-cheek website covering JW-related events and stories.
◾Jehovah's Witness Blog A light-hearted blog site with a friendly, humorous tone. If you’re an active Witness, try not to be put off by the image of the burning Watchtower. These guys don’t bite!
◾Jehovah's Witness Report A new website aiming to offer articles on the latest JW developments.
◾Jehovah's Witnesses: A History Dr Jayne Persian, a student of Watchtower history, relives moments in the organization’s past through her blog.
◾JW Facepalm A new blog that hopes to be “somewhat of an Understanding Jehovah’s Witnesses for Dummies.”
◾JWvictims.org A new website that focuses on the far-reaching consequences of harmful Watchtower policies.
◾Marvin Shilmer's Blog This blog was down for some time, but seems to be back up. Marvin does a great job of delving into some of the greatest scandals and oddities from Watchtower history.
◾TAZE Taze.co is a website dedicated to coverage of Jehovah’s Witnesses and Cult news, lifestyle and entertainment from an “apostate” perspective. It is the follow-up project to JW Alumni and is run by Misha Anouk.
◾The Watchtower Files Doug Shields was a Witness for 33 years before leaving and being shunned by family and friends. He now runs this interesting and well-presented blog.
◾The Watchtower Study A collection of essays on various Watchtower teachings.
◾Towerwatcher A new blog exploring some key teachings of the organization from an honest, critical viewpoint.
◾WatchtowerWatch.com An attractive, functional, news-oriented website with a variety of seasoned contributors. WatchtowerWatch keeps abreast of the latest developments in the JW universe.
◾X-J-W.org A simple new website offering resources for those with niggling doubts about the organization.
Documents & Research
◾JW Facts This is arguably the foremost site if you are seeking a comprehensive and objective rundown of ALL of Watchtower’s more questionable teachings and practices. The articles are well researched and offer a balanced and logical perspective.
◾JW Files A smart website offering forensic analysis of Watchtower teachings. Some of the articles are a bit “quote heavy,” but if you’ve got the time, they’ve got the information.
◾JW Graphs A website that dedicates itself to comparative analysis of Watchtower Yearbook statistics.
◾JW Leaks A bold website with a seemingly deliberate “Anonymous” feel to it, JWleaks goes straight for the jugular with damning documented evidence of Watchtower’s legal entanglements.
◾Watchtower Documents LLC Barbara Anderson’s amazing resource for learning the real history of the Watchtower, with reams of documents, newspaper clippings, and old Watchtower publications available for download. Barbara is a former Brooklyn HQ writer and researcher.
◾Watchtower Society Quotes A superb selection of extremely embarrassing quotes taken from Watchtower literature listed by topic in alphabetical order. Pour yourself a coffee, put your feet up, and let the laughter commence!
◾WTArchive A website offering a number of rare Russell/Rutherford-era documents and publications in PDF form.
Ex-JW forums and support
◾Ex Jehovah's Witnesses of Los Angeles If you’re fresh out of indoctrination, and you happen to live in or near Los Angeles, Cynthia Hampton and her friends would love to hear from you.
◾Ex-Jehovah's Witness Forum and Recovery Site An Ex-JW forum with over 3,500 members and an emphasis on support and recovery.
◾Ex-Jehovah's Witness Meetup Groups A website offering ex-JWs the opportunity to arrange meet-ups in person. So far there are more than 35 groups representing three countries, namely the USA, the UK and Canada.
◾Ex-Jehovah's Witness Recovery Group 3 The largest and best-moderated exJW Facebook group, with over 6,000 members. (WARNING: Please make sure you post under a pseudonym or fake account if you are concerned about your privacy.)
◾ExJW Reunited An Ex-JW forum, based in the UK, offering former members the opportunity to come together and exchange their experiences.
◾Jehovah's Witness Recovery With over 4,000 members, Jehovah’s Witness Recovery provides a place for ex-JWs to share their stories.
◾Jehovahs-Witness.com One of the largest and longest-running exJW forums.
◾JW Online A small forum for JW-related discussion.
◾The Broad Road An Ex-JW social network and meet-up community that prefers logical debate over religious evangelism.
◾The Ex-JW Reddit Community A mixed bag of JW-related subjects are discussed on the popular social news and entertainment website.
◾xjwsforChrist A small forum frequented by Ex-JWs who hold on to their Christian faith.
Ex-JW sites: Atheist
◾Alec Holmes XJW Blog Alec Holmes is an ex-Jehovah’s Witness and atheist, and his blog offers his occasionally off-the-wall reflections and observations following his awakening.
◾ApostateChick.com Stephanie is a survivor of abuse within the JW religion. Now an atheist, she guides her readers and YouTube viewers through her journey to spiritual and mental freedom.
◾Atheist Geek News This is a humorous blog by an atheist ex-Witness, who doesn’t mince his words when giving his take on all things Watchtower related.
◾Fugue's Blog Chris Fugue was raised a Witness but disassociated after learning the real truth behind the organization. Now an atheist, he keeps track of his thoughts on his personal blog.
◾Watchtower & Awakening A series of well-written articles exploring JW-related issues from an agnostic/atheist perspective
◾Witnesses For Atheism A blog site set up in 2011 by two former Witnesses who turned to atheism. It does not appear to be updated frequently.
Ex-JW sites: Christian
◾Ex Jehovah's Witnesses United in Christ A new website with news, videos, and a forum. Exjws-united.com offers analysis of Watchtower developments from a Christian perspective.
◾Jehovah's Witness Outreach Project A rather dated site aiming to explore the primary teachings of the Watch Tower Society and how these directly relate to the Bible.
◾JW Love A denominationally-neutral website set up by Ex-JW Christians.
◾JW Struggle This website was set up by an elder who could no longer reconcile his Christian beliefs with the teachings of the Watch Tower Society. He has since been disfellowshipped, as are all those who speak out openly against the organization.
◾Reasoning With Jehovah's Witnesses A website set up by a former elder who still maintains his faith in Christ but wants to help JWs find answers.
◾TowerWatch Ministries This site aims to help Christians “reach Jehovah’s Witnesses with the Gospel of our savior Jesus Christ.”
