‘Crusaders’ Director Talks Jehovah’s Witnesses Expose About Alleged Child Sexual Abuse, Cover Up: “It’s About Corruption” – The Hollywood Reporter
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That includes Barbara Anderson, an ex-Jehovah’s Witness who worked in the Watchtower headquarters; Amber Scorah, author of Leaving the Witness; Kameron Torres, another ex-Jehovah’s Witness and vlogger; and Kimmy O’Donnell, a former Jehovah’s Witness and activist who alleges she was abused by her mother, who enjoyed impunity.
After she brought her allegations to a church elder at age 12, “because it was my word against my mother’s, they would take no action,” O’Donnell says at one point in the documentary. In Vice Versa: Crusaders, Kaufman explains the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ two-witness rule, a key doctrine that states that, absent a confession, no member can be accused of committing a sin without two credible witnesses coming forward to offer corroboration.
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Excerpt:
That includes Barbara Anderson, an ex-Jehovah’s Witness who worked in the Watchtower headquarters; Amber Scorah, author of Leaving the Witness; Kameron Torres, another ex-Jehovah’s Witness and vlogger; and Kimmy O’Donnell, a former Jehovah’s Witness and activist who alleges she was abused by her mother, who enjoyed impunity.
After she brought her allegations to a church elder at age 12, “because it was my word against my mother’s, they would take no action,” O’Donnell says at one point in the documentary. In Vice Versa: Crusaders, Kaufman explains the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ two-witness rule, a key doctrine that states that, absent a confession, no member can be accused of committing a sin without two credible witnesses coming forward to offer corroboration.
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