Organisation: Jehovah Witness

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'I find it hard to trust,' says woman indecently assaulted by Jehovah's Witness elder in Cork

She only reported the 40-year-old offence when the 81-year-old man contacted her daughter on social media.

Sat, 30 Apr, 2022

Judge orders blood can be administered to Jehovah Witness girl if necessary

Mr Justice Peter Kelly said he was satisfied, notwithstanding the views of the girl and her parents, the orders are necessary for preserving the girl's life and not to permit them would be "hazardous".

Fri, 31 Jan, 2020

Woman was prepared to die for her faith

A young woman who refused a transfusion after losing a massive amount of blood after giving birth in a Dublin maternity hospital has told the High Court she believed a transfusion was a transgression of "an order from God'' and she was "prepared to die'' for her faith.

Thu, 13 Dec, 2007

Woman’s transfusion was like ‘rape’

MEDICAL professionals and Jehovah’s Witnesses have clashed over whether or not the intervention by the High Court to save the life of a seriously ill African woman undermines their long-standing consensus on declining blood transfusions.

Sat, 23 Sep, 2006