◾Watchtower Investigated UK A UK website offering a Christian-oriented perspective on JW beliefs and practices.
◾WatchtowerWorld.org A website of some who left the Watchtower organization in the 70s and 80s and now seek to reach out to JWs with their Christian message.
◾Witnesses for Jesus, Inc This website offers a biblical perspective on JW beliefs and practices, but does not “endorse any specific church or religious denomination.”
Ex-JW sites: Legal
◾Jehovah's Witness Experts A website offering legal services to former Jehovah’s Witnesses, particularly those fighting child custody battles.
◾JW Child Custody JWCC assist with cases regarding custody and various legal issues involving Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Ex-JW sites: Reformist
◾AJWRB.org The official website of Associated Jehovah’s Witnesses for Reform on Blood
◾JWreform.org The Jehovah’s Witness Reformation Movement is a group of current and former JWs who seem to think the organization still has a role to play in God’s purpose, and that reform from within is possible.
JW-related books and authors
◾Anthony Mathenia “Paradise Earth: Day Zero” is Anthony’s intriguing debut novel in which he explores what life would be like for an Armageddon survivor. A review of this book has featured in our “Book Corner” articles.
◾Brenda Lee Brenda’s memoir “Out of the Cocoon” is a remarkable story about how a single visit from two seemingly “nice” strangers nearly cost her everything, including her life.
◾Brianna Karp “A Girl’s Guide To Homelessness” tells Brianna Karp’s story as a girl raised a Witness who found herself homeless partly due to the Society’s rules on shunning.
◾Don Cameron This is the website for Don Cameron’s well-known book “Captives of a Concept,” which overwhelmingly dismantles the Society’s much-vaunted doctrine of the Faithful and Discreet Slave.
◾Joanna Foreman Joanna’s book “The Know-It-All Girl” chronicles her journey as a woman escaping the influence of the Watchtower. A review of this book has featured in our “Book Corner” articles.
◾Richard E Kelly The official web page of the author of “Growing Up in Mama’s Club” and “The Ghosts From Mama’s Club.” Richard also contributes articles to JWsurvey.
◾Steve Hassan Steve Hassan is a cult expert and former Moonie. His website features books and materials that can be used to help loved ones escape the clutches of mind control techniques.
JW-related entertainment
◾JW Podcast A two-weekly podcast show that takes a humorous look at what is going on in the world of Watchtower, featuring regular special guests and calls from listeners.
JW-related films
◾Truth Be Told is a film that uses revealing interviews with former Witnesses to powerfully demonstrate the more damaging elements of the JW faith.
JW-related organizations
◾Advocates for Awareness of Watchtower Abuses AAWA is a not-for-profit organization that aims to draw attention to the most harmful teachings and practices of the Watch Tower Society. It also offers support to victims of mind control and emotional abuse.
JWsurvey elsewhere online
◾John Cedars on Facebook Stay in touch with Cedars on Facebook.
◾John Cedars on Twitter Follow Cedars (Lloyd Evans) on Twitter for updates whenever new articles are posted.
◾John Cedars YouTube channel This is the official YouTube channel of JWsurvey, featuring Cedars’ Vlog. To get email updates when new videos are uploaded, please subscribe!
◾JWsurvey Facebook page Our official presence on Facebook.
Official Watchtower-approved pages
◾Circuit Vehicles A site used by Watchtower for selling on its used Circuit Overseer cars.
◾Jehovah's Witnesses of India Official Watchtower site intended to gather donations in India.
◾Jehovas Zeugen in Deutschland The official pages of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Germany.
◾Jehovas Zeugen in Österreich The official pages of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Austria.
◾JW Russia The official pages of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia
◾JW.org The official website of Jehovah’s Witnesses where you can download literature, watch promotional videos, or read the latest JW news with a pro-Watchtower spin.
◾JWgift.org A Watchtower-sponsored UK website designed to collect donations. Even though it argues that it should “not be seen as the soliciting of funds in any way” it features a not-so-subtle “Make a Donation” button on the home page.
◾Watchtower Online Library Searchable archive of Watchtower literature published from 2000 onwards.
Watchtower-related sites and forums in other languages
◾Croatian (svjedoci.net)
◾Czech (krev.info)
◾Dutch (freedom4all.net)
◾Dutch (wachttorenkijker.nl)
◾Estonian (tunnistaja.ee/jehoova-tunnistajad)
◾Finnish (johanneksenpoika.fi)
◾Finnish (veljesseura.org)
◾French (chez.com/tjrecherches)
◾French (seb361.voila.net/)
◾French (watchteaser.blogspot.fr)
◾French (watchtowerwayback.org)
◾German (methodik-des-wachtturms.de)
◾German (sektenausstieg.net)
◾German (wachtturmwatch.wordpress.com)
◾Hungarian (jehovatanui.blog.hu)
◾Italian (forum.infotdgeova.it)
◾Italian (infotdgeova.it)
◾Italian (testimoni-di-geova.info)
◾Japanese (jwstudy.com)
◾Polish (free-minds.pl)
◾Polish (jw-forum.de)
◾Polish (watchtower-forum.pl)
◾Portuguese (extestemunhasdejeova.net)
◾Portuguese (testemunhasdejeova.forumeiros.com.pt)
◾Romanian (martorii-lui-iehova.ro)
◾Russian (jwforum.ru)
◾Russian (jwquestion.net)
◾Russian (nastyrnyi.livejournal.com)
◾Russian (paveltalyzin.blogspot.ru)
◾Serbian (jehovinisvedoci.blogspot.com)
◾Serbian (slobodnemisli.wordpress.com)
◾Serbian (whoismob.webs.com)
◾Slovak (straznavez.cz)
◾Spanish (extj.com)
◾Spanish (johnhenrykurtz.blogspot.com.es)
If you know of another non-English JW-related website that should be on the above list, please contact us.
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Australian Royal Commission hears that 1,006 alleged child sex abusers were covered up by Watchtower
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Posted on July 27, 2015
Angus Stewart, Senior Council, at the public hearing into allegations of child sexual abuse by Jehovah’s Witnesses
Angus Stewart, Senior Council, at the public hearing into allegations of child sexual abuse by Jehovah’s Witnesses
Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has heard shocking evidence that 1,006 alleged perpetrators of child sex abuse were identified by the organization in Australia going back to 1950, but none were reported to the authorities.
