Community outpouring for mom of youngster killed in accident

Congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses as well as others in the community have generously given to the grieving mom.

STORY

Jehovah's Witness gets 10 years for raping nine-year old girl

Jehovah's Witness in UK locked up for 10 years for child rape

STORY

Youth group in Russia targets Jehovah's Witnesses

Nazi-like youth group in Russia has specifically targetted Jehovah's Witnesses.

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NEWS LINK

Some things never change

An anti-missionary organization in Israel accuses Jehovah's Witnesses of targetting the poor, disaffected members of society. The Pharisees accused Jesus of the same thing for his associating with the outcasts of Jewish society, whom the high-minded Jews looked upon as human refuse.

Some things never change.

HAARATZ.COM

Jehovah's Witnesses war objector must be "re-educated"

Conscientious objector to be re-educated in Nagorno-Karabakh

FORUM 18

Judge rules elders must testify in child abuse trial

In what could be a landmark decision, a Riverside, California, judge has ruled against Jehovah's Witnesses elders refusing to testify in an ongoing child molestation case. Judge Paul Dickerson's legal ruling states: "In this case, the judge said, the elders' duty was to determine guilt and to protect the congregation, not to keep the communications under wraps."


The defendent's lawyer is appealling the ruling.

RIVERSIDE COUNTY PRESS

Canadian Court orders ministry critical of Jehovah's Witnesses shut down

MacGregor Ministries Outreach, a "ministry" devoted to exposing cults, has been ordered to shut down their website on the grounds that it promotes hate. However, the site is still online, the organization having simply moved to the United States.

World Net Daliy

Jehovah's Witnesses invite you to remember the anniversary of Jesus' death

Memorial of Jesus' death Saturday, March 22, 2008

Public invitation

New rules could threaten charity status

Jehovah's Witnesses tax exempt status in the UK may be revoked. STORY

JW elders refuse to testify

Elders in a Riverside County, California, congregation have refused to cooperate with prosecutors seeking to put a suspected child molestor behind bars

Link to article and podcast

Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons fastest growing religions in the U.S.

CHRISTIAN POST

JW in Wisconsin arrested for attempting to force Catholic wife at knife point to go to the kingdom hall.

(picture is not the actual JW lunatic)

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STORY

WATCHTOWER PUTS BOSSERT HOTEL UP FOR SALE

Historic hotel, where the Brooklyn Dogers once celebrated their World Series victory, has been put up for sale. Like the Dodgers, the Watchtower is apparently getting out of Brooklyn, except without a world championship. Story in New York Times

Issue of Jehovah's Witnesses and military conscription in Finland "unresolved"

NEWS FROM FINLAND

Watchtower sells Standish hotel dormitory

Brooklyn Eagle newspaper

Watchtower paid out over $12 million to silence pedophile victims

In an interview with her hometown newspaper Barbara Anderson revealed that the WT paid out $12,500,000 to prevent several cases from going to court. STORY

Jehovah's Witnesses in Portugal in middle of kidnap case

A disfellowshipped woman in Portugal who is suspected of involvement in a crime claims to have been at the kingdom hall the night when Madeleine McCann was kidnapped. STORY

More television coverage of Watchtower pedophile cover-up

A local NBC affiliate has broadcast an additional interview with Barbara Anderson. Anderson reveals that one congregation alone has had 30 to 40 children that were sexually abused. CLICK HERE

JW man gets 8 years in the slammer for swindle

More trouble in spiritual paradise: Jehovah's Witness swindled disabled congregation member of life savings. Losses appeal. STORY

JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES' CHILD MOLESTATION GETS PRIME TIME NEWS COVERAGE

NBC Nightly News ran an expose on the Watchtower's nasty little cover-up of several ongoing child abuse cases. NBC's affliate, MSNBC carried an article as well.

