Author: Aswin Suierveld
Imaging hinders insight into the problem of abuse
Warning: Due to the sensitivity of the subject, this article may elicit emotional responses. However, we believe it is important to get to the heart of the problem. In addition, it is […]
Zembla: the nuance
Openly showing your vulnerability to the camera by telling what you have experienced is brave. We therefore want to express our appreciation for those who have told their story in the […]
Jehovah's Witnesses and the clerical privilege
A clergyman can invoke the right of non-disclosure before a court of law, but only with regard to knowledge entrusted to him in his capacity as a spiritual care and counselor. Within the current […]
The blind spot of 'true religion' thinking
"You will recognize them by their fruits," Jesus said according to Matthew. "You can not pick grapes from a thorn bush or figs from a thistle? So every good tree bears [...]
Misuse Montana: it's not about money
On Wednesday 26 September, a lawsuit in Thompson Falls, Montana (USA), determined that the organization of Jehovah's Witnesses should pay 35 million dollars to a victim of sexual abuse. [...]
Accessibility of information depends on who you are at Jehovah's Witnesses
Anyone who starts on sexual abuse in the organization of Jehovah's Witnesses is told that they have been providing information for years to protect children. Representatives of the faith community will not [...]
Do Jehovah's Witnesses understand the nature of child sexual abuse?
Jehovah's Witnesses have been pretending for many years to provide information and prevention where sexual abuse is concerned. Yet the many reports concerning sexual abuse within this religious [...]
Aswins letter to Michel van Hilten
(Note: this letter was written in response to the statement at the end in the item about sexual abuse within the Jehovah's Witnesses in the eight-hour journal of 16 August 2018.) [...]
Leaders bypassing Jehovah's Witnesses Reclaimed Voices
Leaders of Jehovah's Witnesses seem like a foundation Reclaimed Voices to avoid requests for files and apparently refuse to be in contact with us. More than two months ago […]
If the Jehovah's Witnesses really want to help victims, they have to look at themselves honestly
With increasing indignation I always hear the words through my mind of Michel van Hilten, spokesman for the Jehovah's Witnesses in the Netherlands (ND 29 december). He was shocked by the eighty reports [...]