The Commission was launched in 2013 with a broad remit to investigate serial child abuse in institutions, including religious organizations such as the Witnesses and the Catholic Church.
At the opening hearing held today, Angus Stewart, the senior council assisting the commission, described the church as an “insular sect with rules designed to stem the reporting of sexual abuse.”
According to Stewart’s written opening submission, the figure of 1,006 perpetrators was derived directly from Watchtower documents summoned (subpoened) by the Commission…
During the investigation of this case study, Watchtower Australia produced some 5,000 documents pursuant to summonses issued by the Royal Commission on 4 and 28 February 2015. Those documents include 1,006 case files relating to allegations of child sexual abuse made against members of the Jehovah’s Witness Church in Australia since 1950 – each file for a different alleged perpetrator of child sexual abuse.
Stewart’s submission goes on to explain the astonishing findings from analyzing these case files…
Evidence will be put before the Royal Commission that of the 1,006 alleged perpetrators of child sexual abuse identified by the Jehovah’s Witness Church since 1950, not one was reported by the Church to secular authorities. This suggests that it is the practice of the Jehovah’s Witness Church to retain information regarding child sexual abuse offences but not to report allegations of child sexual abuse to the police or other relevant authorities.
As part of the hearing two Witnesses, identified as BCB and BCG, are expected to give testimony that elders discouraged them from reporting their abuse. One of these victims is apparently “riddled with guilt for betraying the Jehovah’s Witness Church.”
The hearings are being streamed live to Australians, and doubtless will cause further humiliation for an organization already under siege for negligence regarding child molestation.
Governing Body member Stephen Lett recently insisted that claims of child abuse mishandling are nothing more than “apostate-driven lies and dishonesties,” but added to courtroom defeats in the United States and Britain, this latest news coming out of Australia suggests otherwise.
1,006 unreported alleged perpetrators since 1950 is an appalling statistic, and if used to extrapolate historic figures around the world, the number of concealed pedophiles could easily number into the tens of thousands.
It will be interesting to see what conclusions are drawn by the Commission, and how this will impact the fate of the organization, not just in Australia, but further afield. Certainly Tony Morris’ recent claim that the Governing Body are “proud” of their reputation concerning child abuse is becoming increasingly preposterous.
One child who suffers unnecessarily due to Watchtower’s negligence on the issue would be a child too many, and yet according to this public hearing, in just one country of many, the pain and trauma of sex abuse has been ignored and covered-up on an unimaginable scale.
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Kat says:
July 27, 2015 at 9:03 am
Another newspaper report.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/paedophiles-repeatedly-promoted-to-positions-of-authority-in-jehovahs-witness-church-royal-commission-told/story-fni0cx12-1227458483269
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Mama Joy says:
July 27, 2015 at 10:34 am
Exactly! They are promoted because they are encouraged to do it behind the scenes. People don’t want to believe it, but they are a huge sex trafficker of children.
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David says:
July 27, 2015 at 9:13 am
I watched the video. So the elder abused many times a girl and he was just removed from his position. Nothing else. His reputation was intact and the congregation was not informed. I know people that have been disfellowshipped for far less for making a single mistake. These people have lived without association with loved ones and severely humiliated.
And this guys walks away with no discipline.
And also the watchtower knowing all these cases criticise the catholic church. There are no words to describe them.
I think this videos should be shared with the same zeal JWs share the catholic churchs child abuse videos and new reports.
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Mama Joy says:
July 27, 2015 at 10:36 am
They only made him step down his position of elder so the parents felt like something was done about it. If the parents were okay with it, nothing would have been done.
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Sarah says:
July 27, 2015 at 8:56 pm
My thought exactly. This guy associates freely and I get disfellowshipped, myself and children robbed of our families forever because I put up a Christmas tree. I can’t even handle the unfair, cruel way that they operate. And the way people just go right along with it. It makes me physically sick.
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Rowland Nelken says:
July 27, 2015 at 9:54 am
The Charity Commissioners in the UK have yet to deliver their report on the Watchtower’s continuing status as a charity. There are several legal cases pending in the US and UK against the Watchtower for protecting paedophiles.
Will the JWs ever come up with any other script than lies and denial? This, surely, will become increasingly untenable. Even the dutiful JWs who obey the edicts not to visit apostate websites cannot avoid hearing the news on national media.
Christendom’s sects have come and gone over the centuries. Of the many 19th century Methodist breakaways, for example, only the Salvation Army remains. JWdom, that little Adventist spinoff from the 1870s may soon become but a grubby little footnote in the 2000 year history of Christendom.
That day cannot come too soon.
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rob says:
July 27, 2015 at 10:24 am
From all that I see that is happening with this religion, it appears that its expiry date is very close or has already passed. Just need someone to pull it out of the back of the refrigerator and throw it away. It will not be missed by me.
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coverspiff says:
July 27, 2015 at 10:28 am
I’ve watched all three videos so far, and the sheer incompetence of the elders giving testimony is astonishing, especially the ex CO/DO who clearly has no idea what his own religions policy is and is corrected multiple times by the Judge as to what the elders handbook actually says.
This is astonishing watching, especially in the moments where the two elders are confronted by the flaws in the way the W/T handles these cases. You can see it dawn in their faces as that practices such as making an victim confront their abuser is a terrible thing to do, but also that they simply cannot say so out-loud for fear of criticising the Organisation. That first elder almost comes very close to admitting it in video 2 after the council skilfully uses questions to illuminate this point to him, but you can see him frantically and shamefacedly back out at the last moment from agreeing that the policy is terribly flawed.
Gifts in men.
Yeah.
Right.
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Mama Joy says:
July 27, 2015 at 10:31 am
It’s not that they cover up sex abusers, it’s that they have sex rings with children.
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Average Joe says:
July 27, 2015 at 12:58 pm
@Mama Joy
Your inflammatory comments are ridiculous and put a dirty mark on an otherwise sensible website discussion about this horrendous situation.
