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Charity Commission for England and Wales, “Investigation leads to improvements in safeguarding at Jehovah's Witnesses charity (press release)”

26 July 2017Source ID src-cc-2017-0726-press-release-manchesterAccessed 19 September 2026
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Charity Commission for England and Wales, “Investigation leads to improvements in safeguarding at Jehovah's Witnesses charity (press release)”

26 July 2017 · Charity Commission (gov.uk)

“As our report makes clear, the victims of abuse were badly let down by the charity. The trustees should have made the victims' welfare their first priority.”

Harvey Grenville, Head of Investigations and Enforcement. The release records that the charity subsequently revised its policy 'to ensure abuse victims are not required to make allegations in the presence of alleged abusers'. Page marked withdrawn 7 December 2023.

Provenance and verification note for Charity Commission for England and Wales, Investigation leads to improvements in safeguarding at Jehovah's Witnesses charity (press release)

Confidence note. gov.uk page opened; quotation confirmed.

Corroborated by. src-cc-2017-0726-manchester-new-moston-inquiry

Notes. The brief's reference to a 2017 'Regulatory alert' could not be located; the July 2017 outputs were the inquiry report and this press release.

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-cc-2017-0726-press-release-manchester