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Must watch: Australian reality TV captures the moment a Jehovah’s Witness mother abandons her son

February 7, 2017February 7, 2017 Cedars 4210 Viewsaustralia, bride and prejudice, channel 7, chris, disfellowshipping, gay, homophobia, homosexual, jehovahs witnesses, shunning, watchtower, wedding, yvonne

Let me start by saying I am not a fan of reality television. Even when the format was relatively fresh

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

January 9, 2017January 9, 2017 Cedars 6891 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

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Royal Commission’s Angus Stewart accuses Watchtower representative of deliberate deception

August 10, 2015August 10, 2015 Cedars 10356 Viewsangus stewart, australia, child abuse, child molestation, geoffrey jackson, jehovahs witnesses, justice peter mcclellan, organization, royal commission, terrence o'brien, vincent toole, watchtower

This is the latest summary of the Royal Commission in Australia by non-disfellowshipped JWsurvey reader “CovertFade,” who is standing in

Cedars' Blog News Shunning

Australian psychologist brands Jehovah’s Witnesses “a cruel cult” as Watchtower ramps up its shunning campaign

March 15, 2013March 29, 2013 Cedars 5268 Viewsaustralia, child abuse, child molestation, cults, disfellowship, jehovahs witnesses, nick xenophon, organization, raphael aron, rick fenton, royal commission, senator xenophon, shunning, watchtower

Watchtower is increasingly coming under fire “down under,” with the Director of Cult Counselling Australia branding Jehovah’s Witnesses a “cruel