On a board at beliefnet.com, a questioner wanted to know how the Watchtower Society of Jehovah's Witnesses spends the money it raises.

Franz is a former member of the Governing Body, and nephew of the fourth president of the Watchtower Society.

The Watchtower Society paid an undisclosed amount without admitting wrongdoing in an out-of-court settlement with 16 unnamed victims of alleged sexual abuse within the religion.

The Free Bible Students separated very early from the Watchtower Society, as Russell began to change some teachings.

But many have also said they opposed further growth of the Watchtower Society within their religiously diverse community.

Cowan wrote that "the reader is left with the impression that the Watchtower Society knowingly presides over a substantial number of preventable deaths each year."

The Watchtower Society only counts as members those who are approved and active as publishers.

It is owned and operated by the Watchtower Society (a legal entity of Jehovah's Witnesses) and has been in operation since 1963.

He had previously been responsible for producing the same radio program for the Watchtower Society.

The Canadian Institute of English and the Watchtower Society in particular have taken the posters to over 100 countries for this last-mentioned purpose.