To view NBC In-Depth segment CLICK HERE (wait until advertisement plays first, then program will run)

Appeals court jails JW pedophile

STORY

Former elder gets three years in the slammer

A former elder of Jehovah's Witnesses who had sexual relations with a 14-year old during "counseling" sessions has been sentenced to three years behind bars. STORY

15 year-old Jehovah's Witness does Cash

HUMAN INTEREST STORY (slow news day)

Jehovah's Witness foster mom fights system

Foster mom denied right to continue care of nieces by the state because of her obesity, mental problems, and because she is one of Jehovah's Witnesses. STORY

22 year old Jehovah's Witness mum dies after refusing blood transfusion

Mum dies for Jehovah SUN

AT&T ordered to pay 2 of Jehovah's Witnesses $756,000

The giant telephone company AT&T has been ordered to pay two of Jehovah's Witnesses for firing them for attending a Watchtower Society convention. STORY

Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Tajikistan

Jehovah's Witnesses banned STORY

Court rules in favor of Jehovah's Witnesses

The supreme court of Transdniestria has ruled in favor of Jehovah's Witnesses. STORY
Where is Transdniestria? Wikipedia knows

Benefits from blood transfusion? Don't bank on it

New study indicates transfusions of stored blood may do more harm then good. Medical News Today.com

Hospital suing JW patient over blood transfusion refusal

A hospital in Ireland is suing a "Jehovah Witness" patient. STORY

Doctors suspended over death of JW patient who refused blood

Two doctors in Nigeria were suspended, one indefinitely, for failing to provide an alternative medical procedure for a patient who subsequently died. STORY

Jehovah's Witnesses stood firm against the Nazis

The Watchtower-produced documentary, Stand Firm, is being shown at an Ann Frank exhibit in Asheville, North Carolina. LINK TO ARTICLE

A former JW elder confesses to child molestation

STORY

South Korea to allow "alternative" military service

Jehovah's Witnesses may chose "alternative service" as opposed to mandatory jail time. International Herald Tribune

5 Jehovah's Witnesses killed in plane crash

Members of a regional building committee were killed when their plane crashed STORY

Britons outraged over freeing of Jehovah's Witness pedophile

Attorney General reveiwing case, may appeal in behalf of state GUARDIAN BBC

Pedophile's sister speaks to the press MIRROR

Silentlambs reports that the admitted pedophile was a trustee of the Bible Students Association in the UK.

Judge cuts serial child attacking Jehovah's Witness loose.

A depraved, Watchtower Society-appointed ministerial servant, who used his office to prey upon the children of Jehovah's Witnesses, was turned loose. GUARDIAN --

Reportedly, the congregation is supporting the admitted child rapist TIMES ONLINE

Also, reported on in the BBC and in the MIRROR

If it were not so tragic it would be laughable, but defying all reason the Watchtower continues to teach that the organization of Jehovah's Witnesses, worldwide, is a "spiritual paradise," which the Scriptures describe as a condition completely devoid of predatory individuals.

(See e-watchman commentary: What is Spiritual Paradise?)

Jehovah's Witnesses unwelcome in Uzbekistan

Last legal Uzbek congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses may be forced underground

STORY

Kingdom hall destroyed by arson

A kingdom hall in Idaho was destroyed by arson. Investigators do not think, though, that Jehovah's Witnesses were specifically targetted.

ARTICLE

Jehovah's Witnesses renovate theater to use as an assembly hall

Jehovah's Witnesses in New Jersey volunteer

STORY

One door at a time

News article in Sacramento Bee

JAPAN DEALS BLOW TO JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES

Japanese medical authoritites say children of Jehovah's Witnesses under the age of 15 may be forced to take blood transfusions. EARTHTIMES
JAPAN TIMES

"Follow the Christ" summer conventions in full swing

Hundreds of thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses will be gathering at various locations in the Northern Hemisphere this summer attending conventions sponsored by the Watchtower Society bearing the theme:
"Follow the Christ."


CLICK HERE for 2007 convention schedules and locations in the United States

Razzoo's cajun cafe settles lawsuit with fired JW

A 19 year old Jehovah's Witness was awarded $38,000 for wrongful termination for not singing happy birthday. STORY (such as it is)

UZBEKISTAN: Jehovah's Witness beaten, tried and sentenced to labour camp

CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE

Elderly Jehovah's Witnesses fined for practicing unlawful religion

KAZAKHSTAN: "Oasis of religious accord" hands heavy fines to Jehovah's Witnesses

STORY

Blood trasfusions are a religion says Aussie specialist

Study shows Jehovah's Witnesses heart surgery patients do better than patients that take blood transfusions

Story

Nashville television news coverage of Silentlambs press conference regarding the Watchtower's secretive child abuse settlement

Robbers pose as Jehovah's Witnesses

Robbers case homes pretending to be Jehovah's Witnesses going door to door.

