Legal Cases involving Jehovah’s Witnesses

Disfellowshipping: Judicial Committee Meetings

Jehovah’s Witnesses have their own internal court system to deal with wayward members. How do elders perform these court systems? Can members have representation or are they required to attend alone? Are all elders on the body made aware of the sin? The following two videos were created to teach congregation elders on how to […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Money

LITHUANIA: Jehovah’s Witnesses and their Opponents Int’l Conference

On September 3, 2020, CESNUR (Center for Studies on New Religions) organized a seminar entitled Jehovah’s Witnesses and Their Opponents: Russia, the West, and Beyond. It was held in Kaunas and Vilnius, Lithuania. Due to COVID-19, most of the contributors were not presenting on location. The conference was divided up into four sessions with Questions […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Open Letter to Dutch Government

The Independent Commission on Child Sexual Abuse has announced that it will investigate allegations of abuse among Jehovah’s Witnesses. Introduction The Jehovah’s Getuigen, as the Jehovah’s Witnesses are known in the Netherlands, wrote an open letter to the House of Representatives in The Hague in the Netherlands regarding government criticism of their handling of child […]
Publisher I.D. Keeping Track of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Publisher ID is a computer application designed to keep track of all the publishers (Jehovah’s Witness members) inside of their global computer system, HuB. Publisher record cards would essentially become electronic, allowing congregation elders to add them and edit them directly from within JW.org. This system is not intended for publishers to access the system. […]
Sorry, in Word and Deed.

In light of what was discussed in the UK’s Independent Inquiry Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), we are bringing to you a series of articles on child abuse written by Duncan Corbett, an IICSA core participant and former Jehovah’s Witness elder of 18 years, to help Jehovah’s Witnesses protect their children from the debased actions of pedophiles in their […]
Be Ready To Apologize

In light of what was discussed in the UK’s Independent Inquiry Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), we are bringing to you a series of articles on child abuse written by Duncan Corbett, an IICSA core participant and former Jehovah’s Witness elder of 18 years, to help Jehovah’s Witnesses protect their children from the debased actions of pedophiles in their […]
UK: IICSA Questions Jehovah’s Witnesses

Duncan Corbett, Sarah Davies, Lloyd Evans and Paul Gillies give evidence to the Independent Inquiry Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) on Monday August 10, 2020. Paul Gillies gives further evidence on Tuesday August 11, 2020. The public hearing on the aforementioned dates examines the child protection policies and safeguarding culture in Jehovah’s Witnesses in England and Wales. Sarah […]