CanadaConfirmed
In Gutierrez v. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Canada, a unanimous three-judge panel ruled on 23 September 2026 that the proposed class action disclosed no valid legal claim against the Society, holding that spiritual authority alone is not enough to create a legal duty of care, and upheld the finding that a class action was not the preferable procedure. It left in place the unchallenged finding that the unnamed Canada Branch was a necessary party. The court did not rule on whether any abuse occurred.
· September 23, 2026 · 15 min read
MediaConfirmed
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.
· March 13, 2024 · 3 min read
Pennsylvania statewide grand-jury investigationConfirmed
A statewide investigating grand jury opened in 2019 produced criminal charges against roughly nine men affiliated with Jehovah's Witnesses congregations, across waves announced by Attorneys General Josh Shapiro (2022) and Michelle Henry (2023), alongside scrutiny of how congregations handle abuse reports internally.
· October 27, 2022 · 6 min read
Australia's National Redress SchemeConfirmed
Named in July 2020 among institutions refusing to join the National Redress Scheme, the organization agreed in March 2021 to comply after the government moved to strip holdout charities of their tax status.
· March 3, 2021 · 3 min read