| A TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE
The following is a true story. A story of a
father who became separated from his two children.
The events that lead up to tragic event are described here on this web
page. It is a story of deceit, lies and collusion. The facts of this
account can be verified and documented, this has been done by the author
of this page.
This story gives an account of how a Jehovah’s Witness woman made a
deliberate and calculated attempt to obtain sole custody of the children,
she collaborated with the local congregation of the Jehovah’s Witnesses,
as represented by their elders, in harmony with Watchtower Bible & Tract
Society policies.
In 1990 the wife started to associate with Jehovah’s Witnesses, and since
then has undertaken to raise the children according to the policies and
regulations of the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, which is the legal
arm of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, this being done with out any consultation
or approval with the father.
In fact, it appears that she collaborated with the local elders from the
Jehovah’s Witness community to bring about events that would prevent the
father from obtaining sole or even partial custody of his children. The
father is currently preparing for a legal battle for the custody of the
children. During the trial he will present evidence showing how these
parties (the wife and JWS) misused the justice system in order to falsely
accuse him and have him arrested and charged with assault.
The evidence clearly shows that the police investigation lacked the due
diligence that should be common in all such cases. He will show that, if
such due diligence was exercised he never would have been charged. As a
result of these charges he was forced from his home and denied access to
his children. Its been a year since he has seen his children.
The father will prove that the interference of the Watchtower with their
policies was a violation of his parental rights and duties as set out in
Canadian law. He is convinced his wife, in concert with the Watchtower
organization (local, congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses) has endeavored
to alienate his children from himself as their father. He is further
convinced that his wife was influenced by policies of the Watchtower,
influenced to interfere with his legal right as a father.
With regards to the above mentioned charges, the trial was concluded in
September of this year, where all charges were dropped. The official
recorded proceedings of that trial show that his wife lied under oath
regarding a number of issues. This misrepresentation of the facts, was an
attempt by his wife to keep him away from his own children. This was done
so that she could have a free hand indoctrinating them into the Jehovah’s
Witness church.
The evidence will show, that following her baptism vow (July 1, 1995) to
the organization and its philosophy, she in co-operation with the local
congregation, invited two local elders, into their home, without his
knowledge and consent. He believed that the purpose of this meeting was to
give them the opportunity to evaluate his position with regards to the
Jehovah’s Witnesses philosophies & practices as taught by their legal
entity the WBTS in connection with his wife an two children. It was this
evaluation that set in motion the string events that landed him in jail
and prevented him from seeing his children.
What happened to this father was a TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE. The account
plainly shows that the Watchtower (and those associated with it) will stop
at nothing when it comes to propagating their believes and doctrines. In
order to present a clear picture of the events I have placed them in
chronological order.
December 6, 1986: The couple involved were both Catholic and as the girl
had a desire to have large church wedding, they were married in the
Catholic tradition. By the Catholic Church.
February 24, 1988: The first child was born.
September 7, 1989: The second child was born.
Aprox 89-90: The wife started to go to Kingdom Hall & associate with JWs,
at first she was not taking the children to the Hall at the request of the
father. He was taking the children to the Catholic Church.
February 26, 1992 As a result of an incident at the their home in Ontario
the father called the police in connection with an assault on his person
by his wife. As she had hit him and threw a figurine at him which missed
him, but damaged the wall. The local police attended the scene and
determined that it was the wife who should be charged. He decided not to
press charges against his wife as he felt that it would not be conducive
to reconciliation.
March 10, 1992: It was on this date that he filed for divorce as he felt
that reconciliation was not possible. Shortly after his wife filed a
counter petition.
September 1993: On this date they came to an agreement of reconciliation,
all proceedings were stopped. Part of the agreement as understood by the
father is that he would not interfere with his wife’s religious views as
long as she didn’t force them on the children.
July 1994: Moved to Western Canada
July 1994 -July 1995: The wife continues to associate with the JWs
July 1, 1995: The wife is baptized into the Jehovah’s Witness
organization. This baptism identified her as a member of the Watchtower
Bible & Tract Society furthermore this act obligated her to obey the
policies and regulations of that organization.
October 30,1995: The husband had grown some pumpkins in the back yard for
Halloween, and for his kids to carve at school, on this day the wife did
not send our children to school. She had called the school and said they
were sick with stomach problems. But that was not the real reason. She
admitted later that it was a result of the policies of the Watchtower, the
polices that strictly forbid the celebration of Halloween. She did not
want the children to be involved in this activity. By doing this she
violated the agreement she previously had made with the husband.
