Jehovah's Witnesses in The News

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• Jehovah's Witness leaders ordered to give evidence in sex scandal trial after claiming they had a 'duty to God not to breach confidence'
• Jehovah's Witness Church Elders Covered Up Sex Abuse By Paedophile
• Huge Watchtower sell-off seen boosting new Tech Triangle
• Jehovah's Witnesses Sell Six DUMBO Buildings for $375M
• Husband of murdered 21-year-old barista stares down her killer in court as he is sentenced to life without parole
• Jared Kushner and Others Make $375 Million Brooklyn Building Buy
• WORDS ON A WIRE: Joy Castro
• Church Elders Who Heard Member Admit Rape Must Testify—C.A.
• My Torment At The Hands Of Evil Foster Mother (from Worcester News)
• High Court rules premature baby must be given blood - Ireland - Breaking News - Belfast Telegraph
• Teen Jehovah's Witness Leukemia Patient Dies After Refusing Blood Transfusion
• Boy who refused blood transfusion dies
• Jehovah's Witnesses SHAMEFUL Homosexual Hypocrisy | International Falls Daily Journal
• New evidence in Jehovah's Witness allegations - Nightly News with Brian Williams- msnbc.com
• Jehovah’s Witness elder gets three years for sexual exploitation
• BBC News | WORLD | Jehovah's Witnesses drop transfusion ban
• WatchTower Society Requirement: Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse blood transfusions on Product Reviews Net
• 'Jehovah's Witness mother who died could have been me' -Times Online
• Mother dies after refusing blood transfusion over faith fears
• BBC NEWS | Health | The right to die for Jehovah
• Jehovah's Witness mother dies after refusing blood - Times Online
• Mum aged 22 dies for Jehovah | The Sun |HomePage|News
• New mother dies after refusing blood - Times Online
• Alleged molester met 8-year-old girl in church - ABC15.com:
• Supreme Court agrees to review teen blood transfusion case
• PR-GB.com... News from origin - Jehovah's Witnesses Abuse Crisis in France!
• RTÉ News: Hospital begins landmark case over transfusion
• National Secular Society - Jehovah’s Witness paedophile case sentence to be reviewed
• Jehovah's Witness Elder Pleads Guilty In Sex Case
• Court okays lawsuit against lawyers for alleged ‘deceit’
• Father of dead Jehovah's Witness girl can sue church: court
• BBC NEWS | UK | England | Bristol/Somerset | Man escapes jail for sex attacks
• Anger over paedophile's sentence | UK Latest | Guardian Unlimited
• Jehovah's Witness parents of sextuplets suffer another legal loss.CKNW News Talk 980 - CKNWAM
• THE LAND 'LORD' By RICH CALDER - Regionalnews - New York Post Online Edition
• Jackson Sun - www.jacksonsun.com - Jackson, TN
• JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES PAY PEDOPHILE SETTLEMENT | International Falls Daily Journal
• Brooklyn Daily Eagle :: Watchtower to Sell 6 Brooklyn Heights Properties
• Scotsman.com News - Latest News - "Sadistic" foster mother jailed for 14 years
• AHN | Sextuplet Parents In Court Pursuing Apology From Government | April 19, 2007
• Sky News - 'Cruel And Sadistic' Foster Mum Sentenced
• Do Jehovah's Witnesses have free choice on blood transfusions?
