IICSA finds Jehovah’s Witnesses negligent in protecting children.
The report below is from Oct 2022
PDF of 2022 report:
CORRECTION: The list Barbara gave me is for the 2021 report, NOT the latest one.
Jehovah’s Witnesses mentioned several times in report:
Here’s a list of page numbers that mention JW’s. After the page number, I’ve also included the numbered paragraph mentioning JW’s. There are many more pages where JW’s are mentioned but these are in charts consisting of definitions.
P. 4 – 8.1.
Pgs. 12 & 13, – 11.
P. 16 – 15.4.
P. 23 – 4.
P. 27 – 27.
P. 32 – 47.
P. 33 – 52.
P. 42 – 19.
P. 43 – 20. & 21.
P. 50 – 55.2.
P. 54 – 70.
P. 62 – 93.2.
Pgs. 64 & 65 – 6., 6.1., 7.
P. 69 – 23.
P. 71 – 30.1.
P. 91 – 17.
P. 92 – 18. to 20.
P. 103 – 61.
P. 104 – 64.
P. 115 – 25.
P. 131 – 7.
Example of text taken from P. 54 – 70.
The Jehovah’s Witnesses do not currently seek external assistance from child protection professionals in relation to their training. This is based on an assumption that the organisation itself has sufficient internal expertise. Like many other organisations, the Jehovah’s Witnesses would benefit from external assistance from child protection professionals.