Baptizing in the name of…?
Illustrations of baptism in the Jehovah’s Witness Organization, collage created by Miss Usato Published by: Miss Usato, Written by: Larchwood on June 23th, 2025 “Go Therefore and Make Disciples, Baptizing Them in The Name of The Father, the Son, and the Organization.” Is that how the scripture goes? This article is written by Larchwood, a […]
Sacred Silence or Systemic Harm? Watchtowers Ecclesiastical Privilege
Article Written and Published by: Miss Usato on June 18th, 2025 When Silence Protects the Wrong Side: How Ecclesiastical Privilege Harms Abuse Victims What Is Ecclesiastical Privilege? Ecclesiastical privilege, also known as clergy-penitent privilege, is a legal concept that allows religious ministers to refuse to disclose confidential information shared with them during spiritual counseling or […]
“They Praised a Predator”: Shaun Sheffer Sentenced in PA AG Investigation
Courtroom in the Butler County Courthouse of Common Pleas, 2025, where the Trial for Shaun Sheffer took place Article written and published by: Miss Usato on June 5, 2025 Please be aware that the following article discusses abuse, as it may be triggering. On June 3, 2025, Shaun Sheffer, 47, an active Jehovah’s Witness from […]
Pure Worship or Pure Control? Inside the 2025 ‘Pure Worship’ Convention
Some features are clips from the 2025 Convention ‘Pure Worship’ Published and Written by: Miss Usato on May 26th, 2025 Pure Worship: Where questioning is rebellion, illness is prideful, and apostates are apparently Satan’s interns. Welcome to the 2025 Jehovah’s Witness convention ‘Pure Worship’ ‘Pure Worship’ 2025 Convention As the 2025 Jehovah’s Witnesses convention approaches […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Top Lawyer Fights $154K Sanction in Ninth Circuit Appeal, and loses
Screenshot from Video United States Court of Appeals from the Ninth Circuit: 24-5196 Rowland, et al. v. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., et al. Written by Miss Usato. Published May 25, 2025, Last updated July 8th, 2025. Philip Brumley — the long-time General Counsel for Jehovah’s Witnesses — is being thoroughly […]
What are the donations funding? $21.1 million investment in audiovisual tech
Published and written by: Miss Usato, May 22nd, 2025 The Jehovah’s Witness organization is always asking for more donations. And if you’re like a lot of us—former members, current doubters, or just observant—you’ve probably started asking: Where is all this money actually going? What Are the Donations Funding? A recent 2025 Governing Body Update #3 […]
Confessions, Power, and a Federal Probe: They Fought to Protect Children—Now They’re Being Investigated
Published by: Miss Usato May 8th, 2025 Survivors and advocates pushed Washington to end clergy abuse secrecy. Days after their victory, the federal government pushed back. The signature survivors and activists have been waiting for in Washington State April 15th, 2025, Washington State – The state was just a signature away from adopting a law […]
“From Devout to Done: Our Public Exit from the Jehovah’s Witnesses”
Former Jehovah’s Witnesses Aaron and Yana with their Children Published by Miss Usato on May 5th, 2025 “No one should be forced to worship in a way that he finds unacceptable or be made to choose between his beliefs and his family.” -Jehovah’s Witness publication, Awake! July 6, 2009, p. 29 Trying to explain why […]
Will the Governing Body Testify?
Some members of the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses A New York court may soon decide whether the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Governing Body can be compelled to testify in a high-stakes sexual abuse lawsuit—raising the stakes for the religion’s top leadership amid mounting legal pressure and claims of institutional concealment. Written and published by Miss Usato, […]