Rome 2009

Barbara and Joe’s Trip to Rome in 2009

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Fred Franz – Recompensado Por Ser Inepto

by Barbara Anderson

January 11, 2022

En la primavera de 1975, Frederick W. Franz, considerado desde mediados de los años 20´s el “oráculo oficial” de la Watchtower, subrayó la urgencia de la obra de predicación Cristiana durante sus discursos públicos. ¿Por qué? Porque creía que 6,000 años de historia humana terminarían ese septiembre próximo o un poco después. Franz dijo que

VICE TV — Crusaders: Ex Jehovah’s Witnesses Speak Out (2021)

by Angela Glass

January 2, 2022

With Barbara Anderson, Gary Breaux, Asher Candor, Candace Conti. Whistleblowers in a crusade to expose allegations of abuse and mind control within a global religious organization—the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

A second was all it took. A second was all he needed. The little girl was 4, round-faced and freckled and dressed in her Sunday best. She was fidgeting next to her father inside the Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall in Red Lion, York County — a safe, familiar space for a family that spent nearly all of its free time preaching and praying. Martin Haugh was momentarily preoccupied, doling out assignments to his fellow Witnesses for their door-to-door ministry work. When he looked down for his daughter, she was gone. Haugh plunged into the slow-motion panic of every parent's worst nightmare. He scrambled through the one-story brick building, calling her name, the anxiety piling up like concrete blocks on his chest with each passing moment. She wasn't in the bathrooms, she wasn't in the lobby. He tried a coatroom next, and found her there. But she wasn't alone. Haugh's daughter was perched on the lap of a teenage boy who had quietly lured her away. He was molesting her. "He wanted to give me a special hug," the girl told her father.

Silent Witnesses

by Barbara Anderson

January 2, 2022

For Jehovah’s Witnesses, an insular culture and archaic rules have created a “recipe for child abuse.” A second was all it took. A second was all he needed. The little girl was 4, round-faced and freckled and dressed in her Sunday best. She was fidgeting next to her father inside the Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall

Governing body policies inadvertently protecting pedophiles

by Barbara Anderson

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In 1991, the Awake! magazine included an article on surviving child abuse, which triggered a stunning response: Thousands of abuse survivors contacted the Watchtower. Some claimed they had been molested by elders, others by friends and family members. “It was awful,” said Anderson, who personally fielded phone calls from some victims. She discovered the governing

Court hits Jehovah’s Witnesses with €96,000 fine for discrimination

by Barbara Anderson

January 2, 2022

The Belgian chapter of the Jehovah’s Witnesses have been handed a €96,000 fine by a court in Ghent for discrimination and incitement to hate. It sets a precedent in Belgium that religious doctrine cannot be used as an excuse to break human rights laws. The ruling was the end of a six-year struggle by ex-member

Russian Supreme Court Has Banned Prosecuting Jehovah’s Witnesses for Group Prayer

by Angela Glass

December 12, 2021

The ruling may put an end to the law enforcement practice of jailing believers for praying together. Russia outlawed the nonconformist Christian denomination as “extremist” in 2017 and has since subjected thousands of worshippers to police raids, harassment and up to eight years of imprisonment. This could also affect the 152 convictions that have not