Categories: Stories
Abuse victim writes a letter to Michel van Hilten
Unknown place, 11 July 2018 Dear Mr. Van Hilten, It took me, wife from the 50, a lot of trouble to write this letter to you. The [...]
Letter to Minister Dekker: 'can you explain to me the importance of making a declaration?'
In the media, Minister Dekker of Legal Protection made several calls to persons with experiences of sexual abuse within the Jehovah's Witnesses to report this [...]
What could I do against an elder who was being carried on?
After my divorce, now sixteen years ago, I was completely off the card. I did not know who I was anymore. My fellow believers in the congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses were very [...]
My mother was an anointed one
One night I saw the news and I heard that the Jehovah Witnesses community had been in the news about the abuse that occurs a lot within the community. I [...]
My story about abuse with Jehovah's Witnesses
I was born in 1959, my parents, grandparents and aunts from my father's side were already JG (Jehovah's Witnesses). I was raised as a JG according to all the strict rules of [...]
Following your heart
"I have to admit that I type this piece with a big throat and tears in my eyes, because I'm going to tell you why I made the choice at [...]
Jack was sexually abused within the Jehovah's Witnesses
Jack * (33) grows up in an environment he experiences as unloving. His father is an alcoholic and his mother an emotionally damaged woman who can not give love. Because […]
Incest by my father, a Jehovah's Witness
My parents became Jehovah's Witnesses shortly after the Second World War. I was born in 1948, and like my brother, I was raised in this faith. This belief meant [...]
Frank Huiting broke his silence at Jehovah's Witnesses
Ex-Jehovah's Witness Frank Huiting (39) experienced a double coming out this year. He told in Trouw anonymously about the abuse in his youth, but later made himself known to be able to [...]