The graffiti says it all: “This is a bad place.” Why do states send children to facilities run by Sequel, after dozens of cases of abuse?
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Posted inReligion, The God Loophole
She runs disastrous day cares. But her church makes her untouchable
She’s been called a crook. A con artist. A snake in the grass. But in Alabama, the only thing that really matters to state regulators is that the day care operator calls herself a Christian.
Posted inReligion, The God Loophole
Religious day cares get freedom from oversight, with tragic results
Thousands of religious day cares across America legally are allowed to run their facilities with little government oversight. But freedom from regulation can come at a high price for children. And when things go wrong, parents have little recourse.
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Posted inCriminal Justice, Hidden Abuse Under the Watchtower, Religion
How Jehovah’s Witness leaders are responding to child abuse scrutiny
A Portuguese news documentary released in October was yet another report from across the globe to detail the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ policy of not reporting child abusers to law enforcement. As in other media reports, top officials refused to speak to the journalists who produced it.
Posted inHidden Abuse Under the Watchtower, Religion, Religion and Government
California court guts child abuse ruling against Jehovah’s Witnesses
Three years after a former Jehovah’s Witness won the largest verdict for a single victim of child abuse against a religious organization in U.S. history, the California Court of Appeal found that the organization had no duty to warn congregants that a confessed child molester was one of their own.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Hidden Abuse Under the Watchtower, Religion, Religion and Government
Are Jehovah’s Witnesses Covering up Child Abuse?
The Jehovah’s Witnesses maintain that the First Amendment protects their right to set their own policies, even in cases of child abuse.
Posted inHidden Abuse Under the Watchtower, Religion
Jehovah’s Witnesses use 1st Amendment to hide child sex abuse claims
Internal documents obtained by Reveal show that the Jehovah’s Witnesses have systematically instructed elders and other leaders to keep child sexual a