DENMARK: An Elder stands up against criticism of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Originally published on Danish Media, TV2 by Jonas HR Moestrup His own daughter is expelled from Jehovah’s Witnesses. He believes that God is above everything else. For Tom Pedersen from Ulstrup, God is above everything else. – Some people find it hard to understand. That one can put something over their own life, he says. […]
Denmark: Other People Can Learn From Us
An elder stands up against criticism of Jehovah’s Witnesses Originally published on Danish Media, TV2 by Jonas HR Moestrup His own daughter is expelled from Jehovah’s Witnesses. He believes that God is above everything else. For Tom Pedersen from Ulstrup, God is above everything else. – Some people find it hard to understand. That one […]
Denmark: Abandoned by Her Children
They believe God will kill her in a great war Originally published on Danish Media, TV2 by Jonas HR Moestrup She raised her children to reject apostates. Now she herself is an apostate and struggles for the children to accept her choice. Maria Alexander sat opposite her two youngest children at the dining table and was […]
The Two Witness Rule – an open letter
The ‘Two Witness Rule’ used by Jehovah’s Witnesses’ 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 […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses: accusations of abuse are the result of this smear campaign
Photo – RTV Drenthe Originally published in Dutch by NOS nieuws on February 5, 2019. According to the Jehovah’s Witnesses, there is a smear campaign going on against this religious community. “As if we facilitate sexual abuse or do nothing about it.” This is what spokesperson Michel van Hilten says. The organization responded extensively to the […]
Raids at seven buildings in abuse case involving Jehovah’s Witnesses
Photo – ABC30 Action News -Search for Child Sexual Abuse Documents – January 2022. Fresno County sheriff’s detectives raid Kingdoms Halls in Kingsburg and Clovis, California, USA Originally published in Dutch by NOS nieuws on December 6, 2018. Last month, the police raided seven buildings as part of the investigation into sexual abuse within Jehovah’s […]
Abuse at Jehovah’s: ‘They treat us, the victims, as perpetrators’
Originally published in Dutch by NOS nieuws on August 16, 2018. Thirty years ago, Hadassah Wiersma first reported sexual abuse against family members. Her uncle and aunt, who are members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, were never prosecuted because there was insufficient evidence. A few years later she tried again, but again without success. Now Wiersma is more […]
Public Prosecution Service is investigating Jehovah’s abuse
Originally published in Dutch by NOS nieuws on August 16, 2018. The Public Prosecution Service is investigating nine cases of sexual violence within the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Minister Dekker of Legal Protection reports in a letter to the House of Representatives. The investigation focuses on the specific reports that have been made and therefore not on […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses: ‘no objection’ to reports of abuse
Originally published in Dutch by NOS nieuws on August 16, 2018. The Jehovah’s Witnesses denomination has “no objection whatsoever” to the fact that sexual abuse has been reported within the religious community. A spokesperson said this in response to the news that the Public Prosecution Service is investigating nine cases of sexual violence within the […]