'It's not just a lawsuit, it's saving children. It's a public safety issue,' says Irwin Zalkin, whose firm is representing two plaintiffs in suits naming the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses as
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Ewing was 14 when he was paired with a Ministerial Servant at Florida's Coral Springs East Congregation. The two worked as"pioneers," going door-to-door to proselytize. According to Ewing, the older man raped him repeatedly, everywhere from Virginia to New York, where his case is being filed. Zalkin has represented 24 former or current Witnesses in abuse lawsuits, plus about 10 more than settled out of court. In most, accusation were brought to congregation elders, who either dismissed them or disciplined the perpetrator privately.
Zalkin has previously targeted the Watchtower, local congregations and alleged perpetrators themselves. But Ewing and Steele's cases mark the first time he's named the eight-member Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, the organization's ruling council, as defendants.
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