October 31, 1995: The wife again kept the children home on this day as she
said she had made a dental appointment for them. They were done by noon,
and she elected not to take them back to school. The husband phoned the
school, to find them not there. As he did not now what was happening he
phoned my wife to see where the children were, and why they were not in
school. This was upsetting to him as he had no idea what was going on.
Upon arriving home they had an argument about the issues regarding school
and Halloween. That was the extent of their contact at that particular
time. Later that day the wife went to a JW friends house, then to the JW
meeting. After the meeting she called the husband, then she came home.
Again they argued about the children and the issue of Halloween.
November 1,1995: While at work the wife called the 911 emergency number,
to make a complaint about the husband and make an accusation. She called 3
times, until the police came to take a statement. There never was any
emergency and he had never hurt his wife in any way. Later the same day,
while he was at work, he was arrested by the city police, he had no idea
what was happening, other than the police telling him he was being
arrested for assault. (He was obviously was shocked and embarrassed) Also
on this day the wife phoned the school and apologized for lying to them
about taking the children out of school those two days. She had said they
were sick, yet according to the school she said it was because she did not
want them to be involved in Halloween. Later in court she was caught in a
lie about this issue, the children were not sick, she had lied , the real
issue was Halloween. (All of this can be documented via court records)
January 12, 1996: This was the husbands day in court (as related to the
trumped up assault charges), the wife’s testimony on cross-examination was
vague and misrepresent of the facts at issue. The case was put over until
September 3, 1996. Also there was no provision made for the husband to
have access to his children, Ii is apparent that this was a ploy to
further prevent the husband from seeing his children.
April 5, 1996: On this date he was arrested again by the city police, this
was done on the basis of a complaint made by an elder from the local
Kingdom Hall of JWS.(The local Kingdom Hall had been vandalized) This time
he was accused of uttering threats against his wife and there was also a
reference to a letter that allegedly connected him to this complaint.
However no letter was ever produced and again there had been no due
diligence on behalf of the police department or the crown, to verify the
truth of the matter. Once again it is apparent that there was
collaboration between the wife and the Watchtower elders. As it turns out
he should never had been arrested. This is where this whole thing starts
to stink like rotten fish, a police officer from a nearby city somehow got
involved, as it turns out he was a JW elder serving the force as an inside
investigator. (never carried a gun).
The MLA (Government representative) is currently investigating the
circumstances that surround this miscarriage of justice. The evidence
supports the theory that as a result of the interference of the locals JW
elders the husband was falsely implicated and unjustly charged. This
particular matter is far from over as the husbands intends to see that all
parties involved in this miscarriage are brought to justice.
September 3, 1996: The crown drops the charges of uttering threats, as
there is no evidence to pursue the accusations. This is also the day that
court reconvenes, and the wife is further cross-examined by the husband’s
lawyer. It is evident from the recorded proceedings that the wife had lied
under oath about a number of issues and that the crown no longer had a
case against the husband.
The charge of assault was then stayed. As a result of the husbands
financial situation he could no longer afford to continue with this legal
matter, thus he agreed to a peace bond. He was under the impression that
with this peace bond that there would be a speedy resolution to the
custody issues. And that he would be allowed contact with his children. He
was told that the family court councilor would quickly work out the
details for having access to his children.
However if he had the funds, he would have rather pursued this matter to
its rightful conclusion. He made a statement to the court stating that his
offering of this peace bond is in no way a admission of any guilt on his
part. He also stated that he was in no way responsible for causing any
harm to any one nor threatening to harm anyone. All he ever wanted, was to
be a part of his children’s life.
October 1996: Just a few weeks ago the husband was at the school of his
children where he saw one of his daughters, upon reaching out to her she
ignored him totally. This was as a result of the indoctrination of her,
regarding the regulations of the Watchtower.
November 13, 1996: The husband is in court in order to bring the facts to
light as regards his children and to ask the court to grand him full
custody. However as the husbands was unable to afford a lawyer, he had to
represent himself. He was not awarded full custody, however he was awarded
visitation rights. There was a court date set (March 1997) to determine
what is in the best interest of the children.
It is at this future hearing that the husband will attempt to convince the
court that the past events have proven that his wife is not a fit mother.
He intends to show that his children should not be exposed to this kind of
deceit, and that it is not what is best for the children. He also feels
that this religion or cult as some refer to it as, has played a major role
in disrupting his life and taking away his rights as a father.
