Attorneys say the city’s plight mirrors that of Catholic dioceses hit by AB 218 lawsuits—though without the same level of bankruptcy filings. The City of Santa Monica is weighing a fiscal emergency due to civil sexual abuse payouts, though attorneys say it may not signal broader financial crises for other local governments. “I think the…
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Abuse settlement deal LI Diocese to pay $323M to more than 500 victims
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Settlement waiting game for sex abuse victims, Rockville Centre diocese
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Rockville Centre diocese proposes up to $200 million settlement for clergy abuse survivors
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Clergy abuse survivors propose $450M payout from Rockville Centre diocese
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Read Paul’s comments to Newsday on the Diocese of Rockville Centre bankruptcy
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Former priest charged with sexually abusing children in Palmdale and Redondo Beach
A former Catholic priest has been charged with sexually assaulting four children in Los Angeles County while serving at churches in Palmdale and Redondo Beach in the late 1990s and early 2000s, prosecutors said Wednesday. Christopher John Cunningham, 58, was charged with 12 counts of committing lewd acts upon a minor, according to a news release issued by the L.A. County district attorney’s office.
Continue reading…Buffalo’s Catholic Church Diocese Accused Of Covering Up Sexual Abuse For Years
A recent New York Times story details how Buffalo’s Catholic Church diocese covered up sexual abuse happening within the church for years. In a lawsuit, New York’s attorney general accused the diocese, along with three bishops, of allowing sexual abuse to continue in violation of church rules and state law. New York’s lawsuit against the…
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Grooming and Sexual Abuse In The Catholic Church
The Catholic Church has a sordid and unfortunate history of child sexual abuse that goes back decades but has only come to light relatively recently. In the vast majority of Catholic Church abuse cases, the priest, nun, or other predator doesn’t just start abusing a minor one day. The abuse takes time and patience, using…
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Catholic Diocese Previously Sued by Attorney Paul Mones Files for Bankruptcy After Additional Sexual Abuse Victims Come Forward
On October 1st, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York became the latest and largest Roman Catholic Diocese in the nation to protect itself from sexual abuse lawsuits by filing for bankruptcy. “At this point, the bankruptcy process takes over and people will never get their day in court,” Attorney Paul Mones…
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