{"id":1025,"date":"2006-01-31T17:57:06","date_gmt":"2006-01-31T21:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/2006\/01\/31\/jws-in-the-news-wife-beater\/"},"modified":"2006-05-01T14:51:33","modified_gmt":"2006-05-01T18:51:33","slug":"jws-in-the-news-wife-beater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/2006\/01\/jws-in-the-news-wife-beater\/","title":{"rendered":"JWs in the News: Wife Beater"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courant.com | Lockdown In Search For Beating Suspect<\/a><\/p>\n

Joseph Ambrose, 55, is charged with attempted murder, first-degree assault and first-degree kidnapping of his estranged wife.<\/p>\n

Two of the couple’s four children were home while he beat his wife. Ambrose is a member of the local Canton (Connecticut) congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses.<\/p>\n

Police found several rifles at the rented house.<\/p>\n

Joseph Ambrose was quoted in a story in The Courant<\/em> in 1996 about the mission of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Those who join the church, the story said, must be committed to the faith.<\/p>\n

“Your conduct has to be right in harmony with the Scriptures,” Ambrose said in the story. “Your morals have to be right in line.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

His estranged wife is now in stable condition and is being treated at Hartford Hospital.<\/p>\n

Ambrose is still at large.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Courant.com | Lockdown In Search For Beating Suspect Joseph Ambrose, 55, is charged with attempted murder, first-degree assault and first-degree kidnapping of his estranged wife. Two of the couple’s four children were home while he beat his wife. Ambrose is a member of the local Canton (Connecticut) congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Police found several rifles at the rented house. Joseph Ambrose was quoted in a story in The Courant in 1996 about the mission of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Those who…<\/p>\n

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