Contributed by: Louise Goode It was not the kind of decision that the Watchtower Society expected, as successfully justifying its crimes to members and courtrooms is almost taken for granted by the leaders of this high-control religious group. But that’s …
Contributed by: Sue Hall I was recently reminded of the damaging effect of Watchtower misinformation about women, and how and why many Jehovah’s Witness women do the things they do. My reminder occurred whilst reading a blog in which a …
Contributed by: Jeni Lundblom–Valdez In a few weeks, it will be twelve years since I cut ties with the Watchtower. After committing the defiant act of standing up for myself and not accepting the elder’s advice, I became “a problem” …
Late Friday evening (February 21, 2014) AAWA launched its second grievance petition on Causes.com. This petition focuses on protecting the rights of children. Are you aware that mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse by clergy and religious leaders of faith-based …
For 25 years I’ve been the director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, the world’s oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. We have more than 15,000 members across the globe in all denominations, …
Contributed by: Anna Macaluso At the tender age of ten, I began having gastrointestinal symptoms so severe that I required repeated medical attention. A year later, when the doctor could not figure out was wrong, she recommended a specialist, a …
The Watchtower Society wants you to believe that reports of Jehovah’s Witnesses needlessly dying each year because they refuse blood transfusions are mythical and based on mostly unsupportable tales promoted by disgruntled and “mentally diseased apostates.” That is their claim. …
You may find it difficult to imagine that in these modern times that anyone could believe that a wife, “a lowly woman,” should be subservient to an abusive husband. Not only that, but should he decide to do her bodily harm, would any …