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Topics Historical Background Personal Stories Jehovah's Witnesses and the Law Sexual Abuse Witnesses and Blood Jehovah's Witnesses Holdings Historical Background Jehovah's Witnesses grow by 'devious' methods, charge anti-missionaries Watchtower Society declines to return disputed GBP100,000 legacy Council says decision doesn't violate freedom of speech Who is at Your Door? Italy in Jehovah's Witnesses row Christmas is no holiday for Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses busy inviting everyone in region to convention in Tacoma Believing Armageddon is imminent, Jehovah's Witnesses go on a mission Changing tactics speed growth of Jehovah's Witnesses Cast out: Religious shunning provides an unusual background in the Longo and Bryant slayings Trouble at the Watchtower 'Hypocrite' Jehovah's Witnesses abandon secret link with UN Jehovah's Witnesses link to UN queried Changing the Watch At the Watchtower Preaching "the good news" - door to door to door Jehovah's Witnesses Cap Convention With Baptism Jehovah's Witnesses: A growing phenomenon Jehovah's Witnesses have said "the end" is "very soon" for more than a century Jehovah's Witnesses prepare for convention Framework for faith: Industrious spirit fuels Jehovah's Witnesses' growth What in God's name is going on? Questons Posed in the Italian Parliament. Jehovah's Witnesses Decide the End is Fluid What Could Be More Tempting Than An Exclusive Club Run By God Himself The Pessimistic Sect's Influence on the Mental Health of Its Members The Mental Health of Jehovah's Witnesses Personal Stories Ex-Witness offers counselling service Jehovah's rules ruined Ja Rule's childhood 'My Parents Had This Big Argument Over Whose Fault It Was, Why I Chose to Be This Way.' Mind-controlling cult took our Leah Nemesis twins excommunicated by Jehovah's Witnesses Jacob and Joshua Miller of Nemesis Claim to Have Been Officially "Disfellowshipped" by the Jehovah's Witnesses Couple's faith tested From Jehovah's Witness to Hollywood actress SEC Halts $16M Scam Aimed at Elderly Jehovah's Witnesses Mayoral hopeful left Jehovah's Witnesses Witness to a 'cult' Book explores child abduction Turn of Faith "I no longer live in fear of 'Satan's World and everybody in it'" Reaching Out To The Shunned From Sex God to Doorstep Bible Basher The End of the World Isn't Nigh Witnesses cost me my family "Awakened to the Watchtower" Jehovah's Witnesses speak out: - Part 2 Keep the Faith or lose the Family - Part 1 Air Force examines personal relationships of pilot who killed himself Mother Seeks Help to Get Girl Back, Accusation of Brain-Washing Leveled Jehovah's Witnesses and the Law Jehovah's Witnesses sue for Kingdom Hall AT&T told to pay 2 Jehovah's Witnesses Uzbek court bans Jehovah Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses case heads to B.C. court Student suspended for refusing pledge A-G backs Jehovah's Witnesses' equal rights demand Court dismisses case of ousted Jehovah's Witnesses Woman's refusal to sing "Happy Birthday led to firing Property tax not discriminatory, B.C judge rules Police slam doors, church gripes Supreme Court says living-in not immoral Knock, knock, who's there? No Jehovah's Witnesses or double-glazing salesmen Court throws out Jehovah's Witness lawsuit Witnesses protection programme Jehovah's loses comp case Critic sued by Watchtower settles (PDF file) Judge Orders Transfusion for Florida Boy Jehovah's Witnesses Granted Legal Status Moscow court upholds ban on Jehovah's Witnesses Seoul court allows Jehovah's Witnesses to skip military duty Witness Protection Moscow to ban Witnesses: Prosecutors call zealous group a 'totalitarian sect' Jehovah's Witnesses Contest Moscow Ban Russia Bans Religious Group Witnesses win door-to-door right Ex-church elders get prison for bilking elderly woman Why did Jehovah's Witnesses pay the largest cash settlement in its history? Father to sue over death of Jehovah's Witness Court upholds decision to dismiss Jehovah's Witness lawsuit Door-to-Door, Disturbingly Court Strikes Down Curb on Visits by Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witness suit Moscow Jehovah's Witnesses back in court Court Hears Jehovah's Witnesses Sect Loses in Moscow Court Court Hears