Due to the direct interference by the Watchtower Bible and Tract
Society his parental rights and duties have been violated. Furthermore he
has become a victim of their policies and regulations. Since the best
interests of the children are of paramount concern, past events clearly
show that his children’s best interests & welfare are better served by the
granting of full custody to the father.
Additionally he will make clear that he is not biased towards their
religious doctrines or their theology, however what he is concerned with,
is their inhumane practices dictated by the Governing body of Watchtower
Corporation, the legal arm of JWs.
Following are a few legal precedents which have being set with regards to
child custody issues. These precedents will be used in the next court
hearing to show that JW parents are not best suited to care for the
interests of the children.
Practices and Interference as related to the JWs and other Individuals
advancing their own agenda with regards to child custody.
The documentation as regards these issues, are as follows.
1.) Mother Used Dispute to Home Custody Witness Says
(Vancouver Sun, Tuesday, October 17,1989)
Young Vs Young....This particular custody case went to supreme court, the
attached article from the Vancouver Sun makes mention of how JWs prepare
themselves for court with the use of a hand book produced by the
Watchtower, The sole purpose of the booklet is to coach JWs through and
win custody battles so they can continue to indoctrinate their children
with their believes.
2.)B.C.C.A. Confirms costs order against Jws for using action to advance
cause
(The Vancouver Sun July 2,1988).
. The Lawson Case 1142-014A, 48 B.C. Court of Appeals. This particular
case shows precedent regarding JWs using the court system to advance their
organizations cause. “Mr. Justice Meredith said Mr. Lawson was the
instrument of the community of Jehovah’s Witnesses who had used him to
advance their own interests and had attempt to prolong the litigation on
irrelevant grounds.” This is relevant because it is a pattern of the WBTS
to do such to further their cause anyway they can.
3. ) Jehovah Father loses custody of Children
(The Vancouver Sun, December 13, 1989)
Young vs Young .... Justice Proudfoot in this case ruled that a Burnaby
chapter of JWS as well as the husband and his JW lawyer must pay
$70,000.00 toward solicitor - client costs of the 12 day trial. Stating
“it is easy to conclude that this case was litigated to death, council for
the husband had a forum and cause to pursue.” Justice Proudfoot wrote “
unfortunately what was in the best interests of the children, their
welfare, was totally lost by the father, his council in these protracted
proceedings.
Once again the JWs are shown to be using the court system to advance
their own interests and not the interest of the child. It is interesting
to note that the JW lawyer Glen Howe accused the county court judge, of
acting like Adolph Hitler and also asked that Justice Proudfood to step
down from this case accusing her of bias towards the Witnesses. This is
just another example of the Watchtower’s abuse and misuse of the court
system to further their own interests. (More information on the Young vs
Young
4. Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses tackle custody Issue.
(The Spokane Review, October 5, 1996)
To verify the court rulings which state the Watchtower has an agenda which
is detrimental to the child’s welfare. The attached news article prints a
statement made by Merton Campbell a Watchtower Spokesmen, he is quoted as
saying “church officials never advocate their followers violate court
orders or state laws. But they acknowledged their doctrine of shunning
former members leaves little room for non-witness parents in the lives of
children who are active in the church. Jehovah’s Witnesses tell children
they can associate with non- witness parents until they are adults, said
Campbell, but once they become adults they must chose between continuing
that association or remaining as part of the church.”
5. Debates of the Senate 2nd Session-35 Parliament-volume 135
(Speech by The Honorable Anne C. Cools, Bill S-4, an amendment to the
criminal code) March 26, 1996
This report of the Senate Debates clearly identifies the problem that I
had with my wife. Mr. Justice McEachern, says in regards the to case “Lin
Vs Lin” he is quoted as saying “ The mother made serious allegations of
misconduct against the father, which were later found to be
unsubstantiated. These allegations included violence towards the
children.....When parties make unsubstantiated allegations which are not
supported by evidence, they cannot complain that judges, when required to
make a chose about child custody, decide in favor of the party who has not
exaggerated or overstated his or her case.”
The horrendous deeds perpetrated against this father, as was mentioned
earlier is indeed a travesty of justice. This is a prime example of how
religious power corrupts, and how people will be driven to do almost
anything in the name of their religion. The Watchtower and their members
are guilty of the same thing they accuse others of. They distort the word
of God so they can justify their existence and their actions.
It is imperative that events such as these are broadcast for all to see
and hear. It's of vital importance that these so called Christians be
brought to accountability. For all those who have read this account,
please make the effort to tell this story and to make known the inhuman
actions that this religion is responsible for. This is the very least we
can do. |
