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Protección de menores · Claim record

Antes de aproximadamente 1998, el procedimiento de la organización exigía que el denunciante de abuso sexual infantil formulara la acusación en presencia del presunto abusador; el manual de 2010 parecía seguir exigiéndolo para el «mal proceder» en general, y la política escrita de la organización afirma ahora que los ancianos «nunca exigen a las víctimas de maltrato de menores que presenten su acusación en presencia del presunto abusador».

Claim ID claim-safeguarding-complainant-required-to-face-abuserConcerns 1998Resultado
Resultado · 1998 Verificado

Antes de aproximadamente 1998, el procedimiento de la organización exigía que el denunciante de abuso sexual infantil formulara la acusación en presencia del presunto abusador; el manual de 2010 parecía seguir exigiéndolo para el «mal proceder» en general, y la política escrita de la organización afirma ahora que los ancianos «nunca exigen a las víctimas de maltrato de menores que presenten su acusación en presencia del presunto abusador». Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, octubre de 2016Jehovah's Witnesses' Scripturally Based Position on Child Protection (cpt-E 9/25), septiembre de 2025Charity Commission for England and Wales, 26 de julio de 2017

La posición de la organización o su explicación posterior: La organización dijo que «no es un requisito probatorio que un niño o un superviviente adulto se enfrente a su agresor» y que había habido «cierta confusión» en la audiencia ( párr. 5.16).

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Registro público oficial Verificado

Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, “Report of Case Study No. 29: The response of the Jehovah's Witnesses and Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Australia Ltd to allegations of child sexual abuse”

octubre de 2016 · pp.1-110 (ISBN 978-1-925289-89-3) · pp. 10-12, 14, 24-25, 58-70, 75-78 · The Hon. Justice Peter McClellan AM (Chair); Professor Helen Milroy (Commissioner) · Commonwealth of Australia

“Although the position is not clear in relation to a few files, there is otherwise no evidence before the Royal Commission of the Jehovah's Witness organisation having reported to police or other secular authority a single one of the 1,006 alleged perpetrators of child sexual abuse recorded in the case files held by Watchtower Australia.”

P. 60. Other key passages: p. 58 (files since 1950 record allegations against 1,006 members; 579 admissions; at least 1,800 alleged victims); p. 59 ('The numbers tell their own story'); p. 61 ('We are satisfied that it is the general practice of the Jehovah's Witness organisation in Australia not to report allegations of child sexual abuse to the police or other authorities unless required to do so by law'); p. 65 (two-witness rule: 'retention of and continued application of the rule to a complaint of child sexual abuse is wrong'); p. 67 (men-only decision-making is 'a fundamental flaw'); p. 69 ('places children within the organisation at significant risk'); p. 70 (BCG 'completely shunned, ostracised and actively avoided'); p. 77 ('We do not consider the Jehovah's Witness organisation to be an organisation which responds adequately to child sexual abuse').

Fuente oficial Escaneo del original Enlace no comprobable automáticamente

Nota de procedencia y verificación

Nota de confianza. The official Royal Commission host could not be reached from this environment (TLS renegotiation failure / timeouts), so the NZ-hosted copy of the same Commonwealth publication was downloaded and text-extracted; all quotations verbatim with printed page numbers. Tabled in Parliament 28 November 2016.

Procedencia del escaneo. Copy of the Commonwealth publication (CC BY 3.0 AU) held in the New Zealand Abuse in Care Royal Commission evidence library; identical ISBN and pagination to the official release.

Corroborado por. src-wt-subs-2015-1109-royal-commission, src-arc-2015-0814-day155-transcript

Notes. Public hearing 27 July-5 August and 14 August 2015, Sydney. Survivors identified only as BCG and BCB. Also on parlinfo.aph.gov.au as a tabled paper.

Consultado. 19 de septiembre de 2026 · Identificador de la fuente. src-arc-2016-1000-cs29-report

Publicación primaria de los testigos de Jehová Verificado

Jehovah's Witnesses' Scripturally Based Position on Child Protection (cpt-E 9/25), “Jehovah's Witnesses' Scripturally Based Position on Child Protection”

septiembre de 2025 · pp.1-2 · pars. 3-5, 11-15 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania (jw.org)

“Elders comply with child abuse reporting laws. When elders learn of an allegation of child abuse, they immediately consult with the branch office of Jehovah's Witnesses for legal advice on proper reporting procedure and for the protection of children. (Romans 13:1) Even in jurisdictions with no reporting requirements, the branch office of Jehovah's Witnesses will instruct the elders to report the matter if the victim or another minor is in danger of abuse.”

Paragraph 5 of the organisation's current public child-protection statement. Par. 3 says elders 'do not shield any perpetrator of child abuse from the authorities'; par. 4 that anyone reporting to elders is told they are free to report to the authorities; par. 11 describes the internal investigation as 'a purely religious proceeding'; par. 12 says elders 'never require victims of child abuse to present their accusation in the presence of the alleged abuser'; par. 14 says an abuser does not qualify for privileges 'for decades, if ever'; par. 15 says the document is reviewed at least every three years.

Fuente oficial Escaneo del original

Nota de procedencia y verificación

Nota de confianza. Opened the jw.org landing page and downloaded the official PDF (cpt_E.pdf, 176,911 bytes, dated 2025-11-19 in the CDN metadata but bearing the print code 9/25). Text extracted locally and quoted verbatim. Note the document does not use the phrase 'two witnesses' at all.

Procedencia del escaneo. Official PDF served by jw.org's own CDN (resolved via the page's GETPUBMEDIALINKS API, pub=cpt); document code 'cpt-E 9/25'.

Corroborado por. src-cpt-2020-1200-child-protection-position-nz, src-w-2019-0500-love-justice-wickedness

Notes. IICSA recorded the first edition as published 2018. The NZ Royal Commission copy is the 12/20 edition; wording of par. 5 changed between 12/20 and 9/25 (see the NZ entry).

Consultado. 19 de septiembre de 2026 · Identificador de la fuente. src-cpt-2025-0900-child-protection-position

Registro público oficial Verificado

Charity Commission for England and Wales, “Manchester New Moston Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses: inquiry report”

26 de julio de 2017 · Findings; Conclusions · Charity Commission (gov.uk)

“Mr Rose was permitted to cross-examine at [sic] individuals whom he had been convicted of indecently assaulting”

The Charity Commission’s inquiry report into the congregation’s handling of safeguarding. The report records that the individual concerned had been convicted in 2013 of indecent assault and imprisoned, and that the trustees did not engage openly and candidly with the Commission.

Fuente oficial

Nota de procedencia y verificación

Nota de confianza. gov.uk report page opened; quotations confirmed.

Corroborado por. src-cc-2017-0726-press-release-manchester, src-iicsa-2021-0902-religious-organisations-report

Notes. The regulator's report names the individual; this site does not, because the finding does not depend on the name.

Consultado. 19 de septiembre de 2026 · Identificador de la fuente. src-cc-2017-0726-manchester-new-moston-inquiry

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