Church Confession Case Jehovah's Witnesses win Moscow test case, beat ban Russia resumes test case on Jehovah's Witnesses ban Abduction case teen may visit dad soon Top German court backs Jehovah's Witnesses' appeal Foes: Witnesses bracing for lawsuits Russian court loosens bonds on religious groups Jehovah's Witnesses protest against French curbs The right to practise what they preach Russian Panel To Study Jehovah's Russia To Hear Religion Appeal Religious breakthrough Jehovah's Witnesses Registered Under New Law Russia Renews Jehovah's Witnesses 70 Greek NGOs call for reform of law on conscientious objectors Judge calls for experts to study Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia Jehovah's Witnesses on trial in Moscow face ban Jehovah's Witnesses Case Postponed Russia May Outlaw Religious Group Jehovah's Witnesses under fire in Russia Jehovah's Witness lawsuit tests Russia's religious freedom Jehovah's Witnesses hit back at French authorities The Theocratic War Doctrine: Why Jehovah's Witnesses Lie in Court You've no right to die Dealing with Jehovah's Witness Custody Cases Sexual Abuse Murrieta Man Convicted Of Molesting Sisters Ages 9, 10 Murrieta man admits sexually abusing girl, denies molesting victim's sister Congregation members testify in molestation trial of Murrieta man Jehovah's Witness elders must testify about molest allegations Jehovah's Witnesses elders refusing to testify in Murrieta molestation case Child sex abuse activist Anderson interviewed on national TV show on church allegations Woman Says Church Covering Up Sexual Abuse New evidence in Jehovah's Witness allegations Jehovah's Witness elder gets three years for sexual exploitation Man escapes jail for sex attacks Jehovah's Witnesses settle sex abuse cases, group says Suit claims years of abuse by father Jehovah's Witness elder charged with sex assault of girl, 8 Elder gets two years probation for molesting 12-year-old girl Former elder guilty of sex assault Ex-elder can't control sex urges Diary leads to sex assault charge Man protests Jehovah's Witness teachings Ruling offers new basis for suits against churches Child abuse cases allege Jehovah's Witness cover-up Church faces abuse complaints Was church legally bound to report child abuse? Divining Liability Religious sect faces slew of molest cases Group renews charge that Jehovah's Witnesses indifferent to sexual abuse Lawsuits allege abuse Annandale church isn't liable in abuse suit News in brief from California's North Coast Silent Lambs conference to confront child abuse Fifth man alleges sexual abuse at Placer congregation Jehovah's Witness elder abused girl Woman who won $5,000 in a sex abuse suit against church must pay legal costs Lawsuit filed against Jehovah's Witnesses Church Abuse Suits Point at Jehovah's Witnesses Defendant responds to sexual abuse allegations Jehovah's Witnesses asking woman to pay legal costs in sexual abuse lawsuit Judge awards woman $5K in civil suit against Jehovah's Witnesses Judge: Elders not required to report abuse Elder charged with sexual abuse Trial jury clears elder Hearing slated for suit against church Another Church Sex Scandal East Providence man pleads guilty to sexual assault charges Judge: Sisters may pursue church case Sexual Abuse and The Jehovah's Witness Faith Abuse lawsuit brings forth new allegations Trial ordered for Jehovah's elder Transcript of CBC Fifth Estate Program on Abuse in Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses under fire for abuse Ex-church elder linked to molest A Biography of Mike Moss Witnesses to Pain Minister Charged With Sex Crimes Suit charges church coverup Abuse claims raised against religious group Banned church member sues Jehovah's Witnesses Excommunicated Jehovah's Witnesses speak out on church's handling of child abuse Elders erred in abuse case, court told Jehovah's Witness abuse trial nears end Colleagues concealed sex abuse to protect 'clean image' of Witnesses: elder Church made her cover up sexual abuse, woman says Former Jehovah's Witness weeps as she describes abuse at hands of father 'Silentlambs' speak out about sex abuse Sexual Abuse Allegations Within Jehovah's Witness Denomination Storm in the hall Woman sues church Connie Chung Interview Man vows to appeal Witnesses' expulsion