Emails Reveal Extent of Saints’ Intervention for Clergy Sex Abuse Crisis February 5, 2025 By Jim Mustian and Brett Martel As New Orleans church leaders braced for the fallout from publishing a list of predatory Catholic priests, they turned to...
Bankruptcy Judge Approves Rockville Centre Diocese $320M Sex Abuse Claims Fund November 19, 2024 A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a Chapter 11 plan for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York...
Norwich Catholic Diocese Files Chapter 11 Plan With $30M Fund for Survivors September 10, 2024 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich and its parishes, along with its insurer Catholic Mutual Relief Society of America, have...
New York Sexual Abuse Claimants Want Courts to End Case Backlog June 20, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A group representing claimants alleging childhood sexual abuse want New York courts to take steps to alleviate the backlog of...
Brooklyn Diocese Settles with New York AG for Mishandling Clergy Sex Abuse Cases April 18, 2024 New York Attorney General Letitia James announced an agreement with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn to address years of...
Bankruptcy Court Approves Camden Diocese’s $87.5M Plan for Abuse Victims March 18, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson Almost three-and-one-half years after the Catholic Diocese of Camden, New Jersey filed for bankruptcy citing financial effects from the pandemic...
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...
Rochester Diocese Claims Fund Reaches $126M as 2 More Insurers Settle, 1 Holds Out July 28, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson The Catholic Diocese of Rochester and sexual abuse survivors have reached settlements with additional insurers on amounts available to cover...
Catholic Church Settles Suit by Man Who Alleged Bishop Raped Him May 31, 2023 By Mark Pratt A lawsuit brought by a former altar boy who said he was raped as a child in the 1960s by...
Illinois Catholic Clergy Abuse Report Could Prompt Lawsuits, Changes to State Law May 26, 2023 By Michael Tarm and Kathleen Foody CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois’ attorney general has ended a five-year investigation into sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy in...