The Diocese of Rockville Centre has reached an agreement with hundreds of survivors of clergy sexual abuse that calls for the church to pay just over $323 million. Some steps remain to finalize the deal, including the official approval of the agreement a vote of the sex abuse survivors. The settlement was reached after four…
Continue reading…Settlement waiting game for sex abuse victims, Rockville Centre diocese
Attorneys for survivors of Catholic clergy sexual abuse on Long Island say they are outraged the church in Syracuse has reached a settlement for $100 million while negotiations locally have dragged on for nearly three years. The Diocese of Rockville Centre says it’s “grateful” for the upstate settlement, but at home, any deal between the Catholic Church and survivors will…
Continue reading…Rockville Centre diocese proposes up to $200 million settlement for clergy abuse survivors
The Diocese of Rockville Centre on Friday proposed a settlement of up to $200 million to be paid to hundreds of survivors of clergy sex abuse as it works toward emerging from bankruptcy. Attorneys for survivors denounced the proposal as too little and said the diocese was not being transparent about its finances in papers filed in U.S….
Continue reading…Clergy abuse survivors propose $450M payout from Rockville Centre diocese
With the Long Island Catholic Church bankruptcy case at “loggerheads,” lawyers for clergy sexual abuse survivors Thursday proposed a settlement in which the diocese would pay at least $450 million to victims. Hundreds of millions more would be paid out to survivors by church insurance companies, the attorneys said. They also cited filing documents listing the amount…
Continue reading…Read Paul’s comments to Newsday on the Diocese of Rockville Centre bankruptcy
Two years after the Roman Catholic Church on Long Island became the largest diocese in the nation to declare bankruptcy, none of the hundreds of clergy sex abuse cases filed against the church has been settled. That has some survivors and their attorneys saying it is adding to the pain and injury the victims suffered…
Continue reading…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…
Continue reading…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…
Continue reading…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…
Continue reading…How Come We Didn’t Know?
Why has sexual abuse in the Catholic church become such a hot topic in recent years when the abuse dates back decades? How come the public didn’t know about this sooner? Why didn’t the church make an effort to stop abuse years ago? As we learn more about the horrific sexual abuse endured by countless…
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