NORWAY: Encouraging young people to become martyrs
A child who died after refusing blood transfusions is highlighted as a role model for Jehovah’s Witnesses. “It is incomprehensible that they receive state support,” says former member Jan Frode Nilsen. Originally published on Vårt land by Caroline Teinum Gilje on June 26, 2021. BLOOD TRANSFUSION: “Be willing to put your life in Jehovah’s hands,” […]
Minister Dekker disappointed in Jehovah’s Witnesses’ hunt for sensitive data
Originally published in Dutch by BNNVARA on June 8, 2021 The board of the Jehovah’s Witnesses has attempted to obtain all data from the investigation into abuse within the community through the Freedom of Information Act (Wob). That has largely failed. The conversation reports with victims and other privacy-sensitive data have not been provided. The Minister […]
NORWAY: Expelled from Jehovah’s Witnesses for Sexual Immorality – Going to court to get back in
A former member of Jehovah’s Witnesses says she has been sexually abused. Jehovah’s Witnesses say she was guilty of gross sexual immorality. Today, the parties meet in Borgarting Court of Appeal. Originally published in Norwegian on NRK by Inger Sunder on June 2, 2021. In 2018, Gry Nygård was expelled from the Ski congregation of […]
NORWAY: Gry (49) thrown out by Jehovah’s Witnesses – has not seen her kids for over a year
Mother of two Gry Helen Mollan Nygård has been a part of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ski throughout her adult life. After she told the elders in her congregation that she had been sexually abused, the congregation distanced itself from her. So has her immediate family. Originally Published by Østlandets Blad on May 25, 2012 It […]
France: Jehovah’s Witnesses targeted by incest in Lorient
The public prosecutor’s office in Lorient has opened an investigation following a complaint of rape by a female member of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She accuses her father of having raped her when she was a child. Originally published in French on France Bleu by Ninnog Louis on Friday May 21, 2021. A preliminary investigation was opened […]
GERMANY: Have Jehovah’s Witnesses Covered Up Abuse?
When there is abuse within the family, there is little help from the community: What is behind such descriptions by members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses? The research conducted by the BR political magazine Kontrovers decribes a parallel justice system under the cloak of the Bible. Originally Published on BR24 on May 12, 2021 by Anna […]
NORWAY: Kingdom Hall Raided
The police entered the Kingdom Hall in Mandal, in the very south of Agder, Norway, and searched the congregation’s safe in an investigation of a rape. The Jehovah Witnesses protest. Originally published in Norwegian on Faedrelandsvennen by Tarjei Leer-Salvesen and Connie Bentrud. The Scandinavian Office of Jehovah’s Witnesses recently sent an official letter to the […]
NETHERLANDS: When Merel cooperated in the abuse investigation, vilification followed by other Jehovah’s Witnesses
Merel participated in the investigation into the handling of sexual abuse among the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Since that leaked, people have come to her door making accusations. “Nowadays I first check who is at the door.” Originally published on Trouw by Rianne Oosterom and Marinde van der Breggen on 26 April 2021 How did she get […]
NETHERLANDS: Jehovah’s Witnesses do everything they can to get hold of sensitive data from abuse investigations
Victims of abuse who shared their story in an investigation into abuse among Jehovah’s Witnesses at Utrecht University fear that they could be identified as the organization tries to obtain the complete investigation data. Originally published on TROUW by Rianne Oosterom en Marinde van der Breggen on 26 april 2021. The Jehovah’s Witnesses did everything in their […]