BRAZIL: Sexual abuse, Heresy & Social Control in Jehovah’s Witnesses
Original published on GospelPrime on March 3, 2021 by Michael Caceres “It was like a house of cards that has collapsed,” says a former cult elder. For 40 years of his life, António Madaleno, born in Portugal, was part of Jehovah’s Witnesses, which he defines as a “cult”. He was just one year old when […]
BRAZIL: Watch Tower claim raid on premises unlawful
In September 2019, the Branch of Jehovah’s Witnesses and a number of kingdom halls in São Paulo Brazil were raided by the Police, in search of documentary evidence of criminal activities relating to child sexual abuse. The Jehovah’s Witnesses claim that the raid was unlawful. Below is a translation of the Court of Justice determination. […]