JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES & THE WATCHTOWER IN THE NEWS

JW pedophile in UK back in the news

2009-10-18T04:29:00.001-07:00

BBC News

Wife accused of helping husband kidnapper and rapist was once JW

2009-09-01T02:22:00.000-07:00

"Mrs Garrido’s role has stunned America, leading to speculation about her motives, her relationship with her husband and her own mental state. Little has been made public about her early life but it is believed that she was a Jehovah’s Witness when she met Garrido during a visit to her uncle in a prison in Leavenworth, Kansas."

TIMES ONLINE

Disfellowshipped JW asked to be shot

2009-05-14T14:28:00.000-07:00

It sounds unbelievable, but a disfellowshipped JW, distraught because of being cut off from his family, asked a man to shot him. And he did.

STORY

WATCHTOWER GETTING OUT OF BROOKLYN

2009-03-29T05:19:00.000-07:00

The WT is making moves to get out of Brooklyn. The GB plans to build yet another complex upstate.

STORY

Judge rules JW elder must testify

2009-03-14T02:18:00.000-07:00

A JW elder had tried to claim clergy privilege but was denied.

The thing is, elders cannot do anything on their own. The Watchtower legal team had to be involved, which means the Society tried to prevent one of their elders from testifying in a murder case.

STORY

NATIONWIDE STRIKE AT JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES IN RUSSIA

2009-03-13T09:28:00.000-07:00

Forum 18 reports "nationwide strike against Jehovah's Witnesses" in Russia.

STORY

Watchtower Literature Declared "Extremist" in Russia

2009-03-03T00:55:00.000-08:00

It's official: The Watchtower and Awake magazines are extremist literature. STORY

Murdering, child raping JW denied parole

2009-02-26T01:45:00.000-08:00

The ex-husband of a JW woman, who was murdered along with her two children by her JW husband, apparently persuaded the parole board to turn down Jeffery Anderson's bid for parole. Evidently the Society and the local elders were indirectly responsible for the triple murder because of having counseled the abused wife to return to her psychopathic, child-molesting husband. Dutifully following the elder's counsel resulted in her murder and the murder of her children.

The surviving ex-husband is also the author of a book entitled: Wolves Among Sheep-The True Story of Murder in a Jehovah's Witness Community

STORY

JW convention in Austria prevents U2 gig

2009-02-21T03:26:00.000-08:00

Jehovah's Witnesses Keep On the Watch Convention has prevented the rock band U2 from an appearance in Austria. STORY

Jehovah's Witnesses denied legal status in Serbia

2009-02-21T02:35:00.000-08:00

Forum 18 reports on efforts of Jehovah's Witnesses and other religions to gain legal recognition in Serbia. The WT may consider registering as an NGO.

STORY

Also in the news, South African court orders 12 year old girl to have blood transfusion. STORY

JW family among those killed in plane crash

2009-02-14T21:42:00.000-08:00

Plane crash in New York State kills Jamaican family of Jehovah's Witnesses

STORY

JW Pedophile SlimeBall Back in the News

2009-01-08T02:08:00.000-08:00

The JW child pedophile, Ricky McLean, is back in the news as the focus of a Ten Most Wanted manhunt. STORY

Prince to release three new pop records in 2009 (yawn)

2009-01-02T13:50:00.000-08:00

Prince says one of his upcoming records is "nasty" but not dirty, and no, he didn't vote for Obama.

LINK

Well known WT lawyer dies at 89

2009-01-02T08:13:00.000-08:00

Glen How dies at 89

STORY

Jehovah's Witness sentenced in peeping Tom caper

2008-12-04T06:39:00.000-08:00

A Canadian JW was sentenced to probation and counseling for installing a hidden cam in a woman's washroom stall. STORY

Jehovah's Witnesses child porn addict

2008-12-03T13:51:00.000-08:00

A Jehovah's Witness child porn addict in Australia was sentenced to 20 months in the slammer for downloading and sharing images of child pornography. STORY

Oldest holocaust survivor

2008-11-30T12:14:00.000-08:00

Christian Science Monitor carries story of one of Jehovah's Witnesses who stood up to Hitler.

Staggering Catholic hypocrisy

2008-11-30T07:41:00.000-08:00

An article appearing in the Catholic News Service accuses the leadership of the Watchtower of taking advantage of biblical illiteracy; this from an organization that once outlawed the reading of the Bible and burned people at the stake for daring to translate the Bible into common languages. The Catholic News Service accuses the WT of inserting the name of Jehovah into the Scriptures in 6,000 places. Perhaps the writer of the article is unaware that the Catholic New Jerusalem Bible used the name Yahweh in the same way.

