Service Committee 
Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of Australia 
2-4 Zouch Road 
Denham Court NSW 2565 
Australia

01/01/2019

RE: Request for the annulment of my baptism.

To Whom It May Concern:

This request for annulment is in order to remove myself from being considered part of any congregation of Jehovah’’s Witnesses or it’s legal corporations, The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, Inc., The International Bible Students Association, or any other agency not here named, including all or any agents or assignees. 

I was baptised as a [12 YEAR OLD] minor on [DATE], whilst part of [CONGREGATION]. 

[CHOOSE WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS APPLICABLE] 

	•	I currently am a publisher in [CONGREGATION].
	•	The last congregation I attended was [CONGREGATION].
	•	I was [disfellowshipped/disassociated] at the age of [18] whilst in [CONGREGATION].  As a result I have been estranged from my family for [TWO DECADES]. 

I request this annulment on the grounds that I was coerced into baptism as a minor, without the information or maturity to comprehend the stance I was taking. 

As a [12 YEAR OLD] minor, I was not of legal age to drive, marry, consume alcohol, vote or join the army, as it is commonly accepted a child does not have the maturity for such decisions or practices. Baptism as one of Jehovah's Witnesses is equally inappropriate for a minor, as the consequence of later renouncing baptism results in life long shunning and estrangement from family and friends. 

My baptism as a minor entered me into a contract with the Watchtower Society without appropriate information to make an informed decision. The Elder’s handbook, which is withheld from all but Elders, contains numerous grounds for disfellowshipping that I was not made aware of. I had no knowledge of Watchtower’s misuse of data and quotes in order to back up its doctrine, its long list of failed prophetic interpretations, dishonest presentation of its history, and reprehensible mishandling of known sexual predators. As such, I wish to have no record of any previous involvement with the Watchtower religion, and request annulment of my unethical and illegal baptism.

Please provide written confirmation of my annulment within 30 days of the date of this letter. 

Yours Sincerely,

NAME