NETHERLANDS: Jehovah’s Witnesses do everything they can to get hold of sensitive data from abuse investigations
Victims of abuse who shared their story in an investigation into abuse among Jehovah’s Witnesses at Utrecht University fear that they could be identified as the organization tries to obtain the complete investigation data. Originally published on TROUW by Rianne Oosterom en Marinde van der Breggen on 26 april 2021. The Jehovah’s Witnesses did everything in their […]
ARGENTINA: Jehovah’s Witness, Pedro Matías Vargas, gets 12 years prison term
The Trial Court of Appeals of Paraná, made up of Carolina Castagno, Gustavo Pimentel and Elvio Garzón, decided this Friday to declare Pedro Matías Vargas the material author and person responsible for the crimes of “Seriously outrageous sexual abuse aggravated by his position as a minister of a recognized or non-recognized religion and because he […]
ARGENTINA: Jehovah’s Witnesses remain silent in a child sexual abuse trial
Elders of a congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Santa Elena opted for silence and secrecy in a trial that followed Matías Vargas and Luciano Vito Panza, two members of that religious congregation, accused of aggravated sexual abuse and corruption of minors to the detriment of two young people. Originally published by EntreRíosYA on March 11, […]
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 […]
ARGENTINA: Two Jehovah’s Witnesses to be Tried for Alleged Child Sexual Abuse
Originally published on El Argentino on March 1 2021. An oral and public trial will begin in which the defendants Matías Vargas and Vito Luciano Panza will be seated in the dock, to whom the Prosecutor’s Office and the complaint are charged with crimes against sexual integrity to the detriment of two girls from the […]
IRELAND: Jehovah’s Witness Man Jailed for 18 months
On February 18th last, a 34 year-old Jehovah’s Witness man who sent sexually explicit messages to a 13 year-old girl in 2016 has been handed down an 18 month jail term at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. To protect the identify of his victim, the man cannot be named. He met the girl through their […]
GERMANY: Child Sexual Abuse in Jehovah’s Witnesses
On November 24, 2020, the Independent Commission for Processing Child Sexual Abuse spoke in a confidential setting with experts about sexual abuse of children and adolescents of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Source: Sexueller Kindesmissbrauch bei den Zeugen Jehovas – Die neunten Werkstattgespräche (Teil I) Important international studies in recent years such as the Australian Royal Commission, the UK Charity […]
GERMANY: Child Sexual Abuse by Jehovah’s Witnesses
On November 24, 2020, the Independent Commission for Processing Child Sexual Abuse spoke in a confidential setting with experts about sexual abuse of children and adolescents of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Ler em portugues > Important international studies in recent years such as the Australian Royal Commission, the UK Charity Commission and the Independent Inquiry into Child […]
Computer Security Recommendation for Jehovah’s Witnesses Implemented
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