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30 November 2016

Australian Jehovah’s Witnesses protected members accused of child abuse, report says

Over the course of six decades, more than 1,000 members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses were accused of sexually abusing Australian children, according to a new report. Victims were ordered to keep quiet. Not one of the alleged perpetrators was reported to the police.
Now, a royal commission in Australia has found that the church demonstrated a “serious failure” to protect children from the risk of sexual abuse and relied on outdated policies and practices to respond to such allegations.

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/australian-jehovahs-witnesses-protected-members-accused-of-child-abuse-report-says-wp-1055-words-i