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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Second alleged sex crimes victim sues Fresno Catholic Diocese over decades-old claims
The Diocese of Fresno faces a second lawsuit in less than a month filed under the state’s New Child Victims Act. The suit accuses Father Miguel Flores of sexual abuse claims of which he was acquitted after a criminal trial in 2002. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Fresno County Superior Court also names as defendants…
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Pennsylvania Was A Start. Now We Need Grand Juries For The Catholic Church In Every State
Read Paul’s Buzzed Op-Ed on why district attorneys and attorneys general should follow in the footsteps of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury and conduct a child abuse investigation of every diocese and archdiocese in the nation.
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New Laws In 15 States Could Cost Church More Than $4 Billion
New child sex abuse laws in fifteen states might cost the Catholic Church in the United States more than $4 billion as lawyers and dioceses engage in legal battles. Seven states have raised the age limit for individuals alleging they were sexually abused as minors to sue.
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Surge of new abuse claims threatens church like never before
At the end of another long day trying to sign up new clients accusing the Roman Catholic Church of sexual abuse, lawyer Adam Slater gazes out the window of his high-rise Manhattan office at one of the great symbols of the church, St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
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Legal Reckoning: New Abuse Suits Could Cost Catholic Church Over $4B
Said Los Angeles lawyer Paul Mones, who has won tens of millions in sex abuse cases against the church going back to the 1980s: “The zeitgeist is completely unfavorable to the Catholic Church.”
Continue reading…NY Diocese Released Accused Priests List
Since the summer, political and social pressure from the release of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report has put pressure on attorneys general throughout the United States to conduct investigations of the Diocese in their respective states. Another consequence of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report was to put pressure on Diocese to release the names of…
Continue reading…Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo Under Investigation by Vatican
Following more than 150 new lawsuits for sexual misconduct with children since the implementation of the Child Victim’s Act in New York, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo now finds itself at the center of a direct investigation by the church itself. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of the Diocese of Brooklyn has been directed by the Vatican…
Continue reading…What Happens to Priests Who Have Abused Children, After Leaving the Catholic Church?
The names of 5,100 members of clergy who have been credibly accused of committing acts of sexual abuse against children during their time within the church, have been released by various Dioceses and Archdioceses of the Roman Catholic Church in recent years. And of course, this number does not include all those priests who had…
Continue reading…Case of Priests Abusing Deaf Children in Argentina Parallels Case in Wisconsin
Yet another disturbing case involving the Catholic Church harboring a prolific predator is unfolding currently in Argentina. Reverend Nicola Corradi and other priests at the Antonio Próvolo Institute for Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Children in Mendoza province currently face charges of sexual abuse against deaf children. In Verona, Italy and later Mendoza, from 2004-2016, Corradi and…
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