6 episodes
Call Bethel The Telegraph
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4.8 • 220 Ratings
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Brave whistleblowers. A trail of data. A secret system for dealing with allegations of child abuse. Follow the Telegraph's Investigations team on their year-long hunt into the Jehovah's Witnesses.
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The Unknown Boy
The end of the investigation is in sight. Doors open, documents arrive in the post, and the final pieces of the puzzle start to fit together.
Read the Investigations team's notebook here: www.telegraph.co.uk/callbethel |
For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/bethelpodcast |
If you have any information that could help the investigation, you can email the team on callbethel@telegraph.co.uk
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The Library
The reporters hit one dead end after another. They’re starting to lose hope that they’ll ever land the story, when they get a breakthrough. A private library on the coast of England could hold answers they need.
Read the Investigations team's notebook here: www.telegraph.co.uk/callbethel |
For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/bethelpodcast |
If you have any information that could help the investigation, you can email the team on callbethel@telegraph.co.uk
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Paper Trails
The idea that the Jehovah’s Witnesses keep a database of abuse allegations isn’t a complete long shot. Tireless lawyers in America and Australia have seen evidence of it in their countries. The reporters discover leads to follow.
Read the Investigations team's notebook here: www.telegraph.co.uk/callbethel |
For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/bethelpodcast |
If you have any information that could help the investigation, you can email the team on callbethel@telegraph.co.uk
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Missing Pieces
A landmark legal battle. A fight for documents. The missing pieces of the puzzle fall into place.
The Investigations team at the Telegraph speak to three women who have all pursued justice against their abusers.
Read the Investigations team's notebook here: www.telegraph.co.uk/callbethel |
For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/bethelpodcast |
If you have any information that could help the investigation, you can email the team on callbethel@telegraph.co.uk
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The Tip-off
In August 2021, an email arrives in the Telegraph's investigations inbox claiming the Jehovah's Witnesses have a hidden database of alleged abusers. The reporters start on the trail.
Read the Investigations team's notebook here: www.telegraph.co.uk/callbethel |
For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/bethelpodcast |
If you have any information that could help the investigation, you can email the team on callbethel@telegraph.co.uk
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Introducing Call Bethel
Brave whistleblowers. A trail of data. A secret system for dealing with allegations of child abuse. Follow the Telegraph's Investigations team on their year-long hunt into the Jehovah's Witnesses. First episode out on Tuesday.
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Customer Reviews
Astonishing
The team of investigative journalists work together to find out if JW religious leaders have been systematically maintaining records of reported child abuse within their congregations. At the same time discovering that the process of internal management of cases probably resulted in more children being put at risk as untrained elders took the law into their own hands and keep the scandal under wraps, unable to speak up for fear of losing their status within the religious hierarchy and being “deleted”.
Shocking, heartbreaking and astonishing that confessions of child abuse go unreported to the police for criminal investigation because of misplaced respect for religious confidentiality and a deep mistrust in external institutions.
Expect to feel enraged, frustrated, disgusted and saddened
Fascinating
Eye opening series, my family are JW and I’m always fascinated by the inner workings of the religion
Couldn’t listen any more
Got to episode 4 and just couldn’t take the sing song narration. It’s like someone reading a children’s bedtime story.