A NoHo Arts theatre review of Michael Lovestrong’s solo show UNWITNESSED: The Search for Identity After Leaving a Cult, directed by Jessica Lynn Johnson as part of the Soaring Solo Stars Series. We are all fascinated by cults, aren’t we?…[Continue Reading...]
For years, rumors about Scott Merritt and the underage girls in a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses on the Kenai Peninsula hovered over the congregation. As far back as the 1990s, members remember hearing it said that Merritt, a well-liked…[Continue Reading...]
Micki McAllen speaks matter-of-factly about all the times she was told the world was about to end. The September 11 attacks. Donald Trump’s election. Covid. Each time, she and her family – strict Jehovah’s Witnesses – would wait with a…[Continue Reading...]
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PA — A Pittsburgh-area man has been accused of sexually assaulting two children in an ongoing investigation into alleged sexual abuse by members of Jehovah's Witnesses congregations in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that Timothy Willochell,…[Continue Reading...]
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that Shaun Sheffer has been sentenced to 14 to 34 years in prison for sexually assaulting a pre-teen child, beginning when the victim was seven years old. Sheffer, 47, of Harmony, was previously…[Continue Reading...]
Kit de Waal is an award-winning author who left school at 16. Her debut novel, My Name is Leon, was published when she was 56, and became a bestseller. It was turned into a TV movie for the BBC and…[Continue Reading...]
If you or someone you know needs resources or support related to sexual violence, contact the Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault’s 24/7 hotline at 800-871-7741. A Pennsylvania woman is suing the Jehovah’s Witnesses of Fort Kent and the New York-based…[Continue Reading...]
Another former Jehovah’s Witnesses member has been convicted of sexually assaulting a child after a statewide investigation charged multiple members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses faith with abusing children, some for over a decade. The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office says Shaun…[Continue Reading...]
HARRISBURG, PA — A Philadelphia County jury this week found David Balosa, age 62, guilty on all charges related to the sexual abuse of a young child in 1998. Balosa, a former member of a Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation, was convicted…[Continue Reading...]
The Jehovah's Witnesses must pay $48,000 in court costs to the Crown for a string of failed cases brought against the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. The Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Australasia sought a judicial review…[Continue Reading...]
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