A Christian woman whom we will call Joy tried to raise her son to love Jehovah God. When he grew up to be a man and educated himself about religion and cults the son made a personal decision to no longer be associated with his parent’s faith. As is often the case of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Joy reacted as if it was a personal attack against the family, she stated, “It was the deepest hurt I had ever experienced, I felt Read the rest of this entry »
This is one subject that just absolutely makes me angry. The Watchtower theocratic system as actually enabled pedophiles to continue to exploit children over and over. They hide these people in files that no one can see and try to use the “clergy penitent privilege” to justify NOT giving the names of Pedophiles to the authorities. You see, when a Jehovah’s Witness is faced with this problem, they are told to go to the elders first, not the police, and then let the elders make the decision.
So they do that and bring their child to the elders to explain and the elders hear the story and then bring in the accused. If the accused denies the charges, they leave it up to “Jehovah” to bring it out and go no further, unless there are witnesses. Come on now, how many witnesses are there for child abuse? In a recent article by SilentLambs.org, they have explained the problem fully and have even given out these flyers to everyone so they can post or give out to there neighbors;
SILENTLAMBS SERVICE BULLETIN
Jehovah’s Witnesses Forced To Open Pedophile Database! www.silentlambs.org - 877-WTABUSE (982-2873)
Recent decisions in California Courts have ruled in favor of abuse survivors in that state. The Legal Department lawyers of Jehovah’s Witnesses have fought with filing after filing trying to claim “clergy penitent privilege” with information that would lead to the possible conviction or implication of further crimes against children by Jehovah’s Witness child molesters. The secondary issue regards civil damages brought upon victims due to negligence of church officials in not reporting allegations of child abuse putting additional children in danger.
This ruling from the court states simply that the church cannot use “clergy penitent privilege” as a way to protect pedophiles from law enforcement. The ruling further states information stated in judicial hearings of Jehovah’s Witnesses as well as documents generated by those hearings are not “privileged” and will have to be released to the courts as any information that is relevant to the case. In addition, the Legal Department will have to produce all documents related to their abuse policy and how they investigate child abuse allegations. Most importantly the ruling states; “records kept by or under the direction of the Legal Department concerning allegations of abuse,” that directly involves the pedophile database reported by silentlambs in April of 2002. This represents the first official ruling of the court that opens the database for public scrutiny.
This judgment is bitter sweet as in 2003 in New Hampshire silentlambs officials watched as Jehovah’s Witnesses attorneys defended the “religious right” of convicted child molester Paul Berry to prevent further convictions on allegations of his abuse of other children. Thousands of dollars in donations to Jehovah’s Witnesses known as Worldwide Work monies were spent silencing the victims of Paul Berry. Each time you donate to Jehovah’s Witnesses a portion of that money will be spent defending the rights of convicted Jehovah’s Witness pedophiles from their victims. The California case above to date has involved hundreds of thousands of dollars of Jehovah’s Witness donations to stop victims of abuse from getting needed treatment for the crimes committed against them. The religious hypocrisy of offering articles on abuse issues while secretly protecting pedophiles using “clergy penitent privilege” is far worse than the Catholic Church abuse scandal. This month the Jehovah’s Witnesses are distributing this tract worldwide. They openly condemn the Catholic Church for their abuse scandal and use it as a basis to call them and all other faiths “false religion.”
Do members realize their Legal Department Lawyer elders are protecting pedophiles in the courts using the money they collect door to door to do so?
At silentlambs we appreciate the determination and courage of abuse survivors in going forward in the courts to bring these criminals to justice.
We look forward to the day when the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses follows the example set by the Pope of the Catholic Church and apologizes for their role in allowing policies that continue to hurt children. The truth will prevail and no amount of Worldwide Work Donations spent to protect child molesters will stop the real truth of these matters from being discovered in the courts. The pedophile database holds the key to that “truth.”
For a Flyer that you can give out in your neighborhood, Click Here>>jwpedophile-flyer.doc
Here you can find copies of most of the Watchtower documents we reference in our articles. This should equip you the next time you quote a Watchtower and the Jehovah’s Witness tells you it’s not true. Make a copy and show them.
YOU MUST USE INTERNET EXPLORER, THE DOWNLOAD WILL NOT WORK IN FIREFOX. End of World 1874.PDF
The Title of this post use to read “Jehovah’s Witnesses History – Part 1″ because that is the name of the video. I think the name of this video is wrong and should be “The Watchtower History”, not the Jehovah’s Witness History. A few Witnesses have taken this as a personal attack and I can’t say I blame them with a title like that. Please understand when you watch this video, it portrays the history of the Watchtower and not a group of people who have been mislead by them! Therefore, I am changing the title of this post to more accurately reflect that it is about the “organization”, not the people.
Charles Taze Russell was born in 1852 and died on October 31, 1916. He started the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society in the late 1800’s with the first publication of the Zion’s Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence being printed in 1874.
Depending on what you read, Mr. Russell started the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society for various reasons. Although he grew up in a Presbyterian home, most of his tutelage came from Adventist teachers when he was an editor of the Herald of the Morning.
There were a few Christian doctrines that lead him to leave his Presbyterian roots to start the Zion’s Watch Tower. His spiritually dangerous teachings grew from his refusal to accept or believe in the idea of Hell, the bodily resurrection of Christ, the deity of Christ and the Trinity. The Watchtower December 16, 1916 had this to say about their leader.
“Charles Taze Russell, thou hast, by the Lord, been crowned a king; and through the everlasting ages thou name shall be know amongst the people, and thy enemies shall come and worship at thy feet”.
Considering the Bible teaches that only God is to be worshipped, I think we should all take notice of what level he is being brought to. Read the rest of this entry »
This month the Jehovah’s Witnesses are distributing this tract worldwide. They openly condemn the Catholic Church for their abuse scandal and use it as a basis to call them and all other faiths “false religion.”
