A woman who died of blood loss after an elective hysterectomy was a Jehovah’s Witness who left conflicting requests about whether she would consent to a blood transfusion, an inquest has heard. Heather Winchester, 75, died at John Hunter Hospital…[Continue Reading...]
Martin Haugh was a devout Jehovah's Witness. Even after he said he saw his daughter sexually assaulted at Kingdom Hall, he became an elder.[Continue Reading...]
A mother has lost £62,000 damages for being raped by a preacher after a church won a legal battle in the Supreme Court. The worshipper was attacked by Jehovah's Witness elder Mark Sewell, near Cardiff more than 30 years ago. Devastated,…[Continue Reading...]
YORK HAVEN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania grand jury in recent months accused nine men with connections to the Jehovah’s Witnesses of child sexual abuse in what some consider the nation’s most comprehensive investigation yet into abuse within the faith.…[Continue Reading...]
Corporal punishment, specifically whipping, has been systemically used by followers of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious group against their children in Japan, a survey showed Tuesday. Submitting the results of the survey to the welfare ministry, a group of children of…[Continue Reading...]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Charges have been dropped against a Florissant man accused of sexually assaulting eight children tied to a Jehovah’s Witnesses church, where the suspect was reportedly a respected elder. Shawn Swisher was in Teller County court…[Continue Reading...]
A group of lawyers in Japan has been formed to support children of followers of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious organization. “We want to stop the violation of the human rights” of such second-generation followers, Jun Tabata, a member of the…[Continue Reading...]
Two more Jehovah's Witnesses from Lancaster County have been charged by a statewide grand jury with using their positions within their churches to sexually abuse children. Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry announced charges against Abimael Valentin-Matos, 42, and Norman Aviles,…[Continue Reading...]
Some brides get cold feet before their wedding. My mom got cold feet about seeing me at hers. My phone pinged before I stepped off the plane that had taken me from my new home in Southern California to my…[Continue Reading...]
OSAKA -- "He must have thought, 'if it weren't for their religion,' because I was the same," said a 45-year-old man who was raised by religious parents as a "second-generation follower" about Tetsuya Yamagami, who has been indicted for the…[Continue Reading...]
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