News about Jehovah's Witnesses

-Argentina: Abuses: sentences of two Jehovah's Witnesses confirmed. September 13, 2023.

https://www.unoentrerios.com.ar/policiales/abusos-confirman-condenas-dos-testigos-jehova-n10088835.html

-New Zealand: Jehovah's Witness church spends 3 years fighting scrutiny of Royal Commission of Inquiry. September 4, 2023.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/497240/jehovah-s-witness-church-spends-3-years-fighting-scrutiny-of-royal-commission-of-inquiry

-USA: Jehovah Witness elder sentenced to jail for child sexual abuse. September 1, 2023.

https://www.westernmassnews.com/2023/09/01/jehovah-witness-elder-sentenced-jail-child-sexual-abuse-case/

-USA: Kalila Danisi – The Heartache and History of the Jehovah’s Witness Blood Doctrine. Posted August 27, 2023.

https://www.ajwrb.org/kalila-danisi-the-heartache-and-history-of-the-jehovahs-witness-blood-doctrine

-New Zealand: Jehovah’s Witness elder alleges order to destroy evidence in child sex abuse cases. August 15, 2023.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/495802/jehovah-s-witness-elder-alleges-order-to-destroy-evidence-in-child-sex-abuse-cases

-New Zealand: RNZ investigation reveals 11 alleged paedophiles active within the Jehovah's Witnesses. August 14, 2023.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/495727/rnz-investigation-reveals-11-alleged-paedophiles-active-within-the-jehovah-s-witnesses

-UK: Watchdog reports on investigation into Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain. August 4, 2023.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/watchdog-reports-on-investigation-into-watch-tower-bible-and-tract-society-of-britain

-USA: Former Pa. Jehovah's Witness pleads guilty to sexually assaulting 2 children. July 25, 2023.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/former-pa-jehovahs-witness-pleads-guilty-to-sexually-assaulting-2-children/3611621/

-USA: Abuse victim in Hawaii awarded $40 million in Jehovah’s Witness sex assault case. July 20, 2023.

https://www.kitv.com/news/crime/abuse-victim-in-hawaii-awarded-40-million-in-church-sex-assault-case/article_03cd8864-276c-11ee-87e7-cf15d4d4d96e.html

-USA: ‘We bought a shredder’: Jehovah’s Witnesses accused of destroying teen’s sexual abuse records. July 9, 2023.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/we-bought-a-shredder-jehovah-s-witnesses-accused-of-destroying-teen-s-sexual-abuse-records/ar-AA1dCScR

-USA: Attorney General Henry Announces Charges Against Five Men for Sexual Abuse of Children Across Pennsylvania. July 7, 2023.

https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/taking-action/attorney-general-henry-announces-charges-against-five-men-for-sexual-abuse-of-children-across-pennsylvania/

-France: A man sentenced in Var for sexual assault on a teenage girl when he was a Jehovah's Witness. June 25, 2023.

https://www.nicematin.com/justice/un-ex-temoin-de-jehovah-condamne-dans-le-var-pour-des-agressions-sexuelles-sur-une-adolescente-857083

-Japan: Jehovah's Witness blood transfusion problem. June 13, 2023.

https://times.abema.tv/articles/-/10083736

-France: The enigma of Jehovah's Witnesses. June 5, 2023.

https://www.rmcbfmplay.com/info-programme/rmc-story/lenigme-des-temoins-de-jehovah?contentId=Product::NEUF_NUM23_N23935297521527&universe=PROVIDER

-Mozambique. Woman Loses Her Life After Husband Refuses Blood Transfusion Because He's A Jehovah's Witness. May 31, 2023.

https://www.memeiros.com/2023/05/mulher-perde-vida-apos-o-marido-recusar.html

-France: Report: “Adeptes, de l’emprise à la déprise”, June 5, 2023 8 p.m., Le Lincoln cinema in Paris. Youtube on June 7 and will be broadcast on Arte on June 21 at 10:30 p.m.

-USA: Caekaert v. Watchtower: 237-0 Order on Motion to Compel Production of Documents. May 22, 2023.

https://www.jwchildabuse.org/document/237-0-order-on-motion-to-compel-production-of-jw-documents/

-UK: Rebekah Vardy: Jehovah’s Witnesses and Me, review – how the church failed to protect children. May 16, 2023.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2023/05/16/rebekah-vardy-jehovahs-witnesses-and-me-channel-4-review/

-Argentina: Abuses: two Jehovah's Witnesses near prison and the story of a victim. May 15, 2023.

https://www.unoentrerios.com.ar/policiales/abusos-dos-testigos-jehova-cerca-prision-y-la-historia-una-victima-n10064154.html

-USA: Judge refuses to set plea hearing for accused child molester, orders mental evaluation. May 11, 2023.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-refuses-set-plea-hearing-033300201.html

-Australia: Distressed doctor tells inquest Jehovah's Witness woman preferred to die than accept blood transfusion. May 11, 2023.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-11/jehovahs-witness-heather-winchester-blood-refusal-inquest/102332102

-Finland: Finland did not violate Jehovah's Witnesses freedom of religion, European court rules. May 9, 2023.

https://yle.fi/a/74-20030893

-Italy: Falls from scaffolding: worker died in Salerno by refusing blood transfusion. May 6, 2023.

https://www.salernotoday.it/cronaca/morto-operaio-impalcatura-salerno-6-maggio-2023.html

-Netherlands: The Public Prosecution Service prosecutes a man for abuses while he was in the Jehovah’s Witnesses. May 3, 2023.

https://www.rtvdrenthe.nl/nieuws/15555610/om-vervolgt-assenaar-vanwege-misbruik-bij-jehovahs-getuigen

-USA: The Pa. grand jury investigation into alleged cover-up of child sex abuse within Jehovah's Witnesses. May 3, 2023.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS3Q289vwOk

-Norway: Jehovah's Witnesses have lost their lawsuit against the Norwegian state. April 27, 2023.

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/130cwcm/we_won_first_round_verdict_is_out_norway_vs_wt_10/

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DAtf_2Nm8PwMYJWg1exqUWTtE_bp_sCu/view?pli=1

-Switzerland: YB fan Fabricio J. (23) has to be behind bars for 16 years. April 20, 2023.

https://www.blick.ch/schweiz/bern/urteil-im-mord-prozess-in-bern-toetete-zeuge-jehovas-fabricio-j-23-seine-ex-20-id18505038.html

-USA: Charges put focus on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ handling of abuse. April 19, 2023.

https://apnews.com/article/jehovahs-witnesses-child-abuse-pennsylvania-investigation-01660ed00de1f2a02f87c0597c9ae0af

-Carl Olof Jonsson author of  the book : The Gentile Times Reconsidered, passed away on April 17, 2023