‘Jehovah’s Witnesses withhold evidence of child abuse’
Photo – Hollandse Hoogte Originally published in Dutch by NOS nieuws on February 8, 2018. The Jehovah’s Witnesses organization in the Netherlands has withheld reports of allegations of child sexual abuse for years. RTL News reports this. Victims fear that the reports will be destroyed and that evidence will be lost. The Jehovah’s Witnesses have […]
The Two Witness Principle
The ‘Two Witness Principle’ used by Jehovah’s Witness elders in their judicial committees with regard to accusations of child sexual abuse must be abandoned and disavowed. It has allowed sexual predators to escape justice. Some have attacked multiple victims. No matter how credible the accusation, within the Jehovah’s Witnesses there has to be either a […]
Fighters Against God?
It’s not easy being a Jehovah’s Witness. Having to shun a close friend who may be disfellowshipped is very difficult. We are going to miss our friend. Unless that friend returns to serving Jehovah, we will resolve in our heart to continue shunning her. What if she never returns to serve Jehovah? It doesn’t bear […]
Pressurizing Jehovah’s Organization
In 2012, José Lopez and Osbaldo Padron sued Jehovah’s organization over abuse they had suffered while members of the Linda Vista congregation at the hands of former elder Gonzalo Campos. Months earlier, Jehovah allowed his organization to settle with five other victims whom Campos abused from 1982 to 1999 while serving at the Linda Vista and […]
Problems Facing JW.org
There is a question regarding the longevity of JW.org given the events of the past few years. The following is just my opinion and observations based on events from the past year. Two years ago, JW.org implemented a 5-year cost reduction program in which they asked all branches to cut costs by a minimum of […]
80 reports of abuse within Jehovah’s Witnesses
Photo – WSAW NewsChannel 7 – June 2023 Originally published in Dutch by NOS nieuws on December 28, 2017. The reporting center for sexual abuse within the Jehovah’s Witnesses received eighty reports in the first month. Fifty of these came directly to the reporting point, the thirty others came via the Trouw newspaper, which has recently written […]
Christmas, Its Origin and Purpose
Why do Jehovah’s Witnesses not celebrate Christmas? The complete answer lies in a talk that I, Richard H. Barber, gave on December 12, 1928. The talk was subsequently published in The Golden Age Volume 10 No. 241 dated December 12, 1928. Most Jehovah’s Witnesses living today would not have read or heard my talk. Yet, […]
Ireland’s Children First Act
The Children First Act 2015 was signed into Law in the Republic of Ireland on Thursday, November 19th 2015. At that time only part of the Act was in effect. The Children First Act forms part of a suite of child protection legislation in Ireland that are designed to complement each other. These other Acts […]
The Apocryphal Hypocrisy
If there is one thing Jehovah’s Witnesses have emphasized over and over again about the Bible, it is the notion that Apocryphal books of the Bible are not to be read, believed or referenced. …Which is why I was utterly shocked to find that the March 2018 Study edition of The Watchtower uses the Acts […]