Numerous lawsuits have now been filed against Riverside Church over sexual abuse allegations involving Ernest Lorch, who led its prestigious basketball team in Harlem.
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“It’s a little sad, and it ain’t hit me hard yet, but it will,” Daryl Powell said. Powell sued the church, alleging they were aware of decades of child sexual abuse
Continue reading…Courts and Crime Riverside Church Sex Abuse Trial Set to Conclude This Week
Final witness testimony set to be heard on Tuesday before going to six-person jury
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Defense witnesses testify to having no knowledge of coach Ernest Lorch’s alleged abuse of youth basketball players
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Deron Johnson testifies to walking in on Ernest Lorch with a young player who had his shorts pulled down to his knees
Continue reading…Riverside Church Trial: Two Ex-Players Testify to Being Sexually Abused
Byron Walker and Mitchell Shuler frequently choked up as they described their experiences with the coach they say abused them.
Continue reading…Riverside Church Sexual Abuse Trial to Begin This Week
More than two dozen men are suing iconic church over claims it ignored decades of abuse by its multimillionaire basketball coach
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Daryl Powell claims a coach regularly molested him as a child, but the church’s prestige kept him silent for decades
Continue reading…New law lets Redding man file sexual abuse lawsuit 20 years later
Using a state law that went into effect this year, a Redding man has filed a lawsuit some 20 years after he was allegedly sexually abused by a teacher’s aide at a Redding continuation high school. The man, now 37-years-old, claims in his lawsuit that he was sexually abused numerous times in 2000-01 by a…
Continue reading…38 Former Students Sue Yeshiva University Over Alleged Sex Abuse
Read about the filing of a lawsuit against Yeshiva University on behalf of 38 men sexually abused when they were students at Yeshiva University High School. This is the largest group filing to date under the Child Victims Act against a New York private school. After years of failed attempts to sue Yeshiva University, 38…
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