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Fear reprisals: Six Jehovah's Witnesses who demonstrated outside the sect's head office yesterday wore brown paper bags over their heads because they fear they'll excommunicated
Fear reprisals: Six Jehovah's Witnesses who demonstrated outside the sect's head office yesterday wore brown paper bags over their heads because they fear they'll excommunicated

Fear reprisals: Six Jehovah's Witnesses who demonstrated outside the sect's head office yesterday wore brown paper bags over their heads because they fear they'll excommunicated

Date3/31/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fear reprisals: Six Jehovah's Witnesses who demonstrated outside the sect's head office yesterday wore brown paper bags over their heads because they fear they'll excommunicated.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011832F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
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