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Philadelphia Judges criticize Watchtower court tactics as “abusive.”

January 12, 2016January 12, 2016 Covert Fade 3218 Viewschild abuse, child molestation, jehovahs witnesses, pennsylvania, philadelphia, reveal, Stephanie Fessler, trey bundy, watchtower, york county

It seems that one can hardly swing a dead Seven Headed Wild Beast on the internet these days without hitting

Cedars' Blog Child Abuse Undue influence

Spotlight: The movie every Jehovah’s Witness simply MUST watch

January 7, 2016 Cedars 4089 Viewsalex gibney, candace conti, child abuse, child molestation, cults, going clear, Irwin Zalkin, jehovahs witnesses, mark ruffalo, michael keaton, rick simons, spotlight, tom mccarthy, watchtower

Last night my wife and I were able to watch an exceptional movie – one of those rare cinematic experiences

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Jehovah’s Witness guilty of strangling children for sexual gratification

January 3, 2016 Karen Morgan 3224 Viewschild abuse, child molestation, ian pheasey, jehovahs witnesses, karen morgan, strangulation, warwick, watchtower

Once again, Jehovah’s Witnesses hit the headlines regarding the covering up of child sex abuse. This most recent case concerns

History and scandals The Friday Column

The Friday Column: Everyone makes mistakes – except Watchtower

December 18, 2015 Covert Fade 3778 Viewsapostle peter, beth sarim, child abuse, jehovahs witnesses, jonah, mistakes, organ transplants, the friday column, watchtower

Everyone makes mistakes. The Bible characters certainly did. Think of the Apostle Peter, denying Jesus three times on the night

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Royal Commission findings: Jehovah’s Witness elders left abuse survivors “silenced and unsupported”

December 14, 2015December 31, 2015 Covert Fade 4066 Viewsaustralian royal commission, bcb, bcg, child abuse, child molestation, jehovahs witnesses, max horley, ron de rooy, royal commission, two witness rule, watchtower

The previous two articles in this series have discussed Watchtower policy and scriptural debate. However, this is not some theoretical

Child Abuse The Friday Column

The Friday Column: Hypocrisy! Will It Ever End?

December 11, 2015 Karenne Gionet 2840 Viewschild abuse, child molestation, december 2015 watchtower, hypocrisy, hypocrisy will it ever end, jehovahs witnesses, organization, watchtower

The title of this week’s Friday Column matches that of an article from the December 2015 online edition of The Watchtower.

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Royal Commission findings: Governing Body member Geoffrey Jackson “evasive and unhelpful”

December 10, 2015December 10, 2015 Covert Fade 4564 Viewsangus stewart, australian commission, child abuse, child molestation, evasive and unhelpful, geoffrey jackson, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, organization, royal comission, two witness rule, watchtower

On the eighth and final day of the Royal Commission inquiry, something very rare and significant took place. Watchtower Governing

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Royal Commission findings: Watchtower policies place JW children “at significant risk of sexual abuse”

December 8, 2015 Covert Fade 3572 Viewsangus stewart, child abuse, child molestation, jehovahs witnesses, royal commission, royal commission findings, senior counsel, shunning, watchtower

The summer of 2015 saw The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse hold an eight-day hearing focusing

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The Friday Column: Portuguese documentary overshadows Governing Body visit

December 4, 2015December 8, 2015 Sue Hall 3611 Viewsalcabideche, Ana Leal, child abuse, child molestation, david splane, documentary, governing body, in the shadow of sin, jehovahs witnesses, Portugal, Portuguese Branch Office, TVIReporter, watchtower

David Splane, of the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses, visited the branch office (Bethel) in Portugal at the beginning of

Apostates Shunning The Friday Column

The Friday Column: Why Speak Out?

October 30, 2015 Jeni 3511 Viewsabuse, activism, apostates, blood transfusions, child abuse, child molestation, governing body, higher education, jehovahs witnesses, shunning, speaking out, watchtower

Oftentimes, when speaking to friends and acquaintances I am asked, “Why? Why do you care what the Witnesses do? Why

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Highly-secretive “Talmudic” Correspondence Guidelines document leaked by Watchtower insider

October 23, 2015December 20, 2015 Cedars 6628 ViewsBethel, blood transfusions, child abuse, child molestation, correspondence guidelines, crisis of conscience, governing body, in search of christian freedom, jehovahs witnesses, leak, pdf download, ray franz, raymond franz, talmudic, watchtower

The last few weeks will have been deeply frustrating for the Governing Body, as multiple leaks have exposed a growing

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The silent majority speaks: Results of the 2014 Global Survey now available

September 18, 2015September 23, 2015 Cedars 3993 Views2014 global survey, apostate, child abuse, disfellowshipped, jehovahs witnesses, JW Broadcasting, jwsurvey results pdf, organization, shunning, watchtower

2014 was a big year for Jehovah’s Witnesses, and not just because it marked 100 years of the “short period

Cedars' Blog Child Abuse Governing Body

12 things we learned from Geoffrey Jackson’s testimony at the Royal Commission

September 14, 2015September 15, 2015 Cedars 12536 Viewsangus stewart, child abuse, child molestation, christmas, corporal punishment, faithful and discreet slave, geoffrey jackson, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, justice mcclellan, new light, penguin, royal commission, shunning, summons, two witness rule, watchtower

If you are one of the many current and former Jehovah’s Witnesses who spent much of last month glued to