• globeandmail.com: Sextuplet parents take blood transfusion case to court
• Norfolk news from EDP24, your local newspaper - ‘Mind-controlling cult’ took our Leah
• Baptist Press - Outfielder benefits from dad’s discernment - News with a Christian Perspective
• Woman Is Convicted Of Evil Catalogue Of Child Cruelty (from Evesham Journal)
• Mirror.co.uk - News - Top Stories - NEVER LET EVIL WOMAN OUT
• Missed chances of ending 20 years of cruelty | Society | SocietyGuardian.co.uk
• Council apologises for fostering 'shortcomings' | Uk News | News | Telegraph
• Kids' life of misery | Herald Sun
• The Sun Online - News: It was all in the name of God
• Jehovah's Witnesses Child Custody Assistance
• Sadistic foster mother guilty of 'horrific cruelty'
• wfn.org | Yearbook of Churches issues 75th edition
• MercuryNews.com | 03/01/2007 | Former San Jose church elder sent to prison for molesting young girl
• Inside Bay Area - Sex offender complains of strict rules for release
• Court rules teenaged Jehovah's Witness can't make own medical decisions
• Witness for the family
• When parents endanger kids because of faith-based medicine
• Macleans.ca | National Affairs | The fight for the sextuplets
• Biblical scholar says Jehovah's Witnesses wrong about blood transfusions
• Prince can still cause a scene
• globeandmail.com: Father recalls breaking with faith for daughter
• United Press International - NewsTrack - Sextuplet parents angry at transfusions
• London Free Press - National News - Sextuplet case opens ethical Pandora's box over custody
• 24 Hours Vancouver - News: Premier defends court order on sextuplets
• Jehovah's Witnesses Battle Blood Transfusions in Canadian Hospital -- Beliefnet.com
• B.C. seized 3 sextuplets for blood transfusions
• Ethicist says B.C. blood feud may save children and Jehovah's Witness parents
• B.C. government relied on two medical experts in deciding to seize sextuplets
• Sextuplet parents take B.C. to court over baby seizures
• Church vs State: Battle over surviving sextuplets
• CKNW News Talk 980 - CKNWAM Government mum on transfusing 3 sextuplets
• TheStar.com - News - B.C. seized three ailing sextuplets
• Jehovah's Witness "Bethel Elder" sentenced for offering boys sex
• Jehovah’s Witnesses Lose Freedom of Speech | Progressive U
• JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES LOSE CASE AGAINST EKSTRA BLADET
• Ousted Jehovah's Witnesses' couple lose lawsuit
• Court dismisses case of ousted Jehovah's Witnesses
• Award-winning author to talk about memoir, "The Truth Book: Escaping a Childhood of Abuse among Jehovah's Witnesses"
• B.C. will step in if sextuplets at risk
• CTV.ca | Religious group comments on sextuplets' care
• Sextuplets may spark transfusion debate
• Jehovah Witness Suicide | Progressive U
• Jehovah's Witness Elder Found Guilty of Sexual Aggression
• 77 year old Jehovah's Witness won't serve jail time for molestation charges
• The woman who put faith before her own life | the Daily Mail
• Christ Born to Die
• Celebrity Jehovah’s Witnesses “Disfellowshipped” (ChicagoPride.com)
• THERECORD.COM | INSIDER | Ex-elder can't control sex urges
• THERECORD.COM | INSIDER | Woman describes kitchen assault
• montgomeryadvertiser.com ::  Church elder pleads guilty to sex abuse
• Inside Bay Area - Convicted sex offender nabbed after boy found with him in car
• POST-TRIBUNE :: Lifestyles :: 'She's a boxer; oh, yes'
• ksl.com - Utah's Online Source for Local News & Information Admitted Sex Offender Walks Into Jail With Confession
• Jehovah's Witness in door to door sex assault scandal
• THERECORD.COM | INSIDER | Diary leads to sex assault charge
• An Open Letter to Jehovah's Witnesses
• Former Bethel Elder guilty of trying to seduce teen boys
• Napa Valley Register Online
• KCCI.com - News - Jehovah's Witness Barred From Making Decisions For Comatose Wife
• AN ACTRESS COMES OF AGE
• CJOB News A 15-year-old Manitoba girl is fighting for her right to not receive any blood transfusions
• Jamaica Gleaner News - The Church and secrecy - Sunday | July 16, 2006
• Jehovah's Witnesses declare 'deliverance is at hand' | TPMCafe
• The Tide Online "How Cults Operate"
• TPMCafe What do you think? Is the Jehovah Witness Watchtower Cult Responsible for Family Genocide?
• Man allegedly solicited sex from boys
• Cops say man taped people using urinals
• Cops: Jehovah's Witness Elder serving at Bethel caught videotaping kids in restrooms
• Jehovah's Witness Elder accused of videotaping boys in rest rooms and luring others for sex
• Father of Jehovah's Witness teen wants charges against lawyers in her death
• Gulfnews: Unwed Jehovah's Witness couples allowed to live together
• SC Saves Union of Unmarried Jehovah's Witnesses Couple
• Hitler - Jehovah's Witnesses' secret lover?
• Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Knock, knock, who's there? No Jehovah's Witnesses or double-glazing salesmen
• Joplin Independent: Forum
• globeandmail.com : Court throws out Jehovah's Witness lawsuit
• Cayman Net News: People don't join cults, cults recruit people
• Cayman Net News: Cults are not true religions
• Cayman Net News: There is much truth in article about Jehovah's Witnesses
• Who are the Jehovah's Witnesses in the 21st Century?
