PEDOPHILIA: lawsuit against the Watchtower in Canada. Contacts:
Canada : https://www.apmlawyers.com
Quebec: https://quebecjwclassaction.mccarthy.ca
Canada : https://www.apmlawyers.com
Quebec: https://quebecjwclassaction.mccarthy.ca
How do Jehovah's Witnesses deal with pedophilia cases?
Child sexual abuse covered up by the Watchtower
Plentiful television reports, documentaries and lawsuits worldwide state pedophilia amongst the Jehovah’s Witnesses. The organization
deliberately hides cases of sexual abuse towards children in the goal to protect their public image. It doesn't report pedophilia
cases to the police and pedophiles are not punished internally because of the "two witness" rule. If there is only the child victim
testifying against the accused, it is not enough. The accused will be acquitted. According to William «Bill» H. Bowen from http://www.silentlambs.org, in
2002 the Watchtower had a database listing 23,720 pedophiles. Today it could go up to 40, 000.
Some news :
-Canada : the class action lawsuit against the Watchtower for having covered up the sexual abuse of minors will begin in court on May 13, 2024 in English Canada, it is not the same as in Quebec.
-Netherlands: Jehovah's Witness HQ in Emmen, in the Netherlands, lost their appeal. The board of the Jehovah's Witnesses tried through the Open Government Act (Wob) to retrieve all data from the investigation into abuse within the community. September 13, 2021.
-Australia: Labor wants levy on redress scheme dodgers. February 3, 2021.
-Canada(Quebec): Pedophilia cover-up class lawsuit in Quebec: the Watchtower won’t appeal to the supreme court of Canada, the class action lawsuit can proceed. January 26, 2021.
-Canada: News about the lawsuit in Quebec(Canada) against the Watchtower for child sexual abuse coverup: The plaintiffs have won, Watchtower lost its appeal. The 3 judges took the side of the victims. So the lawsuit can continue. The Watchtower lawyers will most likely appeal to the Supreme Court, but according to the victims’ lawyer, it is 98% sure the appeal will be refused. That would delay the lawsuit for a couple of months. December 11, 2020.
-USA: Three new lawsuits against Watchtower filed under NY Child Victims Act (CVA). November 1, 2020.
-Australia : National Redress Scheme: Scott Morrison names and shames groups refusing to sign up. October 22, 2020.
-UK: IICSA : Watchtower accused Lloyd Evans of hate speech!. September 23, 2020.
-Netherlands: Netherlands wants to punish silence on sex abuse in closed communities. August 28, 2020.
-UK: Former Jehovah's Witness elders call for mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse. August 10, 2020.
-Netherlands: Jehovah's Witnesses lose appeal over abuse report. August 4, 2020.
-Australia: BBC Interview discussing JWs and the selling of their property. July 12, 2020.
-Australia: The Jehovah’s Witnesses issued a statement advising that they will not be joining the redress scheme. June 21, 2020.
-USA: On NBC a tv series called “Silent No More” about sexual abuse in Jehovah’s Witnesses aired august 12, 13, 14. Aug. 12, 2019.
-Canada: The lawsuit against the Watchtower for the child sexual abuse issue has been accepted in Quebec. It can now proceed further. It is a first victory. The lawyers have 30 days to appeal. More details to come. Feb. 27, 2019.
-USA: The Watchtower has recently released their WT May, 2019 study edition which features several articles on child abuse, with some minor policies changes. But still doesn't clearly demand elders to automatically report child sexual abuse to authorities. Feb. 6, 2019.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jehovah-s-witnesses-ordered-jury-pay-34m-abuse-survivor-n914146
-Canada : "Attn: SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMS IN CANADA!! We are mobilizing some potential law suits. Please either contact me (Tricia Franginha), or contact a lawyer by the name of John McKiggan. He encourages you to contact him ASAP if you are interested in pursuing either a personal claim against the Watchtower OR are interested in being part of a class action with one of his associates". Apr. 10, 2017.
Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse in Australia : 2015-2017 :
Lawsuit in the USA : December 1, 2014 :
The Jose Lopez and Osbaldo Padron cases, USA :
The Candace Conti case against the Watchtower, USA :
-Details :
Videos:
Jehovah's Witness spiritual shepherds sex abuse.
Pedophilia amongst Jehovah's Witnesses "Temps présents" TV show of Nov 12, 2010 (French) :
Pedophilia and children amongst Jehovah's Witnesses, "Envoyé Spécial" TV show of September 25, 2010, on France2 (French) :
Jehovah's Witnesses - Paedophile exposure. Australia. 2002.
BBC Panorama- Jehovah's Witnesses documentary 'Suffer the Little Children'
Wales This Week - Witness to the Truth
They knock on our doors, preaching peace and good will. But now victims of a South Wales
sex abuser claim his crimes were covered up by the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Jehovah's Witness Pedophilia Coverup?
Posted On: August 16, 2007 by John McKiggan
Black Sun Journal has posted a fascinating
article about allegations of cover up of sexual abuse with the Jehovah's Witness Watchtower Society.
It is not unusual (perhaps
even commonplace) for religious organizations to deny or cover up allegations of sexual abuse;
In most cases where I have represented
victims of clergy sexual abuse, the evidence has indicated that persons' in authority within the Church either had knowlege of the
abuse, or actively covered it up.
What struck me was the lengths to which the Watchtower Society will go to deny or cover up
allegations of sexual abuse within the Church. The article states:
Bowen's group has criticized the Jehovah's Witnesses' policy
that if an accused abuser denies the charge, two credible witnesses are required to establish guilt — due to literal application of
such Bible verses as Deuteronomy 19:15 ("only on the evidence of two witnesses, or of three witnesses, shall a charge be sustained").
If
two witnesses are lacking, the accused is deemed innocent, charges remain confidential and — silentlambs says — parents who warn others
are subject to disfellowshipping for slander.
Disfellowshipping is an extreme penalty that means a total cutoff of relationships
by family members, friends and business associates who are Witnesses.
Sexual abuse is a crime of secrecy. Since most sexual abusers
do not commit their criminal acts in the presence of witnesses the "two witnesses" requirement is one that would be next to impossible
to meet.
To go even further by threatening victims who want to warn others of sexual abusers with being cut off from their family,
friends and associates (the persons victims would turn to for help and support after being victimized) is perhaps an even greater
betrayal than the sexual abuse itself.
In most jurisdictions in North America it is a crime for person's in authority to fail
to report allegations of sexual abuse to the appropriate agency (Children's Services etc.) so that the allegations can be investigated
in an independent and unbiased manner.
Perhaps it is time that Religious groups be subjected to the same threat of criminal prosecution
as private citizens.
Source :
Some links
:
http://www.silentlambs.org/
http://www.watchtowerdocuments.com
http://tjrecherches.chez.com/Pedo.htm
https://quebecjwclassaction.mccarthy.ca/
https://saysorry.org/
https://www.schmidtandclark.com/jehovahs-witness-sexual-abuse
http://www.zalkin.com/
http://bettiandassociates.com/
http://www.andersonadvocates.com/
http://www.lovenorris.com/
http://jwvictims.org/for-legal-questions-and-assistance/
http://www.blacksunjournal.com/religion/936_jehovahs-witness-pedophilia-coverup_2007.html (off-line)
http://www.watchtowerdocuments.com
http://tjrecherches.chez.com/Pedo.htm
https://quebecjwclassaction.mccarthy.ca/
https://saysorry.org/
https://www.schmidtandclark.com/jehovahs-witness-sexual-abuse
http://www.zalkin.com/
http://bettiandassociates.com/
http://www.andersonadvocates.com/
http://www.lovenorris.com/
http://jwvictims.org/for-legal-questions-and-assistance/
http://www.blacksunjournal.com/religion/936_jehovahs-witness-pedophilia-coverup_2007.html (off-line)