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 […]
Make Your Congregation a Safe Place for Children
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 […]
UK: Open Letter to Jehovah’s Witnesses on behalf of survivors of child sex abuse.
An Open letter to Jehovah’s Witnesses UK on behalf of all UK Survivors of child sex abuse at the hands of Jehovah’s Witnesses August 7, 2020 To the leaders of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the United Kingdom, We, the survivors of child sex abuse at the hands of Jehovah’s Witnesses, seek a public apology; we invite […]
What is a Letter of Introduction?
What is a Letter of Introduction? What is contained within a letter of Introduction? Why do congregation elders need Letters of Introduction? How long is a Letter of Introduction held on file? We will provide a real example of a Letter of Introduction to help all understand how much personal information congregation elders reveal about […]