Author: Renee Cordeschi: A Jehovah's Witness Survivor

These are the painful questions that hit me when I feel lost or low. I know most people say they wonder this too, what is the purpose to their life? And they come up with things. But for an ex Witness, well, for me, this is one of the most difficult questions that keeps rearing… Continue reading Who am I? What is my meaning? What is my purpose?

It was going to happen. Someone who knows someone who knows your family and then you're quickly taken back to your past. This happened with yesterday's Facebook post. My post reached someone who recognized my surname. Are you part of the Cordeschi family? Of course there are people who are going to know my brothers.… Continue reading Suddenly someone emerges from the past

I was reading through Facebook posts on exJW sites, when someone asked if there was a Sydneysider willing to do an interview with a postgrad student about exJWs. I put my hand up straight away. We met in the city, on Saturday morning. We met at the Conservatorium of Music, because this is where my… Continue reading I was interviewed yesterday by a postgrad student- Human Rights

Sometimes, it all gets too much. I feel overwhelmed. My head is swimming with thoughts of confusion, anger, self harm and disbelief. This is a constant for many who have survived the Jehovah's Witnesses. Some days are hard to get through. This is how I feel at the moment. This is how thousands of us… Continue reading Some days it all gets too much

I cried like a baby as I wrote them an email. I didn't want to ramble, so I made it short and sweet. I wrote it to both Hon. Peter McClellan and Angus Stewart SC. But it was more than just them, there are several people who have worked really hard to expose the abuse… Continue reading I wrote an email to thank the Royal Commission Inquiry into the Institutional Abuse of Children