Convicted sex offender Miguel Angel Pineda, 25, of Huntington Beach has been accused of molesting three more children. Pineda met the elementary school children through a Boys & Girls Club literacy program in Santa Ana. He will now face new criminal charges for the attacks. According to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, Pineda was…
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Recent Data On Sexual Abuse In K-12 Schools
The Washington Post recently reported on findings by the U.S. Department of Education concerning sexual abuse in elementary, middle, and high schools. From 2015 to 2018, there was a dramatic increase in sexual assaults. Not only is the data disturbing, but it illustrates potential problems in how schools handle claims of sexual abuse. The findings…
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Should I File A Claim If My Abuser Has Died?
It may take years or even decades for victims of child sexual abuse to come to terms with their experience. Children often don’t understand what happened to them until well into their adult years. By that time, their abusers may have long since died. There’s certainly no way the criminal courts can bring the predator…
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Why California Sexual Abuse Victims Should Not Delay in Taking Action to Protect Their Rights
California recently expanded its statute of limitations for child sexual abuse cases. Despite the ability to file abuse cases from years or even decades ago, there’s a risk that these new rules could lull victims into complacency. If you are an older adult who was sexually abused as a child in California you have until…
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“Athlete A” Documents Tragic History Of Child Sexual Abuse In The USA Olympic Gymnastics Teams
The downfall of Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics team doctor who was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for sexually abusing at least 250 girls, brought to light one of the country’s most persistent and far-reaching child sexual abuse scandals. Netflix has helped expose the abuse with its documentary, “Athlete A.” Filmmakers…
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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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How AB 218 Protects California Victims Of Child Sexual Abuse
In October 2019, California Assembly Bill (AB) 218 was signed into law. This important piece of legislation is aimed at protecting victims of child sexual abuse by allowing them to pursue legal claims against their abusers and the institutions that shielded them. If you were a victim of child sexual abuse and your claim was…
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Physical Health Effects in Child Sexual Abuse Victims
Victims of childhood sexual abuse will experience a number of physical consequences, some of which won’t be seen until they reach adulthood. But regardless of when these effects manifest themselves, treating sexual abuse and sexual violence requires caring for all aspects of the child’s health. Those who perpetrate sexual abuse, or allow it to happen,…
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Social and Emotional Effects in Child Sexual Abuse Victims
How children behave around others and feel about themselves, can be drastically altered if they become victims of sexual abuse. The social and emotional effects of child sexual abuse are well-documented and very difficult to treat. Children may cause further harm to themselves or carry many of these issues into adulthood. Our law firm works…
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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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