Jehovah’s Witnesses
534 articles
GwenFormer Witness in McAlester, Oklahoma, Says Elders Ignored Abuse Claims
Reveal reports that the Jehovah’s Witnesses leadership has developed strategies to conceal allegations of sexual abuse. According to internal documents cited in the investigation, Witnesses instruct local elders...
Quebec Superior Court authorizes class action alleging sexual abuse cover-up in Jehovah’s Witnesses
Quebec Superior Court has authorized a class-action lawsuit against two Jehovah’s Witnesses entities. The suit alleges that a culture of silence within the group led to the covering...
Montana Supreme Court Reverses $35 Million Judgment Against Jehovah’s Witnesses in Child-Abuse Case
The Montana Supreme Court has reversed a $35 million judgment against Jehovah’s Witnesses. The court ruled 7-0 that the church was not negligent for failing to report that...
Russia Intensifies Crackdown on Jehovah’s Witnesses in Crimea and Across Russia
Russia’s persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses is continuing in occupied Crimea and elsewhere in the Russian Federation, according to a report by the Crimean Human Rights Group. The group...
Spanish Study Finds Kidney Transplants Without Blood Transfusions Feasible for Jehovah’s Witnesses
Surgeons at Hospital del Mar in Barcelona have shown that kidney transplants can be performed on Jehovah’s Witnesses without any blood transfusion, according to a retrospective propensity score-matched...
Former Jehovah’s Witness Sophie Jones Describes Breaking With the Group Near Leipzig, Germany
Sophie Jones is 28 years old and wants to celebrate her birthday for the first time. Her parents were members of Jehovah’s Witnesses, and she was not permitted...
75,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses Expected at Volksparkstadion in Hamburg, Germany
Jehovah’s Witnesses are holding a convention at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg, according to a report from NDR Info. The broadcaster’s report, as summarized in the source, says about...
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Burkina Faso: How Many Are There?
The material supplied is a short excerpt from a Jehovah’s Witnesses feature on Burkina Faso, and it does not give a count of the group’s members in the...
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Sierra Leone: What Is Their Number?
Photographs from Freetown, Sierra Leone, show Jehovah’s Witnesses offering the brochure *Listen to God’s Voice and Live Forever* in the Temna language. The source gives no further detail...