Bowen learns of disfellowship Bowen observes hearing from afar Jehovah's Witnesses accused of building 'paedophile paradise' Minnesota women file lawsuit against Jehovah's Witnesses Witness To Shame Child abuse with the Jehovah's Witnesses Sect demands biblical proof Expose on Jehovah Witnesses Pedophile Cover-Up A battle rises within Jehovah's Witnesses Another church facing charges of sexual abuse Jehovah's Witnesses downplay sex abuse, women say Whistleblower could lose her church, family Jehovah's Witnesses Kick Out Couple Jehovah's Witnesses face sex scandal Four Facing Jehovah Ouster Man loses bid to sue Jehovah's Witnesses over sexual abuse Jail for Jehovah's Witness Jehovah's Witnesses congregation in Othello sued in sex abuse case More Sexual Abuse Suits Against Jehovah's Witnesses Will Follow, Predicts Ex-Church Elder & Legal Expert Elder resigns, protests faith's policy on abuse charges Molestation victim, parents think church elders let them down Judge blasts church over sex offences Witnesses and Blood "Moral insanity, sexual perversions, repression, inferiority complexes, petty crimes...often follow in the wake of blood transfusion." --Watchtower, September 15, 1961, Page 564 Jehovah transfusion deemed lawful Jehovah twins to get transfusion Jehovah's Witness refuses blood for her unborn twins Jehovah blood death inquest Blood transfusion 'would have saved Jehovah's Witness' When Science Meets the Soul Transfusion rules set for Jehovah's Witnesses Lawyers say transfusions given to babies were necessary, not risky The zealous: A woman is driven by her grandson's death Sextuplets celebrate first birthday Faith, medicine collide in life-threatening case High Court rules premature baby must be given blood Mount Vernon leukemia patient, 14, dies after rejecting transfusions 'I refused blood during Caesarean and nearly died' The Big Question: Who are the Jehovah's Witnesses, and why do they refuse blood transfusions? Mother dies after refusing blood transfusion Top doctor dismisses claim blood transfusion 'like rape' Hospital begins landmark case over transfusion Believers 'put their child's life in danger' Court okays lawsuit against lawyers for alleged 'deceit' Children's right to life should trump parents' rights, B.C. lawyer tells court Jehovah's Witness suit reinstated Father of dead Jehovah's Witness girl can sue church: court Seizure of B.C. sextuplets wrong: lawyer Faith's ban on transfusions pushes doctors to innovate Jehovahs accused over gran's death Four B.C. sextuplets doing fine Jehovah's Witness refuses life-saving transfusion Ex-Jehovah's Witness launches help website 'Under 15s must be given transfusions despite beliefs' Jehovah's Witnesses member dies after refusing blood transfusion Sextuplet parents lose appeal Former Jehovah's Witness petitions for medical intervention despite religious beliefs Parents take on state over blood transfusions Quebec judge orders blood transfusions for twins of Jehovah's Witness parents Canada: Court Won’t Re-Hear Blood Transfusion Case 'Bloodless surgery' gains more adherents Jehovah's Witness liaisons help surgeons adapt Do Jehovah's Witnesses have free choice on blood transfusions? Care conflict over BC sextuplets sparks bloody row Witness for the family Winnipeg Jehovah's Witness teen loses fight to refuse blood transfusions The fight for the sextuplets Parents don't get a moral pass Biblical scholar says Jehovah's Witnesses wrong about blood transfusions Infants get blood transfusions over parents' objections Father recalls breaking with faith for daughter Ethicist says B.C. blood feud may save children and Jehovah's Witness parents B.C. seized surviving sextuplets for blood transfusions Sextuplets are born into a religious debate Witness's refusal of transfusion costs his life B.C. would seek custody if sextuplets need blood Questions arise over sextuplets' care Take it one day at a time, mom of six tells parents of Vancouver sextuplets The woman who put faith before her own life Patient died after refusing blood Medical emergencies in children of orthodox Jehovah’s Witness families: Three recent legal cases, ethical issues and proposals for management Jehovah’s Witnesses denied part in blood transfusion suit Meeting life's challenges head on