To insinuate that there are parents who WANT their children to be abused by others within the JWs begs belief as to the type of individual you are.
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Emma says:
July 27, 2015 at 10:35 am
I’m in Australia, I was sitting infront of my computer waiting for the live stream yesterday morning. It was a completely damning expose during this first day of hearings. Mr Jackson was one cool, cold and unfeeling pig.
He suffered degrees of amnesia at times as he tried to slither out of answering questions.
However, the questioners used the Shepherding book and quoted the societies procedures straight from it.
At one point the questioners asked him why it was said that….”It was/is important to make the accused feel as comfortable and at ease possible..” (paraphrased)
The questioner then asked Jackson why there was not one word about making the accuser/victim feel comfortable. He tried to skirt around the answer, but backed into a corner by his own religions “how to” book.
He was forced to concede that there was no mention of making the accuser feel uncomfortable…..and that it must have made the victim/accuser feel uncomfortable.
He was massively arrogant. His voice was (to me) sneering. I expected some good old fashioned Theocratic Warfare, but Jackson had no choice but to respond to the queries raised directly from their own book. Either way he was f&(#ed
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Average Joe says:
July 27, 2015 at 1:01 pm
@Emma
Could you provide the links to the video(s) of the court case please?
It would be good to have them as a reference and see these shady individuals for myself.
Thanks.
AJ
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Cedars says:
July 27, 2015 at 1:11 pm
Hi Average Joe – I’ve put a playlist of the video footage at the bottom of the article. :)
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Average Joe says:
July 27, 2015 at 2:02 pm
@Cedars
Doh! And here’s me like a twit scouring t’Internet for the video.
Thanks and duly seen.
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Jerry O Connor says:
July 27, 2015 at 11:04 am
Hello to all.
Lloyd, thank you for this article. Watchtower`s continuing refusal to protect children is a crime against humanity. Now is the time to do what must done to protect children in this heinous cult. It has to be a concentrated external campaign. Surely this latest horror story will reverberate around the world. This will cause a chasm of huge proportions in watchtower`s all ready crumbling edifice. This is the endgame long hoped for. Let us hope for the children`s sake that it is indeed the end of this abominable cult.
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Itfeelsgoodtobefree says:
July 27, 2015 at 12:16 pm
I really really hope this starts an inquiry into the entire JW cult and their harmful practices (worldwide). There is no way they are going to spin this one off as ‘yet another apostate-driven lie’ in the UK, the US, Australia etc. etc. , there is just no way! 1006 is a scary number, but what’s even scarier is how long the potential global list is, as someone else said in the comments, probably 10,000+ . Ugh… sickening!
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Conan71 says:
July 27, 2015 at 12:25 pm
This to me also illustrates the danger this organization poses to the public in general. Do you think these abusers just abused children within the organization ? No way! Neighbors kids were victims you can be sure . Love thy neighbor as yourself? Hardly …
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anonymousish1987 says:
July 27, 2015 at 5:25 pm
And they were basically protected. You don’t think habitual sexual abusers didn’t share this information with other sexual predators. I’m sure these pedophiles flock to Watchtower knowing they could abuse children and get away with it. Think of all the victims who’s statute of limitations has already passed. Think of all the potential suicides. There is blood dripping from the hands of Watchtower on every level. I’m disgusted.
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silentlamb1980 says:
July 27, 2015 at 3:08 pm
Hi “Itfeelsgoodtobefree”
1006 is a scary number for sure. I see you mentioned the global list possibly being 10,000+ Could I direct you for a moment to an older film from BBC which I was a part of. You can find it on JWStruggle’s channel called Suffer the Little Children. In 2002, the BBC did an expose on the JW’s cover ups of child abuse, the protection policy and even tried to interview Ted Jaracz former governing body member, whom by allegation by a very brave lady, was a sex offender also. Read more at silentlambs.org It is literally shocking how many, but worryingly more so, that a governing body member was a part of this, again allegedly. Both alleged perp and victim have passed on. The number of self confessed pedophiles within the JW ranks 15 years ago, was 23,720. That is self confessed ones, not ones that have been found out. So could you actually imagine the scale of the problem ? How many children have not been believed by their local elders and the appropriate action being taken ? Yep it’s sickening.
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Meredith J says:
July 27, 2015 at 3:49 pm
Yes, I remember that. That poor lady who was then about in her 40’s, passed away not long after that of cancer. She claimed Jaractz, who at the time was a governing body member, abused her and a boy. Unfortunately, she never got to see him prosecuted. She had suffered badly from being disfellowshipped and claimed that she had been homeless as a teenager for sometime. The story would break your heart. Jaractz was allegedly in charge of the list of pedophiles held by the Society. Very sad story.
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coverspiff says:
July 27, 2015 at 12:30 pm
Also, it was VERY interesting to note how both Elders reacted when it was put to them how inappropriate it was to have a vulnerable woman’s allegations of abuse investigated entirely by men. That’s a whole other can of worms just waiting to explode!
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Grace says:
July 27, 2015 at 3:10 pm
Watching yesterdays enquiry was absolutely riveting, I couldn’t take my eyes of it. I was amazed at how the Council for the Commission had done his homework. I missed the co’s questioning as I had to go to work & am looking forward to watching the recording.
The elder that was being questioned was so obviously out of his depth. He looked agitated at times like he wanted to just get up & leave. Witnesses don’t like being challenged & certainly not elders.
Now they have no one else to blame but themselves. Not apostates, not gays, not even the “evil satanic world”. This was priceless!!!
At the end of it, the “world” finds this shocking. Witnesses will make excuses. Who has the real empathy?
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1914 ha ha ha says:
July 27, 2015 at 3:51 pm
I cant wait to see what happens if they lose there chairty status here in the uk
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Al says:
July 27, 2015 at 5:09 pm
They will just say that it’s proof that the governments are turning on them and that the end is closer then ever.
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Ariel says:
July 27, 2015 at 5:11 pm
It’s hard to say. Perhaps they would change a few surface policies in order to meet any required stipulations; or, they could claim that,”TGT” has arrived and all members should immediately forfeit all of their belongings and wealth to the organization as they will no longer need it.
