Court Questions NJ Diocese’s Bid to Block Grand Jury on Clergy Sex Abuse May 1, 2025 By Mike Catalini Members of New Jersey’s Supreme Court sounded skeptical at times Monday about the effort of a Catholic diocese to stop...
Vermont Diocese Files for Bankruptcy With No Insurance Left for Past Abuse Claims October 2, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson The Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, Vermont has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it continues to face lawsuits...
Dozens Allege Child Sexual Abuse in Maryland Treatment Program Run by Catholic Order March 15, 2024 By Lea Skene More than three dozen people allege in two lawsuits filed Tuesday that they were sexually abused as children at a...
Judge Blocks Chubb Exit From New York Diocese’s Thousands of Child Sex Abuse Suits December 19, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A New York judge has ruled that the “plain language” of Chubb Insurance policies dictates that the insurer must cover...
Maine’s Ending Limits on Child Sex Abuse Suits Is Unconstitutional, Church Tells Court November 13, 2023 By David Sharp A lawyer for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland told supreme court justices Thursday that Maine’s elimination of time limits...
Abuse Victims Prepared to Sue Baltimore Archdiocese Under New Law May 11, 2023 By Lea Skene After Maryland lawmakers recently eliminated the statute of limitations for child sex abuse lawsuits amid heightened scrutiny of the Archdiocese...
Massachusetts Diocese Releases Clergy Abuse Report With No Names February 10, 2023 By Wilson Ring A Roman Catholic Diocese that covers central Massachusetts has published a new report about clergy sexual abuse of minors between...
Report: 158 Priests in Baltimore Accused of Abusing 600 Victims Over Decades November 21, 2022 By Brian Witte An investigation by Maryland’s attorney general identified 158 Roman Catholic priests in the Archdiocese of Baltimore who have been accused...
New Jersey Diocese Reaches $87.5M Settlement with Sex Abuse Claimants April 20, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The Catholic Diocese of Camden, New Jersey, and the committee representing about 300 survivors of clergy sexual abuse have reached...
Church Official Warns of Financial Flood from Clergy Sex Abuse Claims April 12, 2021 A top official with the Archdiocese of Santa Fe says a financial flood from clergy sex abuse claims is coming...