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Case Study 54 – The analysis begins

March 17, 2017March 18, 2017 Covert Fade 5878 Viewsaustralian royal commission, child abuse, Royal Commission Case Study 29, Royal Commission Case Study 54, Watchtower child abuse

On March 10th 2017, the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society was called back before The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional

Australian Royal Commission

Royal Commission Case Study 54: What to expect

March 7, 2017March 8, 2017 Covert Fade 6059 Viewsaustralian royal commission, geoffrey jackson, Jehovah's Witness child sex abuse, Royal Commission Case Study 29, Royal Commission Case Study 54, watchtower

With Case Study 54 only a few days away, a lot of discussion has been circulating as to exactly what

Child Abuse

Watchtower updates UK child safeguarding policy. How much has really changed?

March 6, 2017 Covert Fade 3342 Viewsavoidjw, charity commission, child abuse, Jehovah's Witnesses and child abuse, UK 2017 Safeguarding Policy, Watcht, watchtower

A bit of a stir has been made in recent weeks about the latest version of Watchtower’s UK child safeguarding

Celebrity JWs

Former Jehovah’s Witness calls out Serena Williams’ double standards over women’s rights.

February 6, 2017 Covert Fade 6395 Viewsjehovahs witness, jw, Lydia Finch, role of women, serena williams, shunning, The Guardian

Serena Williams, Wimbledon tennis champion and international sports personality, recently posted an open letter in the Guardian newspaper. Entitled “We

Governing Body

Oatmeal and Amaretto: Tales of hypocrisy from the heart of Brooklyn Bethel

February 1, 2017 Covert Fade 8646 Viewsanthony morris iii, Bethel, bethel drinking, drunken, Howie Tran, joseph rutherford, Karl Klein, Lyman Swingle, revealnews.org, tony morris, trey bundy

Regular readers of this website will be familiar with former Jehovah’s Witness Howie Tran. Tran served at Brooklyn Bethel for

Child Abuse

Article in major UK Newspaper: “We need to do more to tackle sex abuse among Jehovah’s Witnesses”

January 26, 2017January 26, 2017 Covert Fade 4378 ViewsBolt Burdon Kemp, child sex abuse, Jehovah's Witness child sex abuse, jehovahs witness, jehovahs witnesses, Kathleen Hallisey, Suffer the little children, the times, the times newspaper, thetimes.co.uk, UK charity commission, watchtower, Watchtower Sex abuse

The Times news organisation, one of the most prestigious and widely read news outlets in the UK, has today carried an

Child Abuse

Watchtowerdocuments.org provides fascinating coverage of Spanish activist group “AbusosTJ.”

January 25, 2017 Covert Fade 2829 ViewsAbusosTJ, barbara anderson, Spain, watchtowerdocuments.org

A very interesting post has gone up on Watchtowerdocuments.org, website of longtime activist and campaigner Barbara Anderson, who has dedicated

Charity Commission

Guardian newspaper reports concerns over UK Charity Commission Watchtower investigation

January 23, 2017January 25, 2017 Covert Fade 2329 Viewschild molestation, child sex abuse, Jehovah's Witness child sex abuse, New Moston, shunning, The Guardian, UK charity commission

As previously reported on JW Survey, the Charity Commission are investigating Watchtower’s UK arm (which is registered as a UK

Life Stories

Six former Jehovah’s Witnesses share their stories in powerful new videos

January 20, 2017 Covert Fade 6320 Viewschild abuse, Deborah Frances-White, disfellowshipping, faith to faithless, imtiaz shams, Lydia Finch, shunning, two witness rule

I was quite lucky, as far as children born into the Jehovah’s Witness religion go. I was born heterosexual. This

Charity Commission

UK Charity Commission posts update for Watchtower Investigation

January 19, 2017January 25, 2017 Covert Fade 3560 Viewscharity commission, child abuse scandal, New Moston, New Moston Congregation, UK charity commission

As regular readers of JW Survey will know, the UK Charity Commission (the body responsible for overseeing and regulating registered

Suicide

“It’s okay to say you don’t know:” How a former Jehovah’s Witness broke free from the religion and from suicidal thoughts.

January 15, 2017January 15, 2017 Covert Fade 4169 Viewscappytan, exjw reddit, JW Awake, jwawake.com, Sean McGee, suicide

Many of our readers will be familiar with the youtube channel JW Awake. Run by activist Sean McGee AKA Cappytan

Child Abuse

Spanish Newspaper Cronica Global joins list of news organisations reporting Watchtower child abuse scandal.

January 13, 2017 Covert Fade 3385 Viewschild abuse scandal, cronicaglobal, Jehovah's Witnesses Child Abuse, UK 2017 Safeguarding Policy

News coverage of Watchtower’s child abuse controversy continues to circulate around the globe, and the latest news organisation to carry

Child Abuse

Animated film sheds light on Watchtower’s “two witness rule.”

January 11, 2017 Covert Fade 3625 Viewschild abuse, Jehovah's Witnesses Child Abuse, talk beliefs, two victim rule, two witness rule

One of the most controversial stories to have impacted Watchtower in recent years has been the scandal over their handling of