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Ted says:
July 27, 2015 at 5:03 pm
Abuse heaped upon abuse. First at the hands of the perpetrator,
then interrogated by elders in a secret court without anyone to
represent you, and made to confront your attacker.
It’s four against one ( 3 elders and the perp,) The primary purpose
is not justice, but to hush things up, damage limitation, to protect
the image of the venerated org.
To this end you’ll be guilted by statements about taking Christian
brothers before worldly courts, and bringing reproach on Jehovah.
The attacker will have the opportunity to brand you as a liar, or if
they admit their guilt will imply ( as has happened ) that you are
culpable also.
So either way, whether you keep quiet, or go to the police,
you’ll be made to feel like the sinner.
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Faithful Witness says:
July 27, 2015 at 6:12 pm
This is disgusting news, yet again!
Worldwide brotherhood, united against ”worldly” people, who would try to attack them with lies & false accusations… ??
JW’s appear to be more interested in vindicating Jehovah’s name, than they are in taking an honest look around them. This organization would never stand up to any examination of itself, its rules, or its doctrines.
Hoe many cases do we have to hear about, before someone actually cares enough to stop these men?
(I know, JW’s are not as interesting to pop culture, as a reality TV show about Katie Jenner… but these children are helpless victims! No one speaks up, but there are HOW MANY articles about the dress Jennifer Lopez wore for her birthday party??)
Why is news like this ignored by American media, in the very country that this organization continues to enjoy tax exempt status? It should be broadcast to the public, if only to warn them. Those soft-spoken, well-dressed people, who come knocking on your door on Saturday mornings, are actually representing an organization that lies to them about these crimes against children… the least among them.
I honestly can not understand why people are not reacting to these revelations about the organization they are serving. Wake up! Witness what is really happening around you!
(sorry, but i am furious & know that any mention of this to JW family, will only knock my relations with them right off the map again).
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Meredith J says:
July 27, 2015 at 9:08 pm
Me too.
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questionall451 says:
July 27, 2015 at 6:20 pm
They probably fight admitting it because it is so common among them that if they really did anything about it they would lose a huge number of their “spiritually qualified men”
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1914 ha ha ha says:
July 27, 2015 at 6:43 pm
How elders try to decieve, lie and make out there poxy scam of a so called relligion isnt falling to bits never fails to amaze me. I asked my father about low attendence at the dc , he said just under 10000 , the real# 9058. Elders will lie to there own kids!
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Australian Royal Commission hears that 1,006 alleged child sex abusers were covered up by Watchtower
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Posted on July 27, 2015
Angus Stewart, Senior Council, at the public hearing into allegations of child sexual abuse by Jehovah’s Witnesses
Angus Stewart, Senior Council, at the public hearing into allegations of child sexual abuse by Jehovah’s Witnesses
Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has heard shocking evidence that 1,006 alleged perpetrators of child sex abuse were identified by the organization in Australia going back to 1950, but none were reported to the authorities.
The Commission was launched in 2013 with a broad remit to investigate serial child abuse in institutions, including religious organizations such as the Witnesses and the Catholic Church.
At the opening hearing held today, Angus Stewart, the senior council assisting the commission, described the church as an “insular sect with rules designed to stem the reporting of sexual abuse.”
According to Stewart’s written opening submission, the figure of 1,006 perpetrators was derived directly from Watchtower documents summoned (subpoened) by the Commission…
During the investigation of this case study, Watchtower Australia produced some 5,000 documents pursuant to summonses issued by the Royal Commission on 4 and 28 February 2015. Those documents include 1,006 case files relating to allegations of child sexual abuse made against members of the Jehovah’s Witness Church in Australia since 1950 – each file for a different alleged perpetrator of child sexual abuse.
Stewart’s submission goes on to explain the astonishing findings from analyzing these case files…
Evidence will be put before the Royal Commission that of the 1,006 alleged perpetrators of child sexual abuse identified by the Jehovah’s Witness Church since 1950, not one was reported by the Church to secular authorities. This suggests that it is the practice of the Jehovah’s Witness Church to retain information regarding child sexual abuse offences but not to report allegations of child sexual abuse to the police or other relevant authorities.
As part of the hearing two Witnesses, identified as BCB and BCG, are expected to give testimony that elders discouraged them from reporting their abuse. One of these victims is apparently “riddled with guilt for betraying the Jehovah’s Witness Church.”
The hearings are being streamed live to Australians, and doubtless will cause further humiliation for an organization already under siege for negligence regarding child molestation.
Governing Body member Stephen Lett recently insisted that claims of child abuse mishandling are nothing more than “apostate-driven lies and dishonesties,” but added to courtroom defeats in the United States and Britain, this latest news coming out of Australia suggests otherwise.
1,006 unreported alleged perpetrators since 1950 is an appalling statistic, and if used to extrapolate historic figures around the world, the number of concealed pedophiles could easily number into the tens of thousands.
It will be interesting to see what conclusions are drawn by the Commission, and how this will impact the fate of the organization, not just in Australia, but further afield. Certainly Tony Morris’ recent claim that the Governing Body are “proud” of their reputation concerning child abuse is becoming increasingly preposterous.
One child who suffers unnecessarily due to Watchtower’s negligence on the issue would be a child too many, and yet according to this public hearing, in just one country of many, the pain and trauma of sex abuse has been ignored and covered-up on an unimaginable scale.
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Kat says:
July 27, 2015 at 9:03 am
Another newspaper report.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/paedophiles-repeatedly-promoted-to-positions-of-authority-in-jehovahs-witness-church-royal-commission-told/story-fni0cx12-1227458483269
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Mama Joy says:
July 27, 2015 at 10:34 am
Exactly! They are promoted because they are encouraged to do it behind the scenes. People don’t want to believe it, but they are a huge sex trafficker of children.
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David says:
July 27, 2015 at 9:13 am
I watched the video. So the elder abused many times a girl and he was just removed from his position. Nothing else. His reputation was intact and the congregation was not informed. I know people that have been disfellowshipped for far less for making a single mistake. These people have lived without association with loved ones and severely humiliated.
