Italy: Daughters Shun Jehovah’s Witness Mother for accepting Blood Transfusion
Originally posted on Repubblica.it – Napoli. From Salerno, the woman appeals to the girls she has not seen for three weeks: “Understand my pain, call me”. “These two teddy bears were my little girls’, now I only have them”. Grazia di Nicola, 48, of Colliano in the province of Salerno, looks with nostalgia at her […]
Philip Brumley: Haled Before Kings
In 1991, Philip Brumley gave a talk entitled ‘Haled Before Kings’. In it he detailed some of Watch Tower’s notable Supreme Court case wins in the 1930s and 1940’s. He also discussed their trials relating to child custody, blood transfusions and dealing with so-called apostates. He also described some of the developments in Africa and […]
Philip Brumley: WitchHunter
READ WATCH TOWER SUBPOENAS HERE From June 2017 to the present, Legal Counsel for the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society went on a witch hunt to find the leakers of secret documents and books used by the hierarchy of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Most of the ordinary members, particularly the most vulnerable and most affected by […]
‘Parallel legal community’ at odds with religious freedom
Originally published on Danish Media, TV2 by Jonas HR Moestrup The recognized religious community of Jehovah’s Witnesses has an internal set of rules where religious leaders can judge on everything from smoking to killing. In Denmark, there are 173 congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses, each led by a religious body – a so-called Body of Elders. […]
SPAIN: Jehovah’s Witnesses fined €10,000 for using medical data without permission
Originally published on Redaccion Medica According to the Data Protection Agency findings, the information was used for purposes other than those authorised. The AEPD (Spanish Data Protection Agency) has fined the Jehovah’s Witnesses €10,000 for collecting data from medical staff and patients without prior authorization. The religious institution has a Hospital Liaison Committee (HLC) in […]
SPAIN: Jehovah’s Witnesses abuses, women in subjection, and suicides
Originally published on Spanish Media, EL ESPAÑOL Accusations of pedophilia, rejection of homosexuals, “social death”, theft of personal data, suicides … EL ESPAÑOL interviews 15 former members of this “cult” in Spain who criticize all kinds of situations It is advised that a woman be supported by her husband, but the man can attend without […]
DENMARK: Accusations against Jehovah’s Witnesses in several countries for not reporting child abuse
Originally published on Danish Media, TV2 by Jonas HR Moestrup An Australian commission found in 2016 that the internal rules of Jehovah’s Witnesses were problematic in child abuse cases. A Danish expert agrees. In 2014, a so-called elder from Jehovah’s Witnesses failed to notify the authorities of a suspected assault on a 14-year-old child from […]
DENMARK: Elders in Jehovah’s Witnesses who suspected child abuse
Originally published on Danish Media, TV2 by Jonas HR Moestrup Police and experts believe that the elders in Jehovah’s Witnesses were required to go to the authorities with this information. Lotus Luca from Næstved was 14 years old when she came home one day and told her mother that she had been the victim of […]
DENMARK: Meeting with leaders who ‘judge’ a Jehovah’s Witness for having a boyfriend
Originally published on Danish Media, TV2 by Jonas HR Moestrup Listen to audio recordings from the meeting, where Ann Celina faced three strange men to explain her sex life. In 2016, Ann Celina decided that she would no longer be a part of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. She had begun to see a guy who was […]