Victims ‘told not to report’ Jehovah’s Witness child abuse

ENGLAND
BBC NEWS

November 20, 2017

Children who were sexually abused by Jehovah’s Witnesses were allegedly told by the organisation not to report it.

Victims from across the UK told the BBC they were routinely abused and that the religion’s own rules protected perpetrators.

One child abuse lawyer believes there could be thousands of victims across the country who have not come forward.

The organisation said it did not “shield” abusers and any suggestion of a cover-up was “absolutely false”.

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