Story

More on the Watchtower's Brooklyn Heights properties for sale

The Watchtower Society's Standish Arms residence may fetch as much as $6 million. No doubt the funds will come in handy to cover the multi-million dollar child abuse settlement the Society is secretly paying out to 16 victims who were abused my Jehovah's Witness pedophiles.

Article

Watchtower quietely settles 16 sex abuse cases

The legal department of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society has agreed to pay off 16 sexual abuse victims to prevent those cases from coming to court. The Society has also legally bound the victims with a so-called gag order to prevent them from discussing the details of the crimes committed against them by Jehovah's Witnesses or from disclosing the amount the Watchtowser paid them for their silence.

Seattle Intelligencer

Prince seeking first the kingdom

Prince will be playing in London in late summer but doesn't plan an extended tour in order that he may devote more time to Bible study

Latest JW celeb gossip

Access Hollywood

Watchtower selling Brooklyn properties

Watchtower selling six Brooklyn properties as part of downsizing.

READ ARTICLE

Jehovah's Witness elder arrested for raping 8 year old

An elder in Florida arrested for sexually abusing an eight year old

STORY

62 year old Jehovah's Witness found guilty of sadistic abuse

JW foster mom found guilty of horrific abuse of children in her care over 20 year period.

Story

BBC ARTICLE

Watchtower uses same tactics as Catholic Church

Commentary compares the Watchtower's tactics with those of the Catholic Church in their stubborn refusal to accept responsibity for child abuse among Jehovah's Witnesses.

STORY

SIX JEHOVAH'S WITNESS MISSIONARIES KILLED

Six Jehovah's Witness missionaries were killed in a bus crash while returning from a Watchtower convention in Kenya. Others injured.

STORY

COURT DISMISSES ANDERSON CASE

The court dismissed the wrongful disfellowshipping case of child abuse advocate, Barbara Anderson.

STORY

Canadian blood transfusion issue

L.A. Times article on sextuplets born prematurely to Jehovah's Witness parents and the blood transfusion issue.

Story

93 year old Jehovah's Witness pioneer hit by car

A 93 year old pioneering grandma was stuck by a car in a strip mall parking lot while she was out in service.

STORY

Another elder found guilty of child abuse

"Marcel Simonin, 66, was found guilty last Dec. 19 in Valleyfield corut of sexual aggression against a minor, between 1985 and 1992. When these activities started, his young girl victim was 11 years old."

STORY

Prosecutor cites uncooperative elders in child abuse case

Elder who molested 11 year old girl while out in service was found guilty but gets no jail time. Prosecutor criticizes congregation leadership for not cooperating with police investigation.

STORY

Jehovah's Witness woman bleeds to death

A Jehovah's Witness woman in the UK bled to death during "routine surgery."

Sad story

Azerbaijan police raid Jehovah's Witnesses meeting

"Azerbaijan's latest manifestation of hostility to Protestant Christian and other religious minorities, such as Jehovah's Witnesses, is a 24 December raid on the Kingdom Hall in the capital, Baku, Forum 18 News Service has learnt."

STORY

Former elder convicted for sexually molesting 10 year old girl while out in service

A former Jehovah's Witness elder has been convicted of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl who attended his congregation.


STORY

Masked gunman opens fire on Jehovah's Witnesses as they leave the kingdom hall

The news report says that the Jehovah's Witnesses were coming out of an assembly hall. They apparently mean a kingdom hall.

Story

Deranged Jehovah's Witness bites off part of man's thumb and swallows it!

"Jehovah’s Witness Jan Ometak, 27, bit off part of Doug Morgan’s right thumb and swallowed it while laughing hysterically. He also tore chunks out of the 76-year-old’s fa