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Jehovah’s Witnesses

Two women sued the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania and Bruce Mapley Sr. in federal court, claiming Mapley sexually abused them for years, and the Society orders its elders not to report such abuse to police.

BILLINGS, Mont. — Two women sued the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania and Bruce Mapley Sr., claiming in a federal complaint that Mapley sexually abused them for years, and that the society forbids its elders from to reporting such abuse to police.

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