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Renee Cordeschi: A Jehovah's Witness Survivor

My personal story of growing up in, and then escaping the Jehovah's Witness religion

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Renee Cordeschi- JW Survivor

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Never thought I would see the day. The 8 Governing Body members will face a lawsuit for charges of “Routine abuse and cover up within the church.” “This organisation has allowed child sexual abuse to fester within its ranks for decades,” says Irwin Zalkin. Watchtower has refused to comment on the details of the lawsuit, but reiterated “it abhors child abuse”. #exjw #csa #jwlife #jworg #governingbody #tonymorris #gb #jw #escapejw #cults #exjw #xjw

This is how I cope with being shunned by my Mum . More videos in link in bio #exjw #cults #shunning #xjw #extdg #xtdg #extdj #tdg #tdj #escapejw #jw #jwlife

Join us for what could be the BIGGEST ever EXJW (former Jehovah’s Witness) Reunion and protest. November 22-24, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia 🦘 . If you are seriously considering attending this protest, (you don’t have to be a Jehovah’s Witness), please make contact by joining this Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FormerJW The theme of this protest is Shunning. There is so much psychological harm done by the Jehovah’s Witness policy of disfellowshipping and social exclusion. Survivors from all over the world are living with depression, loneliness, and some have contemplated suicide. Some have gone through with it, and all this, because they were rejected by a group that was once their entire world and only haven. We want to send a message to Governing Body that this policy (which they once condemned themselves) must be reversed. We also want to raise awareness of those who have been denied acknowledgment of the physical and sexual abuse. We want to protect the children who still have hidden pedophiles roaming among them. We want to remember those who have lost their lives unnecessarily because of refusing blood, including those who needlessly lost their lives due to banned organ transplants and blood fractions, which is recently no longer prohibited by the religion. We hope to make a difference for the kids that are trapped in this, like we once were. Stand up for the kids. You can follow Renee’s ex Jehovah’s Witness survival story here: https://m.facebook.com/reneecordeschi/ #exjw #xjw #exjehovahswitness #exjehovahswitnesses #exjehovahwitnesses #cults #escapejw #jw #jworg #pimo #pomo #csa #shunning #shunningkills

One day, our era will be known in history books as the era that realised dangerous cults could have more than one single, deluded leader... #exjw #cults #escapejw #jwlife #governing #body #tonymorris #cult #leaders

I am not sure how I missed it, but three months ago this happened.... (Credit to JM Wynne in Twitter for info). #exjw #jworg #jwlife #xjw #judge #angusstewart #angus #stewart #angusstewartqc #qc #australia #arc #royalcommission #australianroyalcommission

After leaving my Father, Mum was now free to be a Jehovah’s Witness, as she pleased, without restrictions. After setting us up in our home in Dudley Avenue, in a northern suburb of Adelaide, Mum really threw herself into the lifestyle. She was convinced Jehovah had delivered her back to this wonderful country, with a house ready for her, and now she would pay him back by dedicating all her life to serving him. She began by becoming a pioneer, devoting sixty hours a month to Witnessing, in as many months as she could manage. She devoted her time to find people she could talk to about Jehovah and start Bible studies with them. “We are the only ones serving the only true God, Jehovah,” she would tell me. “You think about it. Who else uses the name Jehovah? “ Her eyes would would get a special glow when she told us about serving Jehovah with all her heart. Mum really treasured the Society and all the books and magazines they provided. She called it “Our Spiritual Food.” As soon as she could, she again invested in all the past articles of the Watchtower and Awake!. This worked out well, because this time they would be in English. She couldn’t afford to buy the whole set at once. I remember she used to go to the book counter at the back of the hall after several meetings, and order just one year at a time. When it arrived, it was a whole year’s set of Watchtowers and Awake! Magazines bound in one complete brown volume, hard copy, with gold gilded writing of the year on the spine, and complete with an index on every topic that was covered. You could research any question you wanted. I remember her excitement as her library grew and grew each purchase. It felt that Jehovah’s blessings and wisdom was gradually staking more and more presence in our house. Apart from the magazines, we also purchased the books we would study in the meetings on Tuesday and Thursday nights. “And by buying the books we are supporting the Kingdom work,” Mum would be proud of the support she was giving the Society, even her, of “little means.” #exjw #xjw #exjehovahswitnesses

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