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A 2017 Charity Commission inquiry into the Manchester New Moston congregation found trustees mishandled abuse allegations — including an internal hearing where victims were questioned by the man they accused.
The Court of Appeal refused to quash the Charity Commission's inquiry into how the Jehovah's Witnesses' British charity handles abuse allegations — the next-to-last round of a fight the Watch Tower would ultimately lose.
In December 2014 the High Court declined Watch Tower's bid to halt the Charity Commission inquiry, ruling only that the charity had to use the specialist tribunal first — not that the inquiry was lawful.
In May 2014 the Charity Commission launched a statutory inquiry into how the Watch Tower's British arm handles child protection — the start of a legal fight that would run for nearly a decade.