[Please Note: This is a major update and revision to an article originally published April 20, 2014] The big buzz within the ex-Jehovah’s Witness community over the past eighteen months has been news about Gregorio Smith and his documentary film …
Salutary, Pathogenic and Pathoplastic Aspects of the Jehovah’s Witness Culture: Say What? By Richard E. Kelly I am pleased to share a research paper that was published this month in the Journal of Family Studies about the culture of Jehovah’s …
In August 2014 I attended the 25th Anniversary of the Survivor’s Network for those Abused by Priests (SNAP http://www.snapnetwork.org/). I wasn’t sure what to expect. I have attended many conferences about sexual abuse but they were all by professional counselors …
According to Lee Elder, Director of AJWRB (Associated Jehovah’s Witness for Reform on Blood), most Jehovah’s Witnesses believe “…blood transfusions are bad medicine and the equivalent of playing Russian Roulette.” The Watchtower has so thoroughly indoctrinated them about the potential …
PRESS RELEASE – AAWA: UK Child abuse inquiry “Should include Jehovah’s Witnesses” Advocates for the Awareness of Watchtower Abuses (AAWA) welcomes the UK’s wide-ranging public inquiry into historic child abuse in public institutions. We welcome the news that the overarching inquiry, …
After the Mark Sewell conviction: Abuse survivors across the world – Step forward and speak out!!! Courageous abuse survivors should take some comfort with the June 27, 2014 conviction of another Jehovah’s Witness elder, this time in the UK. Fifty-three …
PRESS RELEASE – Watchtower Victim’s Memorial Day July 26 – A day to remember and to end shunning As Jehovah’s Witnesses continue their convention series in various cities, members of Advocates for Awareness of Watchtower Abuses (AAWA), and their supporters will …
PRESS RELEASE – AAWA welcomes Charity Commission’s opening of “statutory inquiries” into Jehovah’s Witnesses in the UK June 17, 2014 Advocates for Awareness of Watchtower Abuses (AAWA) welcomes the decision by the UK Charity Commission to open statutory inquiries into …