This is Bill Bowen I am writing to introduce a new website called www.jwchildcustody.com
Since the inception of silentlambs the purpose of the website was to give victims a voice, protect children and educate about child abuse issues. After hearing over 6,000 abuse stories in the last seven years everything that was stated in the beginning has proven itself to be the truth about the cover up of abuse in the organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
We have simply asked for specific actions to protect children.
1. Report all allegations of abuse to police.
2. Never reappoint pedophiles to positions of authority.
3. Never allow pedophiles to call on the homes of the public.
To this day not one of these simple requests has been enacted as policy of the organization. Instead much like child molesters Read the rest of this entry »
I wanted to let everyone know that you have our permission to copy and or publish and distribute anything on this web site. The only thing you are required to do is to have a link back to the source of the information and you cannot charge for the information. We do have a fingerprint embedded in all of our post and are able to run a web scan to ensure that there is a link back to us so please make sure the link is in place. Pass the word and God Bless!!
A Christian woman whom we will call Joy tried to raise her son to love Jehovah God. When he grew up to be a man and educated himself about religion and cults the son made a personal decision to no longer be associated with his parent’s faith. As is often the case of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Joy reacted as if it was a personal attack against the family, she stated, “It was the deepest hurt I had ever experienced, I felt Read the rest of this entry »
After answering all the questions in the Thanksgiving post, we are almost in cline to just have everyone read it, but we will touch on it a bit here so it does get addressed.
In the early days of the Watchtower, Christmas was a holiday that was celebrated like many others. It wasn’t until later in the 1900’s that it became taboo. Keep in mind that the Watchtower claims to be the voice of God, so I guess God was ok with it and then stopped being ok with it. (If I could get one thing across to a Jehovah’s Witness, it would be the fact that God is the same yesterday, today and forever as it says in the Bible) Anyway, now the big thing that the Read the rest of this entry »
According to the Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Watchtower Society that train them, Jehovah’s Witnesses fall into one of two groups, the “little flock” and the “other sheep”. As we spoke about before, the Watchtower teaches that the little flock is made up of the 144,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses that were followers of Christ between the first century and 1935. They believe that the 144,000 will live in Heaven and the ONLY people who are going to heaven.
All the others that believe in the true God – including pre-Christian patriarchs and most of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, are among the “other sheep”. The “other sheep”, as they are described, are to live on paradise earth. They are alive when God brings this wicked system of things to an end.
This interpretation of the little flock is way off. The “little flock”, are the Jews and the “other sheep” are the Gentiles. In John 10:16 (NIV) Jesus said. ” I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one Shepard.” What Jesus is telling us is that this is not about salvation for the Jews, it was salvation to all!
So we see here that Christians are not divided into small heavenly classes and a “great crowd” with heavenly hopes. We see in Heb 11:13-16 that we are longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them”
Started in March of 2001, SilentLambs has been ministering to the needs of those who were victims of abuse in the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Watchtower group. Many of the Jehovah’s Witnesses themselves do not know what has gone on for many years. They have been told that they are involved in “Gods’ Organization” and the things that are happening in other religions are not happening within theirs.
The sad part is that is has happened and still continues today because of the tactics of cover-up the Watchtower has employed. At SilentLambs they provide assistance to those that have been a victim of abuse and work with that person to get their story out. They believe that many of the victims think they are alone and that their story is unique and they should not sound the alarm.
If you are a victim of abuse at the hands of a person in the Jehovah’s Witnesses or any other group, we strongly suggest that you contact SilentLambs for help
This is one subject that just absolutely makes me angry. The Watchtower theocratic system as actually enabled pedophiles to continue to exploit children over and over. They hide these people in files that no one can see and try to use the “clergy penitent privilege” to justify NOT giving the names of Pedophiles to the authorities. You see, when a Jehovah’s Witness is faced with this problem, they are told to go to the elders first, not the police, and then let the elders make the decision.
So they do that and bring their child to the elders to explain and the elders hear the story and then bring in the accused. If the accused denies the charges, they leave it up to “Jehovah” to bring it out and go no further, unless there are witnesses. Come on now, how many witnesses are there for child abuse? In a recent article by SilentLambs.org, they have explained the problem fully and have even given out these flyers to everyone so they can post or give out to there neighbors;
SILENTLAMBS SERVICE BULLETIN
Jehovah’s Witnesses Forced To Open Pedophile Database! www.silentlambs.org - 877-WTABUSE (982-2873)
Recent decisions in California Courts have ruled in favor of abuse survivors in that state. The Legal Department lawyers of Jehovah’s Witnesses have fought with filing after filing trying to claim “clergy penitent privilege” with information that would lead to the possible conviction or implication of further crimes against children by Jehovah’s Witness child molesters. The secondary issue regards civil damages brought upon victims due to negligence of church officials in not reporting allegations of child abuse putting additional children in danger.
This ruling from the court states simply that the church cannot use “clergy penitent privilege” as a way to protect pedophiles from law enforcement. The ruling further states information stated in judicial hearings of Jehovah’s Witnesses as well as documents generated by those hearings are not “privileged” and will have to be released to the courts as any information that is relevant to the case. In addition, the Legal Department will have to produce all documents related to their abuse policy and how they investigate child abuse allegations. Most importantly the ruling states; “records kept by or under the direction of the Legal Department concerning allegations of abuse,” that directly involves the pedophile database reported by silentlambs in April of 2002. This represents the first official ruling of the court that opens the database for public scrutiny.
This judgment is bitter sweet as in 2003 in New Hampshire silentlambs officials watched as Jehovah’s Witnesses attorneys defended the “religious right” of convicted child molester Paul Berry to prevent further convictions on allegations of his abuse of other children. Thousands of dollars in donations to Jehovah’s Witnesses known as Worldwide Work monies were spent silencing the victims of Paul Berry. Each time you donate to Jehovah’s Witnesses a portion of that money will be spent defending the rights of convicted Jehovah’s Witness pedophiles from their victims. The California case above to date has involved hundreds of thousands of dollars of Jehovah’s Witness donations to stop victims of abuse from getting needed treatment for the crimes committed against them. The religious hypocrisy of offering articles on abuse issues while secretly protecting pedophiles using “clergy penitent privilege” is far worse than the Catholic Church abuse scandal. This month the Jehovah’s Witnesses are distributing this tract worldwide. They openly condemn the Catholic Church for their abuse scandal and use it as a basis to call them and all other faiths “false religion.”
Do members realize their Legal Department Lawyer elders are protecting pedophiles in the courts using the money they collect door to door to do so?
At silentlambs we appreciate the determination and courage of abuse survivors in going forward in the courts to bring these criminals to justice.
We look forward to the day when the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses follows the example set by the Pope of the Catholic Church and apologizes for their role in allowing policies that continue to hurt children. The truth will prevail and no amount of Worldwide Work Donations spent to protect child molesters will stop the real truth of these matters from being discovered in the courts. The pedophile database holds the key to that “truth.”
For a Flyer that you can give out in your neighborhood, Click Here>>jwpedophile-flyer.doc
This month the Jehovah’s Witnesses are distributing this tract worldwide. They openly condemn the Catholic Church for their abuse scandal and use it as a basis to call them and all other faiths “false religion.”