Jehovah's Witnesses seek to join mother in hospital case Some hospitals OK blood for kids over parents' objections Woman in court transfusion case recovering in hospital Hospital ordered to give Jehovah's Witness transfusion Woman names husband as guardian, health-care agent Manitoba Jehovah's Witness teen says she was scared by forced transfusion Manitoba teen in court over blood transfusions Judge sides with family in religious medical dispute Jehovah's Witness convention Father of Jehovah's Witness teen wants charges against lawyers in her death With a little help from his friends Dad given OK to sue over death Jehovah's Witnesses to recite new blood directive Blood sample taken from councilman Battle over blood substitute - Jehovah baby 'doing fine' Father takes protest to Legislature Dead teen's dad sues sect 'Every decision I make, I apply God's standards' Jehovah's Witness loses fight to reject blood transfusion Missing girl needs blood Jehovah's Witness, 14, loses fight to refuse transfusions Girl, 14, wheeled into court to fight transfusion Suit against sect members can proceed Court rules doctors can override patient's wish Father of dead teen back in court and ready to fight 'You've got to believe' Police order blood transfusion to save Jehovah Witness girl A Matter of Faith Lawsuit targets church Man died after religious beliefs delayed vital op Negligence suit rejected; Patient refused blood transfusions Jehovah's Witness Died After She Decline to Have Blood Transfusion Court Ruling Allows Blood Transfusion Religious mother turned down life-saving treatment Jury sides with family of woman who refused transfusion Blood transfusions would have saved woman's life, doctor says Greenwich stabbing poses legal quandary Man arrested in mother's murder on suicide watch 'Beating heart' avoids blood spillage Jehovah's Witnesses, CPS reach agreement over baby's care Irreconcilable beliefs shattered family High court refuses appeal by Jehovah's Witness Woman bled to death after refusing transfusion Patient refusing life giving blood transfusion Church lets faithful opt for PolyHeme Blood substitute is surgical solution for church member Family court no jurisdiction for Jehovah's Witness blood case Cardiologist wins malpractice suit Background on Jehovah's Witnesses teachings Jehovah's Witness wins in French transfusion case Jehovah's Witness girl who fought transfusions gaining strength Dying Jehovah's Witness teen awaits word on high court appeal Jehovah's Witness teen not expected to survive; blood transfusions halted Teen wants quick decision from Supreme Court on transfusions Teen forced to have blood transfusions called prisoner Boy's parents tried to block blood transfusions, despite their son's critical condition Ill teenager looks to U.S. to avoid transfusions Judge orders teen continue transfusions Study reveals alarming death rate among JW women! Court Rules Doctors Can Ignore Patients' Will When belief and blood disease clash Baby battles for life as parents reject blood transfusion Religion, medicine clash Blood rule still binds the faith Jehovah's Witnesses deny u-turn on blood transfusions Witnesses to accept blood swaps Jehovah's Witness gives up faith to survive Jehovah's Witnesses considering lawsuit over blood transfusion Doctors in standoff with parents of girl who needs blood Jehovah's Witness died after refusing transfusion Jehovah's witnesses allowed right to die Standing up for beliefs A religious tug-of-war Ruling clarifies minors' rights Sect's Transfusion Ban Puts Believer at Risk Doctors Get Way on Transfusion For Witness Boy Jehovah's Witness Bleeds To Death After Giving Birth You've no right to die Boy Dies As Judge Orders Transfusion For Him Vital Signs Jehovah's Witnesses Holdings Celebrated Brooklyn Heights Hotel Up For Sale Watchtower Farms plans millions in expansion Kingdom Farm Sale Could Reshape Lansing The Land 'Lord' Last Weekends Announcement of Six Buildings For Sale in Heights Watchtower to Sell 6 Brooklyn Heights Properties Jehovah's Witnesses get DUMBO plan OK Watchtower building sold Watchtower site may soon be up for sale Taxes Not Paid by Witnesses Cost City $10 Million a Year Jehovah's Witnesses Build Center of Dairy Farm

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