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In ihrem Abschlussbericht empfahl die Royal Commission, dass die Organisation der Zeugen Jehovas ihre Anwendung der Zwei-Zeugen-Regel in Fällen von Beschwerden über sexuellen Kindesmissbrauch aufgibt (16.27), ihre Richtlinien dahin gehend überarbeitet, dass Frauen an der Untersuchung und Entscheidung solcher Vorwürfe beteiligt werden (16.28), und von ihren Mitgliedern nicht länger verlangt, diejenigen zu meiden, die sich aus Gründen im Zusammenhang damit, Opfer sexuellen Kindesmissbrauchs geworden zu sein, von der Versammlung distanzieren (16.29).

Claim ID claim-safeguarding-final-report-recommendationsConcerns 15. Dezember 2017Unabhängige Feststellung

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In ihrem Abschlussbericht empfahl die Royal Commission, dass die Organisation der Zeugen Jehovas ihre Anwendung der Zwei-Zeugen-Regel in Fällen von Beschwerden über sexuellen Kindesmissbrauch aufgibt (16.27), ihre Richtlinien dahin gehend überarbeitet, dass Frauen an der Untersuchung und Entscheidung solcher Vorwürfe beteiligt werden (16.28), und von ihren Mitgliedern nicht länger verlangt, diejenigen zu meiden, die sich aus Gründen im Zusammenhang damit, Opfer sexuellen Kindesmissbrauchs geworden zu sein, von der Versammlung distanzieren (16.29). Source: Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Final Report, Volume 16 Religious institutions, Book 3, 15. Dezember 2017Source: Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Case Study 54 (Institutional review of the Jehovah's Witnesses), transcript Day 259, 10. März 2017Source: ABC News (Australia), 10. März 2017

Die Position der Organisation oder ihre spätere Erklärung: Bei der Anhörung im März 2017 erklärte die Organisation, die Zwei-Zeugen-Regel 'kann nicht geändert oder umgangen werden' und es sei ihr 'durch die Schrift untersagt, die Anwendung der Zwei-Zeugen-Regel zu ändern' ( S. 26491, 26525). Eine spätere öffentliche Erklärung, in der 16.27-16.29 angenommen werden, wurde nicht gefunden.

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Amtliches öffentliches Dokument Gestützt

Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Final Report, Volume 16 Religious institutions, Book 3, “Chapter 15 Jehovah's Witnesses; Recommendations 16.27-16.29”

15. Dezember 2017 · Recommendations 16.27, 16.28, 16.29 · Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse · Commonwealth of Australia

“abandon its application of the two witness rule in cases involving complaints of child sexual abuse”

Recommendation 16.27 as summarised in the search index of the official site and in secondary sources; 16.28 asks the organisation to revise its policies so that women are involved in processes for investigating and determining allegations of child sexual abuse; 16.29 asks it to no longer require members to shun those who disassociate where the reason relates to their being a victim of child sexual abuse. The Jehovah's Witnesses chapter is chapter 15 of Book 3 (confirmed from the Volume 16 table of contents in Book 2, which was opened).

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Final Report, Volume 16 Religious institutions, Book 3, Chapter 15 Jehovah's Witnesses; Recommendations 16.27-16.29

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Neither the official nor the royalcommission.gov.au copy of Book 3 could be downloaded from this environment (both hosts time out / TLS fails; a Python download was left running). The recommendation wording is consistent across the official site's search snippet, the ABC's 2017 reporting, the Case Study 54 transcript (which describes the recommendations as they stood in the Case Study 29 report) and multiple secondary summaries, and the claims it supports are labelled accordingly.

Untermauert durch. src-arc-2016-1000-cs29-report, src-arc-2017-0310-cs54-day259-transcript, src-abc-2017-0310-jw-defend-treatment

Notes. Volume 16 Book 2 (Catholic Church) was downloaded from tjhcouncil.org.au and its contents page confirms Book 3 contains '15 Jehovah's Witnesses'. Final Report presented 15 December 2017.

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-arc-2017-1215-final-report-vol16-bk3

Amtliches öffentliches Dokument Gestützt

Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Case Study 54 (Institutional review of the Jehovah's Witnesses), transcript Day 259, “Evidence of Terrence O'Brien and Rodney Spinks, 10 March 2017”

10. März 2017 · pp.26486-26574 · pp. 26491-26493, 26500, 26505, 26513, 26524-26525, 26530, 26543 · Transcript produced by DTI · Commonwealth of Australia

“THE CHAIR: Yes. But if there are not two witnesses, you don't accept it, do you? MR O'BRIEN: Because scripturally we're not able to.”

P. 26543:13-16. At p. 26525:17-21 Mr O'Brien confirmed the organisation's response to the recommendation to modify the two-witness rule: 'the two-witness rule is required by the scriptures and can't be changed or avoided ... That's correct. That's our stand.' Counsel Assisting's opening (pp. 26492-26493) said that of 17 allegations received since Case Study 29 the organisation had reported 15 to the authorities, the two exceptions being adult survivors who elected not to report. At p. 26513 Mr O'Brien described the Branch Office practice of instructing elders that where there is a risk to a child 'the matter is to be reported to the police'.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Case Study 54 (Institutional review of the Jehovah's Witnesses), transcript Day 259, Evidence of Terrence O'Brien and Rodney Spinks, 10 March 2017

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Official transcript not opened (host unreachable); a complete copy was opened and the central quotation matches the ABC's contemporaneous report. Upgrade to 'verified' once the official PDF is opened.

Herkunft des Scans. Copy of the DTI transcript (89 pp.) hosted by saysorry.org, a survivor-advocacy (discovery-tier) site; used because the official host was unreachable. Key quotation independently reported by ABC News on the day.

Untermauert durch. src-abc-2017-0310-jw-defend-treatment

Notes. Case Study 54 was the follow-up 'institutional review' hearing held on Friday 10 March 2017. The Governing Body did not give evidence at this hearing.

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-arc-2017-0310-cs54-day259-transcript

Seriöse Berichterstattung Geprüft

ABC News (Australia), “Uniting Church apologises to victims of sexual abuse, Jehovah's Witnesses defend treatment”

10. März 2017 · Nicole Chettle and Michelle Brown · Australian Broadcasting Corporation

“Because scripturally we're not able to.”

Terrence O'Brien's answer, as reported, when Justice McClellan pressed him on the two-witness rule at the 10 March 2017 hearing. The report also records that of 17 allegations since 2015, 15 were reported to police, and that the US-based hierarchy declined to appear.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for ABC News (Australia), Uniting Church apologises to victims of sexual abuse, Jehovah's Witnesses defend treatment

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Article opened; quotation confirmed.

Untermauert durch. src-arc-2017-0310-cs54-day259-transcript

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-abc-2017-0310-jw-defend-treatment

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