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

More JW sex criminals in the news

2008-11-26T23:27:00.000-08:00

A Jehovah's Witness in Australia who had been disfellowshipped for having sex with the boys in his congregation but who had subsequently been reinstated, was sentenced to 10 years in the slammer for his crimes. STORY

In Canada a JW man was sentenced to 18 months in jail for groping young girls. The elders of the congregation failed to report the crime to authorities. STORY

Although the Watchtower Society has failed to protect the innocents under their charge and has provided safe haven for thousands of slithering pedophiles within the organization by their laxity, Jehovah continues to use the "superior authorities" to administer justice.

The day of judgment for the Watchtower is rapidly approaching. See e-watchman blog

His Purpleness

2008-09-27T01:22:00.000-07:00

Prince, shown here with his purple phallic guitar, tells USA Today abut his experience going door-to-door as one of Jehovah's Witnesses -- even totes his Bible to business meetings.

STORY

Two demon-possessed JW's go on killing spree in Russia

2008-09-25T09:28:00.000-07:00

It is being reported that two ax-wielding serial-killers who called themselves "Jehovah's Witnesses" were recently arrested in Russia. STORY

Bad association: Jilted lover of JW girl shoots parents

2008-09-22T20:10:00.000-07:00

STORY

Jehovah's Witness murdered in UK

2008-09-21T22:39:00.000-07:00

A JW man was murdered and his wife shot by their daughter's boyfriend STORY

Jehovah's Witnesses receive some bad press in the UK

2008-09-14T06:41:00.000-07:00

Sunday Times Online

Man blews himself up in kingdom hall

2008-07-28T13:59:00.000-07:00

STORY

Court testimony in capital case confirms allegations of sexual abuse by Jehovah's Witnesses

2008-07-22T03:18:00.000-07:00

New Zealand double murderer's sister testifies to her brothers sexual abuse by members of the local kingdom hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.

STORY and VIDEO

Convicted murderer tells of abuse by Jehovah's Witnesses

2008-07-16T05:50:00.000-07:00

A pyschotic man convicted of killing two women tells of abuse by his JW mother and other individuals from the congregation. STORY

JW child molestor sentenced to 45 years in prison

2008-06-28T05:12:00.000-07:00

Elders rebuked for being uncooperative with authorities in attempting to shield pedophile. STORY

Has the apocalypse begun? Gordon Richie ought to know

2008-05-27T15:28:00.000-07:00

Former JW claims to be the rider of the first horse of the apocalypse. No joke!

TIMES ONLINE

Community outpouring for mom of youngster killed in accident

2008-04-18T07:11:00.000-07:00

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

2008-04-08T15:21:00.000-07:00

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

STORY

Youth group in Russia targets Jehovah's Witnesses

2008-04-04T06:33:00.000-07:00

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

NEWS LINK

Some things never change

2008-03-28T04:29:00.000-07:00

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"

2008-03-27T12:46:00.000-07:00

Conscientious objector to be re-educated in Nagorno-Karabakh

FORUM 18

Judge rules elders must testify in child abuse trial

2008-03-26T04:47:00.000-07:00

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

2008-03-23T09:19:00.000-07:00

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

2008-03-19T13:40:00.000-07:00

Memorial of Jesus' death Saturday, March 22, 2008

Public invitation

New rules could threaten charity status

2008-03-14T07:42:00.000-07:00

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

JW elders refuse to testify

2008-03-06T06:21:00.000-08:00

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.

2008-02-20T13:08:00.000-08:00

CHRISTIAN POST

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

2008-01-31T16:00:00.000-08:00

(picture is not the actual JW lunatic)

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STORY

WATCHTOWER PUTS BOSSERT HOTEL UP FOR SALE

2008-01-31T13:43:00.000-08:00

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"

2007-12-20T10:46:00.000-08:00

NEWS FROM FINLAND

Watchtower sells Standish hotel dormitory

2007-12-06T08:49:00.000-08:00

Brooklyn Eagle newspaper

Watchtower paid out over $12 million to silence pedophile victims

2007-11-30T16:45:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-24T05:45:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-23T06:53:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-23T05:49:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-21T16:59:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-15T04:22:00.000-08:00

STORY

Former elder gets three years in the slammer

2007-11-10T04:43:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-07T14:43:00.000-08:00

HUMAN INTEREST STORY (slow news day)

