TIMES ONLINE

ENGLAND

An American man faces expulsion from the Jehovah’s Witnesses after he questioned the religious group’s handling of child sex abuse allegations. William Bowen, a 44-year-old former church elder, was threatened with “disfellowship” after he accused the group of failing to disclose allegations to secular authorities. Mr. Bowen was due to appear before a judicial committee yesterday at his church in Draffenville, in western Kentucky .