UPDATES and NOTIFICATIONS: I am happy to include the document archives of a late, great friend who had worked tirelessly to study the history and methods of the Watchtower organization. The depth and detail of his work speaks for itself:
Link to THE ALAN FEUERBACHER ARCHIVE.
Link to Alan’s most recent writing: “LETTER TO THE GOVERNING BODY” [or click here for an AI-Generated Summary]
Barbara Anderson has a massive collection of documents, letters, and books representing nearly every decade since the 1830s. Her collection includes many old and long out-of-print volumes written by both supporters and critics of the Watch Tower Society and its founders.
Barbara Anderson was a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses from 1954 to 1997. Working at the Watchtower’s headquarters in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband Joe from 1982 to 1992, she researched and wrote articles for the Awake! magazine, as well as researched the movement’s official history published in 1993 as “Jehovah’s Witnesses—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom.”
Barbara’s discoveries at Bethel and her extensive research on issues related to child sexual abuse in the religion lead to her becoming an outspoken critic of the Jehovah’s Witnesses sexual abuse policies on major TV and radio programs.
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- 2007 NBC News article (reposted by request) [New evidence in Jehovah’s Witness allegations]
21 November 2007. NBC News Frederick McLean is one of the most-wanted fugitives in the United States, charged with 17 counts of child sexual abuse in California. Law enforcement sources say that when a victim’s family confronted McLean in 2004, he allegedly… Read more: 2007 NBC News article (reposted by request) [New evidence in Jehovah’s Witness allegations] - Pastor removed from ministry, charged with sending explicit photos to teen
29 July 2026. christianpost.com A Virginia pastor has been removed from ministry duties after he was charged by authorities in Pennsylvania with repeatedly sending sexually explicit messages to a teenager, forcing Christian colleges to distance themselves from him as well. In a… Read more: Pastor removed from ministry, charged with sending explicit photos to teen - Jehovah’s Witnesses Buy Data Center In Warwick; Religious Order Continues To Expand Footprint In Hudson Valley
RCBJ-Connect / 6 July 2026. Rockland County Business Journal The Jehovah’s Witnesses, which have been expanding their footprint in the Hudson Valley over the past decade including the construction of a massive media center in Rockland County, purchased its first data center… Read more: Jehovah’s Witnesses Buy Data Center In Warwick; Religious Order Continues To Expand Footprint In Hudson Valley - Sexual abuse lawsuit lodged against former Tullahoma, Tennessee priest
A former Tullahoma priest has been named in a federal lawsuit that includes the Catholic Church in what the plaintiffs maintain was part of a larger conspiracy by the Vatican to cover up sexual abuse by priests. Named in the suit is… Read more: Sexual abuse lawsuit lodged against former Tullahoma, Tennessee priest - Religious charities could face regulatory action over coercive control, regulator tells RSA (Australia)
Si Gladman / 20 January 2026. Rationalist Society of Australia Religious charities found to have engaged in illegal activity under any new state laws targeting coercive control and harmful activity in cults and high-demand groups could face regulatory action and have their… Read more: Religious charities could face regulatory action over coercive control, regulator tells RSA (Australia) - Social media are helping cults to recruit and control members
The internet has replaced door-to-door evangelists with online influencers It began as just another niche game inside Roblox, an American video-game platform. Players wandered through dark forests, exchanged clues and chatted as they explored. Within these spaces a group of adults steered… Read more: Social media are helping cults to recruit and control members - 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read more: Judge: Jehovah’s Witness Parodies Are Fair Use. Watch Tower: So What?
- I Was Raised To Believe The Apocalypse Was Upon Us… 2020 Is The Year I Stopped Believing.I was raised as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses to think Armageddon was something to look forward to. God would destroy the wicked world as we know it, to be replaced with a theocracy in which people like my family could live in… Read more: I Was Raised To Believe The Apocalypse Was Upon Us… 2020 Is The Year I Stopped Believing.
- Leaders of a Jehovah’s Witnesses church ‘made a 15-year-old girl listen to an audio tape of her own rape for four hours to for her to say it was “consensual”‘, Utah Supreme Court hearsOn Monday the Utah Supreme Court heard arguments in a case where a woman claims Jehovah’s Witnesses leaders forced her to listen to audio of her own rape She claims she was raped by an 18-year-old fellow Jehovah’s Witness when she was… Read more: Leaders of a Jehovah’s Witnesses church ‘made a 15-year-old girl listen to an audio tape of her own rape for four hours to for her to say it was “consensual”‘, Utah Supreme Court hears
- The Saga of Sister OverweightThe following account is a humorous one. In time, it became known among many Jehovah’s Witnesses as an “urban legend,” but the story is true and actually took place in our assigned congregation in Brooklyn, New York, during the time we were… Read more: The Saga of Sister Overweight