• London Free Press - City & Region - Mayoral hopeful left Jehovah's Witnesses
• Two more members of family plead guilty
• Writings Show Early Christian Views on Jesus' Divinity | Christianpost.com- Christian News Online , Christian World News
• Devout Jehovah's Witness Accused of Sexual Assault Suspect's Family Shocked
• The Truth Book: Escaping a Childhood of Abuse Among Jehovah's Witnesses
• Baby May Have Been Slain For Religious Sacrifice
• wfn.org | Church Yearbook reports robust immigrant history
• KESQ NewsChannel 3 Palm Springs, CA: Police looking for accused child molester
• CNN.com - Dad fights Jehovah's Witnesses over daughter's death  - Mar 1, 2006
• Clarity in laws will protect our children - Concord Monitor Online - Concord, NH 03301
• globeandmail.com : Judge tosses out parts of Jehovah's Witness case
• The Calgary Sun - Dad given OK to sue over death
• TheStar.com - Blood ban tests faith
• British Radicals Flap Their Pie Holes Over Hot Cross Buns
• Banner of Truth Trust General Articles
• Jehovah’s Witnesses sell out to cash in
• Injured Woman's Husband Arraigned
• Township sues church over damage to sewer line
• Convicted sexual predator Cary Verse has found job and is making friends since being ordered to Bay Point
• Burlington Free Press.com | Living "Jehovah Witnesses seek clarity on blood policy"
• Religion Today - Forbes.com
• Of church, state  and abuse - Concord Monitor Online - Concord, NH 03301
• Web site in England exposes the writings of Jehovah’s Witnesses
• Blood sample taken from councilman
• Jones refuses to give blood sample
• Mile High Newspapers Online Witness to a 'cult'
• New York Daily News - Boroughs - Jehovah's loses comp case
• Baby Ammon Dies on Christmas Day
• Transfusion Confusion
• Trinidad News: Jehovah's Witness Baby in Critical but Stable Condition
• In the name of truth
• Plummeting attendance shows Canadian church faces 'extinction'
• Herald Sun: Brainwash spares cult reject jail [07dec05]
• 'Hypocrite' Jehovah's Witnesses abandon secret link with UN
• Michael Jackson = Anti-Jew Muslim - The Post Chronicle
• Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Glasgow - Jehovah's Witness jailed for a year after grooming 13-year-old girl for sex
• ClickPress | "Out of the Cocoon"-A Young Woman's Courageous Flight from the Grip of a Religious Cult
• AP Wire | 11/17/2005 | Jehovah's Witness elder convicted of raping sisters in congregation
• PeaceJournalism.com - The Peace Media Research Center's e-magazine
• Attorney says 'elder gave into temptation'
• Kim blames upbringing for criminal obsessions
• Voters head to the polls today
• Former Elder heads to trial on sex charges
• WPXI.com - News - War Drives Wedge Between Veteran Sons, Parents
• New York Daily News - Home - Jehovah's Witness shoots wife, self
• "Out of the Cocoon"-A Young Woman's Courageous Flight from the Grip of a Religious Cult"
• Jehovah's Witness Jailed for Sex Attacks
• Former Naval man finds ministry niche with native missions group
• East Anglian Daily Times news
• Jehovah's Witnesses-David vs Goliath lowdown on the showdown
• Watchtower Society Sues Canadian Website
• East Anglian Daily Times news
• edmontonsun.com - Alberta - Dead teen's dad sues sect
• Jehovah's Witnesses PEDOPHILE PARADISE-WHY
• STLtoday - News - Columnists
• keepMEcurrent.com - Community News - Current Publishing, LLC
• London Free Press: News Section - Victim hopes sex case changes church
• Macleans.ca | Top Stories | No jail for sex abuser in case that cast spotlight on Jehovah's Witnesses
• FindLaw's Writ - Hamilton: The Drive to Create Pedophile-Free Zones Why It Won't Work - And What Will Work 8/25/05
• JW Molesters in the news DenverPost.com - LOCAL NEWS 8/25/05
• Jehovah's Witnesses PBS Film KNOCKING Omits the Facts 8/11/05
• Jehovah's Witnesses CHILD ABUSE Court Ruling 7/30/05
• Jehovah Witnesses Child Abuse Scandal in the News 07/28/05
• FindLaw's Writ - Hamilton: The Wisconsin and New Hampshire Supreme Courts Rule Against Clergy Abuse Victims 7/25/05
• Dateline Alabama - Judge overrules mother's religious-based medical wishes for son 7/22/05
