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The three-part series Sobrevivir al Paraiso: Mas alla de los Testigos de Jehova premiered on HBO Max on 20 February 2026, tracing former Spanish members' accounts of abuse, shunning, and legal action. Reception has so far been mixed and thinly covered by major outlets.
The three-part series, released March 2024 on RTL's streaming service, is built on testimony from 57 former members and covers abuse, shunning, and apocalyptic teaching.
On March 9, 2023, a former member opened fire during a meeting at a Hamburg Kingdom Hall, killing six people and an unborn child before taking his own life. He held a legal firearms permit, and a warning weeks earlier had gone unacted upon — reopening Germany's debate over its gun laws.
Anthony Morris III, then on the Jehovah's Witnesses' Governing Body, condemned tight clothing in a recorded talk and tied the style to "homosexual" designers — remarks that circulated widely and drew criticism.