SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sexual-abuse “window” legislation, similar to the law that led to diocesan payouts of over $1 billion in California in 2003, is snaking its way through state legislatures across the nation. Senate Bill 131, which may go to the floor of the California Senate as early as today, could put the Catholic Church […]
A Superior Court judge on Tuesday set September 10 as the deadline for Catholic religious orders to release confidential personnel files of members who were accused of sexually abusing children. The files are related to lawsuits that have already been settled. Attorney Raymond Boucher said the deadline affects more than 50 religious orders that operate independently from the Los Angeles […]
Just passed the Senate 59-0! Back to the House on concurrence!
Media Advisory, May 28, 2013, St. Paul News Conference Wednesday First civil lawsuit to be filed under the Minnesota Child Victims Act: Imperative to the public safety of Minnesotans,complaint seeks the release of the names of 46 priests in the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis and the Diocese of Winona What: At a news conference on Wednesday in St. Paul, prominent clergy abuse […]
Click here to vote! The archbishop of the Archdiocese of Newark has resisted calls for his resignation. Instead, at churches across Hudson, Bergen and Essex counties this weekend, priests will read a letter from John J. Myers announcing the someone else in the archdiocese, Vicar General John Doran, is taking the blame — and taking it […]
Evangelical leaders stand by pastor accused of abuse cover-up Several leading evangelical pastors and authors have come to the defense of a pastor accused in a lawsuit for covering up sexual abuse of children. C. J. Mahaney was named as a defendant in a lawsuit, which charged that he and other leaders of Sovereign Grace […]
MN passes first window since Hawaii and first of 2013!! Hello justice for MN survivors! 1.) ‘eliminated’ civil statutes of limitations for sexual abuse of minors 2.) ‘established’ open courthouse doors for adults sexually exploited by clergy 3.) ‘eliminated’ institutional protections for enabling sexual abuse of minors The Minnesota Child Victims Act is now […]
Blogpost from sol-reform.com By Shane R. Martins, Cardozo School of Law, Class of 2014 On Wednesday May 22nd a national group that calls themselves the Catholic Whistleblowers announced its presence as a tool in the ongoing fight against the sexual abuse plaguing Catholicism. The group of Catholic clergy and nuns spoke at a press conference at […]
The CA Senate Appropriations Committee passed SB 131, the Child Victims Act, on Wednesday. (5-1)
Enjoy watching these men and women Catholic clergy standing up to their own institution! Inspiring superheroes