De Parijse administratieve rechtbank heeft geoordeeld dat het ‘feitelijk onjuist’ is te beweren dat Jehovah’s Getuigen gevallen van seksueel misbruik van kinderen niet aan seculiere autoriteiten melden, of dat ze kinderen ontmoedigen onderwijs te volgen.
Le tribunal administratif de Paris a jugé qu’« une erreur de fait » a été commise en déclarant que les Témoins de Jéhovah ne signalent pas les abus sexuels sur enfant aux autorités et qu’ils découragent leurs enfants de poursuivre de longues études.
The Paris Administrative Court has concluded that it is “factually incorrect” to claim that Jehovah’s Witnesses do not report cases of child sexual abuse to secular authorities or that they discourage children from pursuing education.
As it happened in 2022 and 2023, those who invoked “respect for their beliefs” are stigmatized and threatened. But the case is less simple than it may seem.
At an international religious liberty conference, panelists insisted that different incidents are not isolated but should be confronted in a comparative perspective.
Some had predicted the demise of religion in the Global West after the end of the Cold War. It did not happen—which caused harsh reactions.
Le Saint-Siège a rappelé à la France que lorsque des tribunaux civils remettent en cause la décision d’expulser une moniale de son ordre religieux, la liberté de religion est « gravement violée ».
The Holy See reminded France that when civil courts second-guess the decision of expelling a nun from her religious order, freedom of religion is “gravely violated.”
More than 60 Senators claim that the new article incriminating “psychological subjection” is against the Constitution and international treaties signed by France.
この法律は「心理的服従」という新たな犯罪を創設し、主流の医療を批判する可能性を制限し、宗教や信仰の自由を深刻な危険にさらしている。