Tag: Massachusetts

Moonies sell long time Beacon Hill pied-a-terre that was originally a mansion for the family that built Jordan Marsh

Published September 24, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Boston, cult leader, Massachusetts, real estate, Sun Myung Moon, Unification Church

Earlier this month, the Unification Church sold the 46 Beacon St. residence and former club it had owned since 1976 to a pair of local developers, according to Suffolk County Registry of Deeds records. The church, officially the Holy Spirit…[Continue Reading...]

A registered sex-offender became a ‘ministerial servant’ for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Springfield; he’s now in prison for assaulting child

Published September 21, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged Jay Aaron Smith, Jehovah's Witnesses, Massachusetts, ministerial servant, prison sentence, sex offender, Springfield

SPRINGFIELD — A Level 3 sex offender who moved to Springfield and secured a role with the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious organization is now in prison. Jay Aaron Smith, 62, was sentenced recently in Hampden Superior Court to 15 years in…[Continue Reading...]

Jehovah Witness elder sentenced to jail for child sexual abuse

Published September 11, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged child abuse, elder, Jay Aaron Smith, Jehovah's Witnesses, Massachusetts, sexual abuse, Springfield

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - A 62-year-old Springfield man, classified as a Level 3 Sex Offender is facing years in jail after being found guilty on multiple counts of Indecent Assault and Battery on a Child. The female victim in this…[Continue Reading...]

Worcester Diocese has received 173 credible allegations of clergy sex abuse since 1950

Published February 3, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged Massachusetts, Roman Catholic Church, Worcester Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester has received 209 allegations of clergy sex abuse since its founding in 1950 through 2022, according to report released by Bishop Robert J. McManus on Jan. 31. Of those 209 allegations, the diocese found…[Continue Reading...]