The Friday Column: Redwood’s Reflections
A memory appeared on my Facebook page. from four years ago today, June 8, 2014. This was my very first
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News Bulletin: Australia Amends Working with Children Act – Jehovah’s Witnesses Forced to Comply or Face Severe Penalties
On Wednesday September 13th, in a Jehovah’s Witness congregation in Sydney Australia, a Ministerial Servant was appointed. According to a verified
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Jehovah’s Witnesses Release New Child Abuse Reporting Policy: Net Result? – It’s Business as Usual
In a letter dated September 1, 2017, the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses approved the release of a new Body
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Royal Commission Case Study 54: What to expect
With Case Study 54 only a few days away, a lot of discussion has been circulating as to exactly what
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News Bulletin: Will Jehovah’s Witnesses Provide Charity for Non-JW Refugees? Latest Watchtower Says NO!
While Jehovah’s Witnesses continue to represent themselves as a charitable religion, their latest Watchtower magazine strongly reminds its followers that any
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Governing Body Member Tony Morris Flees a Journalist In The Street
Readers of JW Survey will be familiar with the work of Trey Bundy, an investigative reporter working for the Reveal
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NEWS BULLETIN: Australian Government Issues Report Condemning Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Sexual Abuse Policies
The criticisms of Jehovah’s Witnesses and their various regulations, from handling of child abuse matters to the prevention of medically
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Watchtower News Bulletin: Delaware sex abuse ruling highlights Watchtower confusion.
A court in Delaware has ruled that Watchtower cannot use the Clergy Penitent privilege as a loophole to avoid reporting child
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New Documentary: Jehovah’s Witnesses and child abuse: Is there a problem?
In recent years, news reports featuring the Jehovah’s Witnesses have been growing significantly in number. Yet the subject has not been
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The Friday Column: Shunning – a toxic practice in which EVERYONE ultimately loses
My fellow JWsurvey team members have written extensively on the Australian Royal Commission and Geoffrey Jackson’s testimony in particular. But
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Does Jehovah control the weather?
“How many of our brothers have been affected?” During my years as a Jehovah’s Witness, that was usually the first
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Royal Commission findings: Governing Body member Geoffrey Jackson “evasive and unhelpful”
On the eighth and final day of the Royal Commission inquiry, something very rare and significant took place. Watchtower Governing
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12 things we learned from Geoffrey Jackson’s testimony at the Royal Commission
If you are one of the many current and former Jehovah’s Witnesses who spent much of last month glued to
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