JW UK: Jehovah's Witnesses told to pay rape victim £62k

[Isabella]

Leaders of the Jehovah's Witnesses have been told to pay £62,000 in damages to a former member who was raped after door-to-door visits.

The woman was attacked 30 years ago by Mark Sewell after evangelising for the religious group near Cardiff.

A "judicial committee" of the group's elders found the allegations against Sewell "not proven" in an internal inquiry in 1991.

But High Court judge Mr Justice Chamberlain ruled in the her favour.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-51316153

Mark Sewell was jailed in 2014 for raping the woman

 

[Patiently waiting for Truth]

3 hours ago, Isabella said:

Leaders of the Jehovah's Witnesses have been told to pay £62,000 in damages to a former member who was raped after door-to-door visits.

The woman was attacked 30 years ago by Mark Sewell after evangelising for the religious group near Cardiff.

A "judicial committee" of the group's elders found the allegations against Sewell "not proven" in an internal inquiry in 1991.

But High Court judge Mr Justice Chamberlain ruled in the her favour.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-51316153

Mark Sewell was jailed in 2014 for raping the woman

 

That is not a large amount considering what she went through.

And it proves that the Elders were either useless or deliberately dishonest. 

And to think the GB / Org used to say that Elders were chosen by holy spirit. 

[Isabella]

A High Court judge has issued a warning after a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses were more concerned with the “spiritual counselling” of a sexually abusive father, than protecting his young daughter. 

Ministers in a congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses waited more than two and a half years before telling police that the girl, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, had made sex abuse allegations against her father.

Mrs Justice Lieven said there had been a "failure to take effective steps to protect a young child" which gave rise to "deep concern".

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/04/high-court-judge-jehovahs-witnesses-prioritised-spiritual-counselling/

[Patiently waiting for Truth]

Following on from above comment. A quote from the link :-

"It is incontrovertible from these documents that the elders of the congregation knew about (the girl's) allegations since at least December 2016 - when (she) was aged nine.They did not report those allegations to the police until July 2019.

To ALL those JWs that say it is all old cases that happened years ago. 

This is NOW. And shows it is still happening. Get your heads out of the sand and stop denying it. 

Elders deliberately protect paedophiles.

For whatever reasons, JW Org is still protecting / hiding Paedophiles. 

 

[Isabella]

A High Court judge has raised concern after hearing that ministers in a congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses waited more than two and a half years before telling police that a girl had made sex abuse allegations against her father.

https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/crime/jehovahs-witness-ministers-delayed-reporting-child-abuse-claims-police-1385803