And this guys walks away with no discipline.
And also the watchtower knowing all these cases criticise the catholic church. There are no words to describe them.
I think this videos should be shared with the same zeal JWs share the catholic churchs child abuse videos and new reports.
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Mama Joy says:
July 27, 2015 at 10:36 am
They only made him step down his position of elder so the parents felt like something was done about it. If the parents were okay with it, nothing would have been done.
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Sarah says:
July 27, 2015 at 8:56 pm
My thought exactly. This guy associates freely and I get disfellowshipped, myself and children robbed of our families forever because I put up a Christmas tree. I can’t even handle the unfair, cruel way that they operate. And the way people just go right along with it. It makes me physically sick.
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Rowland Nelken says:
July 27, 2015 at 9:54 am
The Charity Commissioners in the UK have yet to deliver their report on the Watchtower’s continuing status as a charity. There are several legal cases pending in the US and UK against the Watchtower for protecting paedophiles.
Will the JWs ever come up with any other script than lies and denial? This, surely, will become increasingly untenable. Even the dutiful JWs who obey the edicts not to visit apostate websites cannot avoid hearing the news on national media.
Christendom’s sects have come and gone over the centuries. Of the many 19th century Methodist breakaways, for example, only the Salvation Army remains. JWdom, that little Adventist spinoff from the 1870s may soon become but a grubby little footnote in the 2000 year history of Christendom.
That day cannot come too soon.
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rob says:
July 27, 2015 at 10:24 am
From all that I see that is happening with this religion, it appears that its expiry date is very close or has already passed. Just need someone to pull it out of the back of the refrigerator and throw it away. It will not be missed by me.
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coverspiff says:
July 27, 2015 at 10:28 am
I’ve watched all three videos so far, and the sheer incompetence of the elders giving testimony is astonishing, especially the ex CO/DO who clearly has no idea what his own religions policy is and is corrected multiple times by the Judge as to what the elders handbook actually says.
This is astonishing watching, especially in the moments where the two elders are confronted by the flaws in the way the W/T handles these cases. You can see it dawn in their faces as that practices such as making an victim confront their abuser is a terrible thing to do, but also that they simply cannot say so out-loud for fear of criticising the Organisation. That first elder almost comes very close to admitting it in video 2 after the council skilfully uses questions to illuminate this point to him, but you can see him frantically and shamefacedly back out at the last moment from agreeing that the policy is terribly flawed.
Gifts in men.
Yeah.
Right.
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Mama Joy says:
July 27, 2015 at 10:31 am
It’s not that they cover up sex abusers, it’s that they have sex rings with children.
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Average Joe says:
July 27, 2015 at 12:58 pm
@Mama Joy
Your inflammatory comments are ridiculous and put a dirty mark on an otherwise sensible website discussion about this horrendous situation.
To insinuate that there are parents who WANT their children to be abused by others within the JWs begs belief as to the type of individual you are.
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Emma says:
July 27, 2015 at 10:35 am
I’m in Australia, I was sitting infront of my computer waiting for the live stream yesterday morning. It was a completely damning expose during this first day of hearings. Mr Jackson was one cool, cold and unfeeling pig.
He suffered degrees of amnesia at times as he tried to slither out of answering questions.
However, the questioners used the Shepherding book and quoted the societies procedures straight from it.
At one point the questioners asked him why it was said that….”It was/is important to make the accused feel as comfortable and at ease possible..” (paraphrased)
The questioner then asked Jackson why there was not one word about making the accuser/victim feel comfortable. He tried to skirt around the answer, but backed into a corner by his own religions “how to” book.
He was forced to concede that there was no mention of making the accuser feel uncomfortable…..and that it must have made the victim/accuser feel uncomfortable.
He was massively arrogant. His voice was (to me) sneering. I expected some good old fashioned Theocratic Warfare, but Jackson had no choice but to respond to the queries raised directly from their own book. Either way he was f&(#ed
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Average Joe says:
July 27, 2015 at 1:01 pm
@Emma
Could you provide the links to the video(s) of the court case please?
It would be good to have them as a reference and see these shady individuals for myself.
Thanks.
AJ
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Cedars says:
July 27, 2015 at 1:11 pm
Hi Average Joe – I’ve put a playlist of the video footage at the bottom of the article. :)
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Average Joe says:
July 27, 2015 at 2:02 pm
@Cedars
Doh! And here’s me like a twit scouring t’Internet for the video.
Thanks and duly seen.
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Jerry O Connor says:
July 27, 2015 at 11:04 am
Hello to all.
Lloyd, thank you for this article. Watchtower`s continuing refusal to protect children is a crime against humanity. Now is the time to do what must done to protect children in this heinous cult. It has to be a concentrated external campaign. Surely this latest horror story will reverberate around the world. This will cause a chasm of huge proportions in watchtower`s all ready crumbling edifice. This is the endgame long hoped for. Let us hope for the children`s sake that it is indeed the end of this abominable cult.
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Itfeelsgoodtobefree says:
July 27, 2015 at 12:16 pm
I really really hope this starts an inquiry into the entire JW cult and their harmful practices (worldwide). There is no way they are going to spin this one off as ‘yet another apostate-driven lie’ in the UK, the US, Australia etc. etc. , there is just no way! 1006 is a scary number, but what’s even scarier is how long the potential global list is, as someone else said in the comments, probably 10,000+ . Ugh… sickening!
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Conan71 says:
July 27, 2015 at 12:25 pm
This to me also illustrates the danger this organization poses to the public in general. Do you think these abusers just abused children within the organization ? No way! Neighbors kids were victims you can be sure . Love thy neighbor as yourself? Hardly …
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anonymousish1987 says:
July 27, 2015 at 5:25 pm
And they were basically protected. You don’t think habitual sexual abusers didn’t share this information with other sexual predators. I’m sure these pedophiles flock to Watchtower knowing they could abuse children and get away with it. Think of all the victims who’s statute of limitations has already passed. Think of all the potential suicides. There is blood dripping from the hands of Watchtower on every level. I’m disgusted.
