Jehovah's Witnesses - Case Study

Australian Child Sexual Abuse Royal Commission into Institutional responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Report of Case study No 29 (October 2016) [PDF, 3.3 MB]

Charity Commission for England and Wales, Charity Inquiry - Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain (4 August 2023) accessed 23 May 2024 [PDF, 1.9 MB]

Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Australasia) Response to Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care Notice to Produce 1 - Shepherd the Flock of God Chapters 12, 14, 16 and 22 (April 2021) [PDF, 1.2 MB]

Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Australasia), Jehovah’s Witnesses’ scripturally based position on child protection (undated) [PDF, 173 KB]

Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Australasia), Response to Royal Commission Inquiry into Abuse in Care Notice to Produce 1 (1 December 2021), Annexure – K. Child Sexual Abuse - Guidelines for Branch office service desks [PDF, 480 KB]

Doyle, T, Sipe, A and Wall, P, Sex, Priests and secret codes - The Catholic Church’s 2000-year paper trail of sexual abuse as cited in Cullington, E, Evil, Sin, or Doubt - The Dramas of Clerical Child Abuse, Theatre Journal (2010) 62(2), 245-263 Los Angeles: Volt Press, 2006 [PDF, 2.6 MB]

Grendele, W., Flax, M., Bapir-Tardy, S., Shunning from the Jehovah’s Witness Community - Is It Legal - Journal of Law and Religion (2023), 38 2, 290 – 313 (Cambridge University Press) [PDF, 1.4 MB]

Irenyi, M., Bromfield, L., Beyer, L., & Higgins, D. (2006). Child maltreatment in organisations - Risk factors and strategies for prevention (Vol. 25) Melbourne, Australia - Australian Institute of Family Studies [PDF, 1.4 MB]

Jehovah’s Witness Child Abuse, “Pennsylvania opens grand jury criminal investigation into Jehovah’s Witnesses”, JW Child Abuse (8 February 2020) [PDF, 3.7 MB]

Jehovah’s Witnesses, “Jehovah’s Witnesses to appeal unconstitutional ruling in Norway”, JW.org (28 March 2024) [PDF, 548 KB]

Leigh, H, The Pa. grand jury investigation into alleged systemic cover-up of child sex abuse within the Jehovah’s Witnesses Organization - Witness to wicked, Fox 43 News (2 May 2023) [PDF, 3.1 MB]

Luther, R, What Happens to Those Who Exit Jehovah’s Witnesses - An Investigation of the Impact of Shunning, Pastoral Psychology, 2023; 72(1) 105–120 [PDF, 707 KB]

McPhillips, K, ‘Soul Murder’ - Investigating Spiritual Trauma at the Royal Commission, Journal of Australian Studies, (2018) 42(2), 231 – 242, pages 235-236 [PDF, 719 KB]

Ross, S. A, Feminist Theology and the Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis, Theological Studies, (2019) 80(3), 632-652 [PDF, 1.1 MB]

Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Submissions on behalf of Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Australia & Others (9 November 2015) [PDF, 5.7 MB]

Statement by the European Association of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Germany - Jehovah’s Witnesses Religious Freedom report, OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference (2022) [PDF, 762 KB]

Summary of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Relevant Religious Beliefs and Practices (provided to the Royal Commission on 1 December 2021) [PDF, 1.1 MB]

Supplementary witness statement of Shayne Mechen (21 June 2023) [PDF, 155 KB]

The United Kingdom Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) Research team, The Truth Project thematic report - Child sexual abuse in the context of religious institutions (2019) [PDF, 6.9 MB]

The United Kingdom Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), Child protection in religious organisations and settings Investigation report, section C.5 - Abuse of Power by religious leaders (September 2021) [PDF, 17.6 MB]

van den Bos, K, Schiffelers, M-J, Bal, M, Grootelaar, H, Bertram, I and de Haas, S, Sexual Abuse and Willingness to Report Sexual Abuse within the Jehovah’s Witnesses Community, Summary Report (Utrecht University, 2019) [PDF, 234 KB]

Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, Seventy-Five years of “legally establishing” the Good News in New Zealand (7 March 2022) [PDF, 486 KB]

Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, Shepherd the Flock of God (2010) [PDF, 5.8 MB]

Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society Pennsylvania, Keep yourself in God’s Love (2016) [PDF, 5.8 MB]\

Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, “Shepherd the Flock of God”, Chapter 12 Determining whether a Judicial committee should be formed (April 2022) [PDF, 7.9 MB]

Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, “Shepherd the Flock of God”, Chapter 14 Child Abuse (October 2021) [PDF, 7.9 MB]

Watchtower magazine, Study article 39 - When a Loved one Leaves Jehovah (September 2021) [PDF, 3.7 MB]

Watchtower Tract and Bible Society Pennsylvania, The Watchtower magazine, “Be Obedient to Those taking the Lead” (15 September 1989) [PDF, 842 KB]

Watchtower Tract and Bible Society Pennsylvania, The Watchtower, Awake! Bad Associations Spoil Useful Habits (8 March 1971) [PDF, 307 KB]

Watchtower Tract and Bible Society Pennsylvania, Watchtower magazine (May 2019) [PDF, 3.5 MB]

Witness statement of Elise Neame (11 July 2022) [PDF, 522 KB]

Witness statement of Jasmine Grew (1 June 2022) [PDF, 978 KB]

Witness statement of Naomi Burnett (26 April 2022) [PDF, 1.3 MB]

Witness statement of Robert Ker (6 April 2023) [PDF, 559 KB]

Witness statement of Shane McNeil (20 June 2023) [PDF, 769 KB]

Witness statement of Shayne Mechen (8 September 2022) [PDF, 1.8 MB]

Witness statement of Sina Dubbelman (8 September 2022) [PDF, 1 MB]