The cases marked the first time it had allowed its mother lode of child sexual abuse files into the hands of anyone outside the organization.
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Reveal event aims to pry loose documents in Jehovah’s Witnesses cover-up
We facilitated a day of candid discussions about ways to address the Jehovah’s Witnesses child abuse crisis with sources from across the globe.
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How Jehovah’s Witnesses leaders hide child abuse secrets at all costs
The leadership of the Jehovah’s Witnesses has boldly defied court orders to turn over the names and whereabouts of alleged child sexual abusers across the United States.
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A reader’s guide to the Jehovah’s Witnesses child sex abuse scandal
Here’s a quick rundown of the major findings from our running investigation into the religion’s efforts to hide child sex abuse.
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How child sex abusers get reinstated as Jehovah’s Witnesses
One abuse case in Australia highlights a pattern among Jehovah’s Witnesses: Elders fail report child sexual abuse to secular authorities. The perpetrator is kicked out of the organization, only to be reinstated later.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses fight law on reporting child sex abuse to police
A case highlights the struggle of courts to interpret a convoluted web of clergy reporting laws that stretches across U.S.
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In England, more accusations that Jehovah’s Witnesses hid sex abuse
Claims that Jehovah’s Witnesses hide child sexual abuse from secular authorities have surfaced again in England. The Daily Mail reported last week that Ian Pheasey, a 54-year-old Jehovah’s Witness, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for choking young girls for sexual gratification in the 1990s. Prosecutor Nicholas Taplow said that Pheasey’s victims were told to […]
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5 hardships faced by victims of Jehovah’s Witnesses sexual abuse
The Jehovah’s Witnesses leadership has created a secretive system to conceal allegations of sexual abuse within its congregations. Reveal’s investigat