As hundreds of new cases of child sex abuse flood into the New York state courts, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester is strategizing their response to the tidal wave of liabilities it will now face by declaring bankruptcy as of September 12th. Rochester bishop, Salvatore Matano argued that by Rochester doing so it will…

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, New York filed bankruptcy earlier this month in response to the overwhelming number of sexual abuse lawsuits it currently faces, it is the twentieth diocese to do so in the last seventeen years. Rochester is the first of the states eight dioceses to declare bankruptcy but not expected to…

In this informative story “Secrets and Lies,” Linda Stasi discusses sexual abuse in the world of Orthodox Judaism. Stasi points out that stories about abuse in the Catholic church are commonplace, but the public is far less familiar with stories about abusive rabbis. The lack of public awareness is not because abuse is less frequent…

Mark Belenchia remembers the day when he first set eyes on the new Catholic priest in the small Mississippi Delta town of Shelby. It was 1968 at the time and he was 13 years-old. “He turned up without his collar on at a baseball game I was playing in,” said Belenchia from his home in…

According to Yahoo News and the Associated Press, retired judge Robert Holzberg has been named to lead an investigation started by the Bridgeport diocese earlier this month. Bishop Frank J. Caggiano has given this former superior court judge access to records, files, and archives that date back to 1953. His work, which will likely take the better…

According to the New York Times, the Department of Justice has just issued a mandate to the Catholic Church: Do not destroy any documents related to the handling of child sexual abuse. The message is clear – the feds are about to get involved in an investigation within the church that could span the entire nation….

Fourteen different states and territories have opened investigations into priest sex abuse in the Catholic Church, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia just added Washington to that list. According to WTOP, They have opened a civil investigation to look into clergy abuse in the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, a nonprofit. While the…

Since the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report this past summer, attorney generals in over a dozen states have launched investigations into the Catholic Church coverup of sexual abuse. California’s Attorney General has now launched a new investigation. According to ABC News 7, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is now considering what steps to take to deal with…

Father Louis Brouillard, a priest accused of molesting more than a hundred boys while he served in Guam for nearly three decades, starting the 1950s. In 1981, he was sent to Minnesota for help with his personal problems. He then served three other parishes in the state before he retired. According to Kuam News, Brouillard admitted…

The 15 diocese that comprise the Catholic church in Texas will release the names of clergy members who have been accused of the sexual abuse of a minor. The release will occur on January 31. The stated goal is to protect children in the future and heal the church simultaneously. However, it is clear that…