Five More Jehovah’s Witnesses Charged with Child Rape
Pursuant to the recommendations of the 49th Investigating Grand Jury of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, five (5) additional Jehovah’s Witnesses have been arrested and charged on July 6 2023, for the sexual assault, rape, corruption and exploitation of children. The offenses occurred during the years 1996 to 2014, spanning some 18 years. All five (5) […]
Beware of Satan’s Temptation to Make You Smoke: The Unreleased Tony Morris Video
A leaked video has surfaced featuring now-demoted Governing Body member Anthony Morris.
The video appears to be his last edited video that was scheduled to go live prior to his removal from the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ top governing council.
2023 Convention – Friday Morning Review
Book Cover – Used with the kind permission of its author, Poul Bregninge (Proverbs 13:12) Judgement Day and Paradise postponed is making the heart sick. . . Written by Lester Somrah – June 9, 2023 Chairman’s Address: Why “Exercise Patience”? This opening talk of the convention provides a reason for the theme of the convention and a […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses file for Judicial Review
Written by Lester Somrah – June 2, 2023 Wellington, New Zealand – On Friday 2nd June 2023, the Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Australasia) Limited filed an application for judicial review against the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in Care, New Zealand. According to its media release on its website, the Royal Commission […]
“My Work Here Is Done”
After almost 9 years of religious human rights activism, Jason Wynne is retiring. After recent news articles, a hard-hitting documentary involving Rebekah Vardy, and the release of the latest edition of the elders’ textbook, Shepherd the Flock of God, he says, “My work here is done.” AvoidJW was founded in October 2014 after Jason Wynne […]
CHILD ABUSE: Two Jehovah’s Witnesses Nearly In Prison
ENTRE RÍOS – In 2021, Pedro Matías Vargas and Vito Luciano Panza, Jehovah’s Witnesses of Santa Elena, were convicted for the crime of sexual abuse of two minors. The Superior Court of the Criminal Justice Chamber of Entre Ríos has rejected an appeal of the conviction presented by the religious group’s lawyer. Vargas and Panza […]
Rebekah Vardy: Jehovah’s Witnesses and Me
Rebekah Vardy has made a documentary with UK TV’s Channel 4 about her experience with Jehovah’s Witnesses Rebekah Vardy, wife of England and Leicester City football star Jamie Vardy, has accused Jehovah’s Witnesses of having covered up the sexual abuse she suffered as a child and claims the church failed to protect other children from […]
Father of an Ex-Jehovah’s Witness
Jan Frode Nilsen with his father in the background who is shunning him because he left Jehovah’s Witnesses Photo: Morten Marius Larsen “It can be compared to a feeling of sadness. But it is difficult to describe,” Per Ole Nilsen searches to find the words when he is asked about his son. The distance from Grimstad to […]
NORWAY: Court Revokes Jehovah’s Witnesses Request to Suspend Deregistration
Map of Norway including Olso & Viken regions with Oslo District Court building in the background OSLO, NORWAY: On April 26, 2023, the Oslo District Court revoked Jehovah’s Witnesses’ temporary injunction that they obtained on December 30, 2022. The temporary injunction was in place to suspend the government’s attempt to deregister Jehovah’s Witnesses as a […]