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silentlamb1980 says:
July 27, 2015 at 3:08 pm
Hi “Itfeelsgoodtobefree”
1006 is a scary number for sure. I see you mentioned the global list possibly being 10,000+ Could I direct you for a moment to an older film from BBC which I was a part of. You can find it on JWStruggle’s channel called Suffer the Little Children. In 2002, the BBC did an expose on the JW’s cover ups of child abuse, the protection policy and even tried to interview Ted Jaracz former governing body member, whom by allegation by a very brave lady, was a sex offender also. Read more at silentlambs.org It is literally shocking how many, but worryingly more so, that a governing body member was a part of this, again allegedly. Both alleged perp and victim have passed on. The number of self confessed pedophiles within the JW ranks 15 years ago, was 23,720. That is self confessed ones, not ones that have been found out. So could you actually imagine the scale of the problem ? How many children have not been believed by their local elders and the appropriate action being taken ? Yep it’s sickening.
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Meredith J says:
July 27, 2015 at 3:49 pm
Yes, I remember that. That poor lady who was then about in her 40’s, passed away not long after that of cancer. She claimed Jaractz, who at the time was a governing body member, abused her and a boy. Unfortunately, she never got to see him prosecuted. She had suffered badly from being disfellowshipped and claimed that she had been homeless as a teenager for sometime. The story would break your heart. Jaractz was allegedly in charge of the list of pedophiles held by the Society. Very sad story.
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coverspiff says:
July 27, 2015 at 12:30 pm
Also, it was VERY interesting to note how both Elders reacted when it was put to them how inappropriate it was to have a vulnerable woman’s allegations of abuse investigated entirely by men. That’s a whole other can of worms just waiting to explode!
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Grace says:
July 27, 2015 at 3:10 pm
Watching yesterdays enquiry was absolutely riveting, I couldn’t take my eyes of it. I was amazed at how the Council for the Commission had done his homework. I missed the co’s questioning as I had to go to work & am looking forward to watching the recording.
The elder that was being questioned was so obviously out of his depth. He looked agitated at times like he wanted to just get up & leave. Witnesses don’t like being challenged & certainly not elders.
Now they have no one else to blame but themselves. Not apostates, not gays, not even the “evil satanic world”. This was priceless!!!
At the end of it, the “world” finds this shocking. Witnesses will make excuses. Who has the real empathy?
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1914 ha ha ha says:
July 27, 2015 at 3:51 pm
I cant wait to see what happens if they lose there chairty status here in the uk
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Al says:
July 27, 2015 at 5:09 pm
They will just say that it’s proof that the governments are turning on them and that the end is closer then ever.
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Ariel says:
July 27, 2015 at 5:11 pm
It’s hard to say. Perhaps they would change a few surface policies in order to meet any required stipulations; or, they could claim that,”TGT” has arrived and all members should immediately forfeit all of their belongings and wealth to the organization as they will no longer need it.
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Ted says:
July 27, 2015 at 5:03 pm
Abuse heaped upon abuse. First at the hands of the perpetrator,
then interrogated by elders in a secret court without anyone to
represent you, and made to confront your attacker.
It’s four against one ( 3 elders and the perp,) The primary purpose
is not justice, but to hush things up, damage limitation, to protect
the image of the venerated org.
To this end you’ll be guilted by statements about taking Christian
brothers before worldly courts, and bringing reproach on Jehovah.
The attacker will have the opportunity to brand you as a liar, or if
they admit their guilt will imply ( as has happened ) that you are
culpable also.
So either way, whether you keep quiet, or go to the police,
you’ll be made to feel like the sinner.
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Faithful Witness says:
July 27, 2015 at 6:12 pm
This is disgusting news, yet again!
Worldwide brotherhood, united against ”worldly” people, who would try to attack them with lies & false accusations… ??
JW’s appear to be more interested in vindicating Jehovah’s name, than they are in taking an honest look around them. This organization would never stand up to any examination of itself, its rules, or its doctrines.
Hoe many cases do we have to hear about, before someone actually cares enough to stop these men?
(I know, JW’s are not as interesting to pop culture, as a reality TV show about Katie Jenner… but these children are helpless victims! No one speaks up, but there are HOW MANY articles about the dress Jennifer Lopez wore for her birthday party??)
Why is news like this ignored by American media, in the very country that this organization continues to enjoy tax exempt status? It should be broadcast to the public, if only to warn them. Those soft-spoken, well-dressed people, who come knocking on your door on Saturday mornings, are actually representing an organization that lies to them about these crimes against children… the least among them.
I honestly can not understand why people are not reacting to these revelations about the organization they are serving. Wake up! Witness what is really happening around you!
(sorry, but i am furious & know that any mention of this to JW family, will only knock my relations with them right off the map again).
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Meredith J says:
July 27, 2015 at 9:08 pm
Me too.
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questionall451 says:
July 27, 2015 at 6:20 pm
They probably fight admitting it because it is so common among them that if they really did anything about it they would lose a huge number of their “spiritually qualified men”
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1914 ha ha ha says:
July 27, 2015 at 6:43 pm
How elders try to decieve, lie and make out there poxy scam of a so called relligion isnt falling to bits never fails to amaze me. I asked my father about low attendence at the dc , he said just under 10000 , the real# 9058. Elders will lie to there own kids!
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October 27, 2013 at 5:27 pm
Continue the good work on this site that expose what Watchtower Organization really are — a fanatic end-time driven cult that only serve interests of its leaders. I left this
cult three years ago for good. My only regret is that I had not left the Watchtower Cult earlier! On Easter Sunday this year, I was baptized in the Name of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit and received into Eastern Orthodox Church, apostolic Church that preserved the Faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.
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Fred says:
November 2, 2013 at 12:09 pm
Forget taking your numbers from a 1974 yearbook if you question the amount of those killed, interned, etc get the numbers from the Holocaust museum. You forgot to mention the ‘JEWS’ were and its quoted several times in the Watchtower publications as it is related in the bible, “ONCE GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE” but they did not remain that because of their actions. Your quotes from WT publications are based on the latter that they fell out of favour in God’s eyes. They therefor were NOT written in an anti-Semitic nature. Many Jews have become JW’s over the years are they lesser beings because they were of Jewish blood?…ABSOLUTELY NOT! All races are equal so this video in my opinion is twisted in its presentation. Not to mention the ridiculous claim of Rutherford’s so called love letter to Adolf Hitler. No blinders on here, I have checked the facts. Sorry but this video paints an untruthful twist of events and statements about the WT as regards the comments on the Nazi’s and Jews.
