Sin or Crime? Inquiry Targets Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Handling of Child Sex Abuse April 21, 2023 By Mark Scolforo and Peter Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A Pennsylvania grand jury in recent months accused nine men with connections to the Jehovah’s Witnesses of child sexual abuse...
Maryland Gov. Moore Signs Bill to End Time Limit in Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits April 14, 2023 By Brian Witte Gov. Wes Moore signed legislation on Tuesday to end Maryland’s statute of limitations for when civil lawsuits for child sexual...
Victims Question If Baltimore Church Sex Abuse Report Is Complete April 10, 2023 By Lea Skene While the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore has long touted its transparency in publishing the names of clergy credibly accused of...
Maryland Among States Mulling Ending Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Time Limits February 28, 2023 By Brian Witte Adults who testified they were sexually abused as children urged Maryland lawmakers last week to end the state’s statute of...
Pennsylvania Nears Vote on Opening Window to Child-Abuse Lawsuits February 24, 2023 By Mark Scolforo Pennsylvania House Democrats put their freshly minted majority status to work this week in shutting down Republican efforts to make...
Seven Years of Sex Abuse: How Mormon Officials Let it Happen August 9, 2022 By Michael Rezendes MJ was a tiny, black-haired girl, just 5 years old, when her father admitted to his bishop that he was...
Thorny Issues Face Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Judge April 25, 2022 By Randall Chase More than two years after the Boy Scouts of America sought bankruptcy protection to stave off a flood of lawsuits...
Future Liability Releases at Center of Boy Scouts Bankruptcy April 18, 2022 By Randall Chase Protecting local Boy Scouts of America councils and troop sponsoring organizations from future liability for child sex abuse claims is...
Retired Virginia Priest Charged With Child Sex Abuse December 30, 2021 A retired priest who once oversaw the safety of children in a Catholic diocese in the Washington suburbs has been...
Louisiana to Give Child Sex Abuse Victims More Time to File Suits June 17, 2021 Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed legislation removing deadlines for Louisiana’s child sex abuse victims to pursue damages in civil...