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JWs Protect Known Pedophiles and Abusers

JWs Protect Known Pedophiles and Abusers

Jehovah’s Witnesses have a strange way of handling pedophilia and other forms of sexual and domestic abuse. They require at least two witnesses to testify to the abuse before they will take it seriously. Since they are also loath to involve “worldly authorities,” they often don’t report abuse to the police. Sometimes they even punish the messenger – the victim of abuse – for speaking. If you are a Jehovah’s Witness that has been abused, sexually assaulted, or beaten –…

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JW Child Sex Abuse Cases Settled with Gag Order!

JW Child Sex Abuse Cases Settled with Gag Order!

Press Release: Sixteen Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits Against Jehovah’s Witnesses Are Settled Largest Deal Ever in Denomination’s History Includes Controversial Gag Order One of the Predators is A Fugitive & Was Profiled on “America’s Most Wanted” Two Organizations Urge All Faith Groups To Stop Requiring Secrecy in Settlements The Nation-wide Support Groups Prod Witnesses & Victims To Come Forward & Get Help WHAT: At a sidewalk news conference, clergy sex abuse victims will disclose and discuss a child molestation settlement…

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Urgent Alert for ex-JWs

Urgent Alert for ex-JWs

Silentlambs will be holding dual press conferences in Nashville, Tennesee and San Diego, California. Please contact silentlambs at info@silentlambs.org or the San Diego coordinator at paulbigbird@hotmail.com for details. SilentLambs invites everybody who can be there to support a major announcement about justice for victims of abuse. Please contact them immediately if you live in the Nashville or San Diego area, or close enough to drive.

Jehovah’s Witnesses in the News

Jehovah’s Witnesses in the News

Are JWs training more tennis players? DUMBO’s only open-air tennis court will soon be open for business. The hard-surfaced court, which sits atop a five-story building at 69 Adams St., has been drooled over by the net set, which has long hoped the court would be returned to service. Excitement volleyed around the neighborhood after workmen were spotted refurbishing the rooftop court. “We are resurfacing it and patching it up,” said Richard Devine, a spokesman for the Watchtower Bible and…

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Former JW Brenda Lee – Listen Online

Former JW Brenda Lee – Listen Online

My online friend, former Jehovah’s Witness Brenda Lee, will be a guest on the Healthy Life Midlife Miracle radio program tomorrow at 2 p.m. Pacific Time. Make sure that you have Windows Media Player 9 installed, so that you can listen to it online. Brenda will discuss why she believes her mother willingly surrendered her life to a religious cult at the age of 41 and how her mother’s choice radically altered not only Brenda’s life but the life of…

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Blogging Against Theocracy

Blogging Against Theocracy

Even if George W. Bush has succeeded in drastically expanding the power of the executive branch, there is no anointed king here in America. No president has claimed to be a god, and senators are not priests. In the United States, claims to divine authority tend to be somewhat more subterranean and implicit, if no less powerful. The religiously-tinged ideas of “manifest destiny” and “American exceptionalism” have served as covers for territorial acquisitions, genocidal violence, exploitation, and domination here and…

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