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

February 1, 2017 Covert Fade 7464 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

Charity Commission

News Bulletin: Will Jehovah’s Witnesses Provide Charity for Non-JW Refugees? Latest Watchtower Says NO!

January 29, 2017April 8, 2019 Mark O'Donnell 9827 Viewsarmageddon, brooklyn, brooklyn bethel, Charitable works, charity commission, child indoctrination, faithful and discreet slave, future of the watchtower society, geoffrey jackson, governing body, Jehovah's Witnesses not charity, jehovahs witnesses, JW Broadcasting, jw.org, organization, refugees, UK charity commission, Watch Tower Society, watchtower

While Jehovah’s Witnesses continue to represent themselves as a charitable religion, their latest Watchtower magazine strongly reminds its followers that any

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 3692 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 2326 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 1917 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

Child Indoctrination

Breaking News: Watchtower Announces Strong Warning on JW.org Against Inappropriate Emojis

January 22, 2017January 22, 2017 Mark O'Donnell 6222 Viewsbecome jehovahs friend, child indoctrination, cults, emojis, faithful and discreet slave, god's organization, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, jw.org, new light, organization, Watch Tower Society, watchtower, young people ask

We interrupt our regularly scheduled series of articles dealing with child abuse, death from Watchtower’s blood policies, and international news

Life Stories

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

January 20, 2017 Covert Fade 5393 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 2876 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 3442 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 2669 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 2950 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

News

News article sheds light on Watchtower abuses in Spain

January 10, 2017 Covert Fade 2816 ViewsChild sexual abuse, Jehovah's Witness child sex abuse, undue influence

One of the things I deeply regret is that, to quote Bruce Willis in the film The Fifth Element, I

Cedars' Blog News Publications

Bad omens for Watchtower as new Yearbook shows decreases for Canada, Australia and much of Europe

January 9, 2017January 9, 2017 Cedars 10149 Views2017 yearbook, australia, canada, child abuse, child baptism, decrease, europe, governing body, jehovahs witnesses, jw.org, new zealand, publisher numbers, royal commission, watchtower

The 2017 Yearbook is now available on JW.org, and the much-anticipated figures in the “Service Year Report” tell the story