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Disfellowshipped and disassociated people may eventually be reinstated if deemed repentant, at least after a year attending their meetings, being considered disfellowshipped until this time passes.
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Another critic from former members of the Jehovah's Witnesses comes from the Spanish Association of Victims of Jehovah's Witnesses. The association (AEVTJ) is a group founded in Spain in 2019 by former members of Jehovah's Witnesses. These are former members and those affected who decided to denounce what they consider part of a structural and institutionalized psychological abuse by Jehovah's Witnesses. That same year, the association was registered in the National Registry of Associations of the Ministry of the Interior.[1][2]
Critics from former members
In fact, there are some groups and associations of former members that tried to defend and denounce what they consider part of a structural and institutionalized psychological abuse from the Jehovah's Witnesses. The Spanish Association of Victims of Jehovah's Witnesses (AEVTJ) is a group founded in Spain in 2019 by former members of Jehovah's Witnesses, registered the same year in the National Registry of Associations of the Ministry of the Interior[3]. Among the complaints and the visibility sought by the association, these include the control of its adherents, marginalization, discrimination against women and sexual diversity, and attacks on other religious institutions, among other things.[4] The marginalization or ostracism caused by Jehovah's Witnesses to their former members or members who want to stop being members can lead to extreme loneliness, because from a young age they are instilled in them to only interact with each other. All of this is included as part of the Jehovah's Witnesses congregational discipline. Some of these situations have been the cause of severe depression or even suicide[5]. In addition, they are accused of carrying out 'justice' or parajudicial systems, parallel to those of the state, and hiding or hindering reports of child abuse and rape[6][7]. Continuing with this social movement, former followers of the religious organization from other Spanish-speaking countries have taken the step to create similar entities, such as in Argentina or Mexico.[8][9]
- ^ "Aumentan los casos de víctimas de los Testigos de Jehová". Ultima Hora (in Spanish). 2023-02-05. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ^ "Ex testigos de Jehová cuentan la realidad que hay bajo la buena fachada de la secta". Aleteia.org | Español - valores con alma para vivir feliz (in Spanish). 2019-03-23. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ^ Ramón, Angie (February 5, 2023). "Cases of Jehovah's Witness Victims on the Rise (Spanish)".
- ^ López, David (November 13, 2022). "War in Jehovah's Witnesses: children against parents in the first trial of a religion against its dissidents (Spanish)". El Periódico de España.
- ^ "Abusos, suicidio y fin del mundo: ¿Qué ocurre dentro de los Testigos de Jehová?". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2022-11-22. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ^ SÀNCHEZ, GUILLEM (November 16, 2016). "Former Jehovah's Witnesses against the organization's law of silence (Spanish)". Diario de León.
- ^ "El infierno de Gabriel en los Testigos de Jehová: "Los abusos sexuales cada vez eran más brutos, a veces vomitaba"". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2023-02-01. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ^ SC (April 8, 2023). "Former Jehovah's Witnesses denounced scams and abuses in front of the Obelisk (Spanish)". Clarín.
- ^ Piña, Gloria (July 26, 2022). "Sins without punishment. Hundreds of former Jehovah's Witnesses raise their voices to report abuses (Spanish)". EMEEQUIS.