• Reporting abuse - Concord Monitor Online - Concord, NH 03301 7/20/05
• Family ill served by Witness elders, VICTORIA CATER, Henniker - Letter - Concord Monitor Online - Concord, NH 03301 7/19/05
• BostonHerald.com - Local/ Regional News: Victim's family dresses down murderer 7/16/05
• Court upholds dismissal of civil case against church 7/16/05
• Jehovah's Witnesses Like to Have it Both Ways 7/16/05
• Jehovah's Witnesses REPEAL the "two witness take down" - Watchtower Child Abuse Cover up 7/13/05
• Modbee.com The Modesto Bee "High-Risk Offender Moving to Valley" 6/25/04
• Las Vegas Weekly: "Witnesses to Pain" 06/23/04
• 2theadvocate.com: Columnists - Witnesses started in 1800s movement 06/19/04
• Recordnet.com Witnessing a family break up 05/14/04
• Court Orders Blood Transfusion for Baby 05/12/04 WAWS FOX30 ONLINE-- NEWS
• FindLaw's Writ - Hamilton: Why Ensuring Accountability for Clergy Sexual Abuse of Children Has Proved So Difficult, 05/06/04,
• law.com - Article Jehovah's Witnesses Sued for Allegedly Protecting Members Who Abuse 05/05/04
• New Man Magazine Online :: America's #1 Christian Men's Magazine The Culting of Christianity 04/20/04
• Crain's New York Business Watchtower building sold 04/14/04
• NapaNews.com | Sex abuse victims target Jehovah's Witness in civil suit 04/14/04
•  Press Release on the Watchtower and the United Nations 04/07/04
• Moscow ban on Jehovah's Witnesses highlights confusion 04/05/04
• amarillo.com | Local News: Abuse case going to trial 04/04/04
• AP Wire | 04/01/2004 | Religion Today
• 'No-knock' laws catching on
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP - Jehovah's Witnesses hold sex abuse caucus 03/27/04
• Group renews charge that Jehovah's Witnesses indifferent to sexual abuse - Friday, 03/26/04
• The Globe and Mail "Stripped perhaps, but not shamed" 03/25/04
• TheKSBWChannel.com - News - Sexual Molestation Alleged Within Jehovah's Witness Church 03/23/04
• MontereyHerald.com: Lawsuits allege abuse 03/23/04
• Mercury News | 03/18/2004 | Paroled sex predator: `I'm not a threat'
• ic Wales - Jehovah's Witness climbed into bed with boy 03/13/04
• ABC sitcom Less Than Perfect, actress/comedian Sherri Shepherd once a JW now a Christian
• 4 say Jehovah's Witness church hid crime; man a convicted child molester 02/19/04
• Ttri-Valley Herald: JW Sex offender makes his way to Oakland 2/14/04
• Auburn Journal Fifth man alleges sexual abuse at Jehovah's Witness Placer congregation  01/19/04
• CNN.com - Did victim's religious belief's lead to own homicide? - Jan. 12, 2004
• Jehovah’s Witness congregations argues first-amendment rights 12/18/03
• BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | Paedophile's 'lenient' sentence increased 12/09/03
• amarillo.com | Local News: Congregations want court order 12/04/03
• Names & Faces (washingtonpost.com) Prince 10/19/03
• Headline news from Sky News - Prince gets Religion 10/16/03
• The Miami Herald | 10/11/2003 | Aide, teacher face angry judge
• High court refuses appeal by Jehovah's Witnesses 9/21/03
• Philadelphia Inquirer | 08/10/2003 | Thoughts regarding the soul
• Jehovah's Witnesses hit with rash of sex-abuse suits 07/31/03
• WBIR-TV, Knoxville, TN FLURRY OF LAWSUITS ALLEGE ABUSE COVER UP BY JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES 07/29/03
• Church Elders sentenced to 15 years for $6 Million theft 05/13/03
• Best of Monterey County (Coast Weekly) 04/24/03
• CBS News | Another Church Sex Scandal | April 30, 2003 
• [Jehovah's Witnesses] Jehovah's Witness 'killed family out of shame' 03/11/03
• BBC NEWS | Programmes | Panorama | Who runs the Jehovah's Witnesses 07/12/02
• BBC NEWS | Programmes | Panorama | Child abuse policy 07/12/02
• BBC NEWS | Programmes | Panorama | Secret database protects pedophiles 07/12/02
• BBC News | WORLD | Jehovah's Witnesses drop transfusion ban 06/14/02
• Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Jehovah's Witnesses abandon link with UN 10/15/01
• Newsday.com - NYC 40 9/17/01 Watchtower Bible and Tract Society earnings ($951 Million a year)

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