Despite losing on appeal twice, Philadelphia’s district attorney Seth Williams said Monday he will continue to fight to keep a Roman Catholic church official who will soon be eligible for parole in prison over his handling of sex-abuse cases. Williams filed an application for the full nine-member state Superior Court to rehear the case against […]
Another settlement through bankruptcy
Their right to choose. Can’t have child-abusing priests
Ray Duckler, Ray Duckler: After months of digging, investigators uncover church abuse, then turn up the heat, Monitor
Lawyer says never ending saga for Lynn. Imagine how the survivors feel
While powerful men loudly battle over their reputations it appears girls were used sexually. Could we get the focus back on the victims?
A Pennsylvania appellate court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for Msgr. William J. Lynn, overturning for a second time a landmark verdict that was the first conviction nationwide of a Catholic Church official for covering up child sex abuse by priests. A three-judge Superior Court panel found that Lynn’s 2012 conviction had been tainted […]
Every profession. Every country
important adults ignoring children suffering — again