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- Allegheny County Man Jailed up to 30 Years for Repeated Sexual Abuse of 2 Children; Charged after Grand Jury Investigation of Jehovah’s Witnesses Congregation Members
March 28, 2025 | Topic: Criminal HARRISBURG – Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that an Allegheny County man will serve 12 to 30 years in state prison for repeated sexual abuse of two children, between 2004 and 2006. Marc Brown, 67, was sentenced Thursday in Allegheny County Court after pleading guilty to felony counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, endangering the… Read more: Allegheny County Man Jailed up to 30 Years for Repeated Sexual Abuse of 2 Children; Charged after Grand Jury Investigation of Jehovah’s Witnesses Congregation Members - WA bill mandating clergy report abuse clears Senate floor
SharePrint Catholic Bishop Joseph Tyson of the Yakima Diocese speaks at a St. Rose of Lima Catholic School function in November 2024. Tyson expressed concern about a state law that could potentially require priests to break the seal of the confessional if a confessor admits to abusing a child during confession.FILE PHOTO by By Elizah Lourdes Rendorio/Columbia Basin Herald Legislative Intern| March 24, 2025 2:00 AM… Read more: WA bill mandating clergy report abuse clears Senate floor - Doctor accused by a Jehovah’s Witness of transfusing blood has been acquitted.
Absuelta la doctora denunciada por un testigo de Jehová por transfundirle sangre El paciente alegó violación de su libertad religiosa pero la Audiencia de Lleida sentencia que la exjefa de Urgencias del Arnau de Vilanova de Lleida actuó bien. Le pedían 15 meses de prisión y dos años de inhabilitación Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Copiar enlace Albert GuerreroPeriodista Creado: 19.03.2025 | 05:30 La Audiencia de… Read more: Doctor accused by a Jehovah’s Witness of transfusing blood has been acquitted. - Charges put focus on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ handling of abusePennsylvania grand jury in recent months accused nine men with connections to the Jehovah’s Witnesses of child sexual abuse
- Barbara Anderson Interviews Efrain Rivera about his life as a JWOn Saturday, August 19, 2023, at 4:45 Central Standard Time, 5:45 EST, Barbara interviewed a former JW, Efrain Rivera, who has a fascinating story to share about his life as a JW. Efrain, a native New Yorker was raised in Puerto Rico where he became a JW in 1988 at age 16 and a regular pioneer while in high school. Around 1992, Efrain began… Read more: Barbara Anderson Interviews Efrain Rivera about his life as a JW
- ‘We bought a shredder’: Jehovah’s Witnesses accused of destroying teen’s sexual abuse recordsRead the full story from the Philadelphia Inquirer (subscription), or MSN.com (free). In a lawsuit, Sarah Brooks says she faced retaliation from Witness leaders after she was sexually assaulted by two adults. The abuse lasted for more than a year, until Brooks broke down, and confided to her parents. They alerted elders, the equivalent of parish priests, at the kingdom hall where the family… Read more: ‘We bought a shredder’: Jehovah’s Witnesses accused of destroying teen’s sexual abuse records
- 5 men used religious community to find victims, attorney general says—criminal charges filed.Victims and defendants in all five cases were members of Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations; arrests follow sexual abuse charges against nine different members of Jehovah’s Witness congregations in October 2022 and February 2023 PHILADELPHIA– Attorney General Michelle Henry today announced the filing of criminal charges against five Pennsylvania men for the sexual assault and exploitation of children. In each case, the defendants and their victims… Read more: 5 men used religious community to find victims, attorney general says—criminal charges filed.
- 8 dead. What’s wrong in the JW community?Note: The following story has since been updated. It has been confirmed that this is a “former community member” —a shocking incident. The mother was seven months pregnant. Officers of the peace are reported to have found people with gunshot wounds on the ground floor, and heard a shot from an upper floor and found a fatally wounded person upstairs who has been assumed… Read more: 8 dead. What’s wrong in the JW community?
- Pennsylvania & Norway news updatesStephen Unthank dives into an interview with the popular exJW YouTuber who goes by the alias ‘Goatlike Personality’ covering recent news updates from the case in Pennsylvania with recently elected Governor and former Attorney General Josh Shapiro, as well as what’s going on in Norway with government funding versus the Watchtower’s practice of shunning children, and women ‘apostates’ deserving of support and recognition making… Read more: Pennsylvania & Norway news updates
- Tokyo woman and rapper confront the need for Jehovah’s Witness children to be able to communicate religious harm, asks for government cooperation“…children find themselves in dire situations where it is virtually impossible to speak their minds…” iidabii, Japanese rapper uses words to cure ills of abusive religious upbringing, as former Jehovah’s Witness—Mainichi Lloyd Barry, now deceased, served as a missionary in Japan for over 25 years—he and his wife arrived at Yokohama, to begin serving “where the need was great” on Halloween, October 31, 1949. Barry… Read more: Tokyo woman and rapper confront the need for Jehovah’s Witness children to be able to communicate religious harm, asks for government cooperation
- Wife killer refuses cake and celebrating birthday having become a Jehovah’s Witness behind barsWife killer Joe O’Reilly in Dublin, Ireland has found God behind bars and is refusing to celebrate his 50th birthday because of his strict faith. To become a Jehovah’s Witness, O’Reilly had to pass a number of tests. His murder conviction would have stalled his application but having proved knowledge of the religion, O’Reilly has been accepted. He was even immersed in water as… Read more: Wife killer refuses cake and celebrating birthday having become a Jehovah’s Witness behind bars
- Judge: Jehovah’s Witness Parodies Are Fair Use. Watch Tower: So What?February 21, 2022 by Andy Maxwell https://torrentfreak.com/judge-jehovahs-witness-parodies-are-fair-use-watch-tower-so-what-220220/ In 2018, Watch Tower filed for a DMCA subpoena that would’ve required YouTube to hand over the identity of an animator who parodied the religious group in his videos. When that stalled, Watch Tower filed a copyright lawsuit. Citing fair use, a judge has now ruled that the subpoena will not be granted. Surprisingly, Watch Tower is pressing… Read more: Judge: Jehovah’s Witness Parodies Are Fair Use. Watch Tower: So What?
