A representative of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Australia stated in Royal Commission hearing that the organization “will comply with mandatory reporting obligations when they learn about sexual abuse crimes against children in their congregation.” The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses …
Stephen Lett told a lie. There is no other way to describe it – it was simply a lie. There was not one bit of truth to it. And, as my father used to describe misrepresentations like this one – it …
In August 2014 I attended the 25th Anniversary of the Survivor’s Network for those Abused by Priests (SNAP http://www.snapnetwork.org/). I wasn’t sure what to expect. I have attended many conferences about sexual abuse but they were all by professional counselors …
PRESS RELEASE – AAWA: UK Child abuse inquiry “Should include Jehovah’s Witnesses” Advocates for the Awareness of Watchtower Abuses (AAWA) welcomes the UK’s wide-ranging public inquiry into historic child abuse in public institutions. We welcome the news that the overarching inquiry, …
PRESS RELEASE – Jehovah’s Witnesses begin 2014 convention series, but beware of “the wolf in sheep’s clothing” June 5, 2014 On June 6th Jehovah’s Witnesses will start their 2014 convention series in various cities within the USA and Canada. During the …
PRESS RELEASE – When you scan recent media headlines, you are likely to see more stories about Jehovah’s Witnesses (both past and present) coming forward with allegations of child molestation. While many of these reports focus on cases that have …
AAWA’s very popular “Who is knocking at your door?” single page handout is now available in Spanish on our Flyers and Handouts page. A quick link is listed under Publications in our header menu. Jose Perez, one of our valued multilingual …
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 …