Utrecht University news, “Discontent among part of Jehovah's Witnesses about internal handling of abuse complaints”
“751 participants shared their experiences”
Through a contact point set up by the university. Of respondents, about 80% had reported to elders and 27% had filed a police report; 75% were dissatisfied with the internal handling (average score 3.3/10) against 6.4/10 for the police. The team, led by Professor Kees van den Bos, recommended an internal reporting centre with trained staff, elder training, annual reporting and consideration of mandatory reporting; it stressed the findings are not claimed to be fully representative.
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Nota de confianza. Page opened; figures confirmed.
Corroborado por. src-wodc-2020-0123-utrecht-report, src-dutchnews-2020-0805-report-stays-online
Notes. DutchNews (5 Aug 2020) gives the split as 292 reporting their own abuse and 459 reporting someone else's.
Consultado. 19 de septiembre de 2026 · Identificador de la fuente. src-uu-2020-0123-news-release