Jehovah's Witness foster mom fights system

2007-11-05T09:37:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-05T08:01:00.000-08:00

Mum dies for Jehovah SUN

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

2007-10-24T06:09:00.000-07:00

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

2007-10-22T04:43:00.000-07:00

Jehovah's Witnesses banned STORY

Court rules in favor of Jehovah's Witnesses

2007-10-18T04:27:00.000-07:00

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

2007-10-09T05:46:00.000-07:00

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

2007-10-05T15:56:00.000-07:00

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

Doctors suspended over death of JW patient who refused blood

2007-09-28T11:29:00.000-07:00

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

2007-09-23T04:25:00.000-07:00

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

2007-09-19T08:04:00.000-07:00

STORY

South Korea to allow "alternative" military service

2007-09-18T09:24:00.000-07:00

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

5 Jehovah's Witnesses killed in plane crash

2007-09-03T06:29:00.000-07:00

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

Britons outraged over freeing of Jehovah's Witness pedophile

2007-08-27T05:15:00.000-07:00

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.

2007-08-23T12:29:00.000-07:00

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

2007-08-22T02:31:00.000-07:00

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

STORY

Kingdom hall destroyed by arson

2007-07-23T03:24:00.001-07:00

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

2007-07-16T05:48:00.000-07:00

Jehovah's Witnesses in New Jersey volunteer

STORY

One door at a time

2007-07-14T02:16:00.001-07:00

News article in Sacramento Bee

JAPAN DEALS BLOW TO JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES

2007-06-24T13:31:00.001-07:00

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

2007-06-23T05:56:00.001-07:00

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

2007-06-20T03:19:00.000-07:00

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

2007-06-13T13:50:00.000-07:00

CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE

Elderly Jehovah's Witnesses fined for practicing unlawful religion

2007-06-07T12:57:00.000-07:00

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

STORY

Blood transfusions are a religion says Aussie specialist

2007-06-05T02:34:00.000-07:00

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

2007-05-19T06:58:00.001-07:00

Robbers pose as Jehovah's Witnesses

2007-05-17T03:50:00.000-07:00

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

Story

More on the Watchtower's Brooklyn Heights properties for sale

2007-05-12T13:59:00.000-07:00

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

2007-05-10T17:04:00.000-07:00

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

2007-05-09T12:45:00.000-07:00

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

2007-04-28T05:29:00.000-07:00

Watchtower selling six Brooklyn properties as part of downsizing.

READ ARTICLE

Jehovah's Witness elder arrested for raping 8 year old

2007-03-27T13:23:00.000-07:00

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

STORY

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

2007-03-21T04:21:00.000-07:00

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

2007-01-25T04:46:00.000-08:00

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

2007-01-23T08:40:00.000-08:00

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

2007-01-22T20:15:00.000-08:00

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

STORY

Canadian blood transfusion issue

2007-01-17T22:58:00.000-08:00

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

2007-01-14T03:51:00.000-08:00

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

2007-01-06T22:54:00.000-08:00

"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

2007-01-06T22:45:00.000-08:00

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

2007-01-01T18:29:00.000-08:00

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

Sad story

Azerbaijan police raid Jehovah's Witnesses meeting

2006-12-27T20:21:00.000-08:00

"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

2006-12-20T05:26:00.000-08:00

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

2006-12-19T08:58:00.000-08:00

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!

2006-12-19T05:45:00.000-08:00

"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 face."

Story

Dancing Fool (Not Frank Zappa's version)

2006-12-14T21:31:00.000-08:00

An 86 year old Jehovah's Witness pioneer and his wife just keep on dancing....

"David, 86, still chops their firewood.And, the couple dances at every opportunity - wedding receptions, anniversary celebrations, family reunions, parties, or any other social event where dancing occurs."

Court tesitmony of sexual molestation of an 11 year old by Jehovah's Witness elder

2006-12-06T06:41:00.000-08:00

Woman gives courtroom testimony of sexual abuse by a Jehovah's Witness elder when she was 11 years old.

Story

Converted JW rapist pleads innocent to stabbing

2006-12-05T13:27:00.000-08:00

"He is also charged with attacking two other women hours later at a University District apartment complex, robbing one and forcing the other to partially undress, and a separate allegation that he broke into an Eastlake woman's apartment and raped her."

STORY

Former JW elder admits to sexual abuse

2006-12-05T12:30:00.000-08:00

"The sins of some men are publicly manifest, leading directly to judgment, but as for other men their sins also become manifest later."

-- 1 Timothy 5:24

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