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Palma says:
February 28, 2014 at 3:48 am
Hi everybody! Hi cedars!
I found this article about a discovery in egypt that brings light to the origin of story of joseph in the bible.
What do you think?http://www.davidovits.info/the-lost-fresco-and-the-bible-my-new-book-in-french/
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Idris says:
March 27, 2014 at 8:12 am
Thank you for this page, it has been a great help to me, as I seek the truth of the word of God, however I noticed in the video ‘Does the Bible speak of ‘Paradise Earth’ the speaker quotes Luke 21v43 twice, regarding Jesus word on the cross, there should be a correction note as the verse he mentions is in Luke 23 v 43.
Keep up the good work
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Julia Orwell says:
July 17, 2014 at 3:47 am
Been to internationals before and this elaborate souvenir thing is entirely new. The last one I went to in 2009, the last ones they had, had nothing like this so it’s not a matter of you having not noticed it in the past, it’s a matter of it being a new phenomenon.
I theorize that the wt motives for this involve keeping the masses busy and therefore obedient. Jws would volunteer to do this because there are no other legitimate outlets for creative expression. Armageddon being near has nothing to do with it: it’s about keeping the sheeple busy and happy. Making stupid trinkets is also a team building activity as it involves jws working together, thus reinforcing the herd mentality jws have.
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frankie fernandez says:
February 27, 2015 at 4:44 pm
dear friends I was baptized in 1974. Thank God I am no longer a member of the WT. Free at last and oh what a relief it is. A member of my former congregation who I considerd my best friend molested a minor. There was a big argument amognst the elders on the judicial committee. One elder who was a maverick, wanted to notify the police. But, instead they followed the instuctions of the society. They kept this crime against the child, hush hush. So as not to tarnish the name of Jehovah. But in reality it was a coverup to protect the wt’s reputation. Meanwhile this poor child that was raped has to carry the heavy burden of a victim for the rest of thier lives without compensation and without justice. While the abuser has remaind a member in good standing. The congregation he is attending now has not been notified that he is a sexual preditor.
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Kirtley W. Burggraf says:
March 11, 2015 at 11:16 am
Tell me, since governing body members are elected (replacing someone who dies) at what point do do they become “divinely inspired” or “spirit guided”? Were they always thus in the lower ranks or does this just “happen” the moment that they are appointed? What’s Watchtower’s take on this?
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March 31, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Regards your video on the Memorial Service. I am one of those “non believers” married to a baptized witness. I go to just keep the peace but I’ve made it known that I consider this service one of the worst religious ceremonies that I have ever been to. “Anointed What”. Also it was announced at last years meeting that “this may be the last memorial service”. They are at it again. Thanks for the great videos.
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frankie fernandez says:
May 10, 2015 at 9:50 pm
IF CHRIST WAS ENTHRONGED IN 1914, WHY ARE THE WITNESES STILL CELEBRATING THE MEMORIAL? CHRIST SAID THAT AFTER HIS ARRIVAL NO ONE WAS TO CELEBRATE THE MEMORIAL .ALSO HE SAID THAT THE DAY OF HIS PRESENSE, IT WILL BE LIKE LIGHTNING FROM ONE POINT OF THE EARTH TO ANOTHER. LIGHTNING TRAVELS AT THE SPEED OF 3500 MILES PER SECOUND. SO IT WILL TRAVEL AROUND THE GLOBE IN LESS THAN A MINUTE. HE ALSO SAID THAT ALL EYES WILL SEE HIM. NOT LIKE THE WTS THAT SAYS WE ARE IN HIS INVISIBLE PRESENSE.
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19 Jul
Maajid Nawaz @MaajidNawaz
PM Cameron @Number10gov gives major policy-defining speech on extremism tomorrow. I helped with it. It's significant. pic.twitter.com/4Mmy7YQSSP
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19 Jul
Lloyd Evans @cedarsjwsurvey
ISIS are the Nazis of our age. If the Third Reich were somehow reincarnated in the Middle East, it's hard to imagine it being any worse.
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17 Jul
Lloyd Evans @cedarsjwsurvey
Whoever sent me the awesome cover version of "Good Things, Bad Things," please give me permission to share it!
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17 Jul
Hemant Mehta @hemantmehta
Former Jehovah’s Witness Servant Explains How the Organization Fired Him Without Warning http://tinyurl.com/pkzqa6o
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16 Jul
Megan Phelps-Roper @meganphelps
Different organization, similar experiences. @DanielGenser on questioning and then leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses: https://medium.com/keep-learning-keep-growing/what-i-believe-to-be-true-and-how-i-have-come-to-believe-it-13df821c3ed …
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17 Jul
Lloyd Evans @cedarsjwsurvey
My 10 reasons why I believe Watchtower could be on the verge of imploding... http://wp.me/p1TWXJ-21N
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17 Jul
Lloyd Evans @cedarsjwsurvey
A Glimpse Into the Life of a Child Raised as a Jehovah's Witness - http://go.shr.lc/1CKjb7j via @Shareaholic
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16 Jul
Lloyd Evans @cedarsjwsurvey
Proud to be involved with this billboard project - http://go.shr.lc/1O8t27P via @Shareaholic
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15 Jul
Lloyd Evans @cedarsjwsurvey
Remembering Karl Towndrow http://www.gofundme.com/karltowndrow?pc=14_tw_2 … via @gofundme
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14 Jul
Guardian G2 @guardiang2
Why Jehovah's Witnesses have given up knocking on doors and taken to the streets. By @harrietsherwood http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/14/jehovahs-witnesses-evangelism-church-god-armageddon …
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14 Jul
Lloyd Evans @cedarsjwsurvey
Thanks to @harrietsherwood for quoting me in this superb, well-rounded piece on #jehovahswitnesses... http://gu.com/p/4a4v6/stw
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