The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

Independent research. Not affiliated with any government, agency, or company.

Religious body

Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Australia Ltd (Jehovah's Witnesses)

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • REL-3.5: Case files that Watchtower Australia produced to the Royal Commission recorded allegations of child sexual abuse against 1,006 members of the Jehovah's Witnesses organization in Australia since 1950, including admissions by 579. The Commission found no evidence that the organization reported any of the 1,006 to police or other secular authorities.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 481 October 2016 (public hearing July-August 2015). Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Australia): Report of Case Study No. 29: The response of the Jehovah's Witnesses and Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Australia Ltd to allegations of child sexual abuse