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Facing more clergy abuse lawsuits, Vermont's Catholic Church files for bankruptcy
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Facing more clergy abuse lawsuits, Vermont's Catholic Church files for bankruptcy

The Independent  

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A High Court case gives one woman a green light to sue the Catholic Church — and hope to thousands of sexual abuse survivors
1 year, 1 month ago

A High Court case gives one woman a green light to sue the Catholic Church — and hope to thousands of sexual abuse survivors

ABC  

Imagine that after decades of silence, inspired by a groundbreaking royal commission, you finally pluck up the courage to come forward to tell your story that as a young teenager, you were abused by a priest — a man you then thought to be God's representative on earth. Solicitor Michael Bradley, who is working in partnership with Tame's foundation, says …

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San Francisco Archdiocese declares bankruptcy amid hundreds of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse
1 year, 4 months ago

San Francisco Archdiocese declares bankruptcy amid hundreds of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco’s Roman Catholic archdiocese filed for bankruptcy Monday, saying the filing is necessary to manage more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials. The San Francisco Archdiocese is the third Bay Area diocese to file for bankruptcy after facing hundreds of lawsuits brought under a California law approved in 2019 that allowed decades-old …

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Delayed justice: 3 states remove all time limits on child sex abuse lawsuits
1 year, 6 months ago

Delayed justice: 3 states remove all time limits on child sex abuse lawsuits

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — Ann Allen loved going to church and the after-school social group led by a dynamic priest back in the 1960s. Allen, 64, is one of more than two dozen people who have sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, Maine, over the past year, seeking delayed justice since lawmakers allowed lawsuits for abuse that happened long ago …

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The extraordinary legal tactics institutions are using to fight compensation claims by abuse victims
1 year, 6 months ago

The extraordinary legal tactics institutions are using to fight compensation claims by abuse victims

ABC  

Matt Barker was 11 years old the first time his life's luck ran out. Around the same time, in 2018, Scouts NSW released a policy document, saying the organisation would "be mindful of the potential for litigation to be a traumatic experience for claimants who have suffered sexual abuse". But Sydney barrister James Masur, whose busy practice specialises in historical …

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Lawsuit brought by man who said he was sexually abused by Roman Catholic bishop settled
1 year, 6 months ago

Lawsuit brought by man who said he was sexually abused by Roman Catholic bishop settled

The Independent  

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Oakland 2nd California diocese to seek bankruptcy over abuse
1 year, 7 months ago

Oakland 2nd California diocese to seek bankruptcy over abuse

Associated Press  

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland filed for bankruptcy Monday due to hundreds of new child sex abuse claims, becoming the second diocese in California to do so. The San Francisco Bay Area diocese faces more than 330 lawsuits brought under a California law allowing claims that would have otherwise expired, Bishop Michael C. Barber said in …

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Slew of child sexual abuse lawsuits could bankrupt the Diocese of Sacramento, bishop says
1 year, 9 months ago

Slew of child sexual abuse lawsuits could bankrupt the Diocese of Sacramento, bishop says

LA Times  

The interior of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Sacramento is seen in April 2019. Hundreds of recently filed sexual abuse lawsuits could lead to the bankruptcy of the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento, the diocese’s bishop said this week in a letter to the congregation. More than 200 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse were filed against the diocese as …

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NY let childhood sex abuse victims sue; 9,000 went to court
3 years, 4 months ago

NY let childhood sex abuse victims sue; 9,000 went to court

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — For two years, New York temporarily set aside its usual time limit on civil lawsuits in order to allow victims of childhood sexual abuse to sue churches, hospitals, schools, camps, scout groups and other institutions and people they hold responsible for enabling pedophiles or turning a blind eye to wrongdoing. New York’s one-year window was originally supposed …

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German archbishop under fire over clergy sex abuse report
3 years, 10 months ago

German archbishop under fire over clergy sex abuse report

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The head of the German Bishops’ Conference has criticized the handling by one of the country’s most prominent Roman Catholic archbishops of a report on past child sexual abuse by clergy. Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, the archbishop of Cologne, faces mounting discontent in his diocese over his decision to keep under wraps a study he commissioned on how …

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