Interesting News Article

[Shibboleth]

News article on keeping quiet in the organization. (http://writ.news.findlaw.com/hamilton/20070125.html)

[Shibboleth]

Court dismisses Barbara Anderson's claim (http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070123/NEWS03/701230351/1017/NEWS)

[Sketch]

Funny how the catholic church now has a leg up on the WTS... at least in one arena....

Reuters News Article (http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL177195020070717?feedType=RSS&rpc=22&sp=true)

"Sexual abuse of children is not just a Catholic Church problem and other institutions should take steps to acknowledge and deal with such "wickedness" within their own ranks, the Vatican said on Tuesday... that other organized religions and institutions should also deal with paedophilia as publicly as the Catholic Church has been forced to by various scandals."

[NEW HEART]

Here is a news story where one of the victim speaks.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070716/D8QDME480.html

Jeremiah 8: 11-12

And they try to heal the breakdown of the daughter of my people lightly, saying: "There is peace! There is peace! " when there is no peace. Did they feel shame because they had done even what is destestable? For one thing, they positively could not feel ashamed ; for another thing, they did not even know how to feel humiliated.

Therefore they will fall among those who are falling . In the time of their being given attention, they will stumble, Jehovah has said.

Jer. 9:6

Your sitting is in the midst of deception. Through deception they have refused to know me, is the utterance of Jehovah.

New Heart

[NEW HEART]

Here is a news story where one of the victim speaks.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070716/D8QDME480.html

Jeremiah 8: 11-12

And they try to heal the breakdown of the daughter of my people lightly, saying: "There is peace! There is peace! " when there is no peace. Did they feel shame because they had done even what is destestable? For one thing, they positively could not feel ashamed ; for another thing, they did not even know how to feel humiliated.

Therefore they will fall among those who are falling . In the time of their being given attention, they will stumble, Jehovah has said.

Jer. 9:6

Your sitting is in the midst of deception. Through deception they have refused to know me, is the utterance of Jehovah.

New Heart[/b]


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19777192/

[billy]

News article on keeping quiet in the organization. (http://writ.news.findlaw.com/hamilton/20070125.html)[/b]


"The local Jehovah's Witnesses Branch Office Committee, composed of seven members who govern the organization, sued the newspaper, Ekstra Bladet, and its Chief Editor, Bent Falbert, for slander. They demanded 350,000 kroner and that the Chief Editor be criminally charged with slander. Last December, Judge Anne Grethe Stockholm rejected all of their claims, and ordered them to pay the other side's legal fees, which amounted to 50,000 kroner. "

'The settlement funds will come from the archdiocese selling real estate assets, including the archdiocese's headquarters, insurers and various Catholic religious orders."

so this is where our donations end up - i guess the wts needs us to donate properties so they can be sold to pay for cover ups in the organization - not much different than donating to dodgy charities :icon_neutral:

[billy]

Court dismisses Barbara Anderson's claim (http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070123/NEWS03/701230351/1017/NEWS)[/b]

this is what came up

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